Finance Business Partner – Financial Sustainability & Transformation
| Posting date: | 28 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £66,582 - £77,368 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2026 |
| Location: | Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8PE |
| Company: | North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8023527/345-COR8023527 |
Summary
A Vacancy at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will be a key senior finance lead within University Hospitals Tees’ Managing Director portfolio, with specific responsibility for supporting thelong‑term financial sustainability of the Trustand thedevelopment and delivery of major transformation programmes, alongside PFI (including Strategic Outline Case) and commercial workstreams.
The post‑holder will provide strategic and operational financial leadership to support UHT to deliver sustainable and balanced financial plans, productivity improvements, cost improvement programmes (CIPs), service transformation and value‑based decision‑making, working closely with executive and clinical leaders. This is a cross site role across both North Tees and South Tees sites.
Duties include;
· To take a lead role in providing comprehensive financial leadership and support to the financial sustainability agenda across UHT, including medium and long‑term financial planning, recovery planning and delivery of agreed financial trajectories.
· To provide financial leadership to transformation programmes and service reconfiguration projects, ensuring robust financial appraisal, affordability, phasing of benefits and ongoing delivery assurance.
· To work autonomously under the direction of the Director of Assurance & Deputy Managing Director, providing expert advice that supports strategic decision‑making and organisational change.
· To ensure financial sustainability considerations are embedded within PFI, commercial, contract management and transformation decisions.
· To support and provide challenge to UHT senior leaders to identify, develop and deliver productivity, efficiency and value‑for‑money opportunities.
· To ensure strong financial governance, control and assurance arrangements are maintained across all assigned sustainability and transformation workstreams.
· To take a lead role in providing comprehensive financial support to the financial sustainability agenda across UHT. This will include directives from the Director of Assurance & Managing Director and will require the post holder to demonstrate autonomy.
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At University Hospitals Tees our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
Duties include;
· To take a lead role in providing comprehensive financial leadership and support to the financial sustainability agenda across UHT, including medium and long‑term financial planning, recovery planning and delivery of agreed financial trajectories.
· To provide financial leadership to transformation programmes and service reconfiguration projects, ensuring robust financial appraisal, affordability, phasing of benefits and ongoing delivery assurance.
· To work autonomously under the direction of the Director of Assurance & Deputy Managing Director, providing expert advice that supports strategic decision‑making and organisational change.
· To ensure financial sustainability considerations are embedded within PFI, commercial, contract management and transformation decisions.
· To support and provide challenge to UHT senior leaders to identify, develop and deliver productivity, efficiency and value‑for‑money opportunities.
· To ensure strong financial governance, control and assurance arrangements are maintained across all assigned sustainability and transformation workstreams.
· To take a lead role in providing comprehensive financial support to the financial sustainability agenda across UHT. This will include directives from the Director of Assurance & Managing Director and will require the post holder to demonstrate autonomy.
· Business as usual contract management arrangements, including (but not limited to) service provision by PFIco and the proper operation of the contractual payment mechanism and financial model.
· The pricing, agreement and financial monitoring of both works and service variations under the PFI contract as they arise.
· The process of preparation for the efficient handback of JCUH from the private sector PFI partner and its sub-contractors to the Trust, at the end of the PFI contract operational period in 2033 (the handback period).
· To support and advise on relevant strategic and operational decision-making through evidence gathering and other insights and analysis, to drive better service provision and performance management of the private sector partner.
· To ensure financial governance and control is maintained within the PFI contractual and administrative management arrangements.
· To provide similar commercial financial input into any other significant contracts/projects as allocated.
· To provide robust financial data as part of performance management and challenge, business case development and other management and development proposals.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Jun 2026
The post holder will be a key senior finance lead within University Hospitals Tees’ Managing Director portfolio, with specific responsibility for supporting thelong‑term financial sustainability of the Trustand thedevelopment and delivery of major transformation programmes, alongside PFI (including Strategic Outline Case) and commercial workstreams.
The post‑holder will provide strategic and operational financial leadership to support UHT to deliver sustainable and balanced financial plans, productivity improvements, cost improvement programmes (CIPs), service transformation and value‑based decision‑making, working closely with executive and clinical leaders. This is a cross site role across both North Tees and South Tees sites.
Duties include;
· To take a lead role in providing comprehensive financial leadership and support to the financial sustainability agenda across UHT, including medium and long‑term financial planning, recovery planning and delivery of agreed financial trajectories.
· To provide financial leadership to transformation programmes and service reconfiguration projects, ensuring robust financial appraisal, affordability, phasing of benefits and ongoing delivery assurance.
· To work autonomously under the direction of the Director of Assurance & Deputy Managing Director, providing expert advice that supports strategic decision‑making and organisational change.
· To ensure financial sustainability considerations are embedded within PFI, commercial, contract management and transformation decisions.
· To support and provide challenge to UHT senior leaders to identify, develop and deliver productivity, efficiency and value‑for‑money opportunities.
· To ensure strong financial governance, control and assurance arrangements are maintained across all assigned sustainability and transformation workstreams.
· To take a lead role in providing comprehensive financial support to the financial sustainability agenda across UHT. This will include directives from the Director of Assurance & Managing Director and will require the post holder to demonstrate autonomy.
·
At University Hospitals Tees our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
Duties include;
· To take a lead role in providing comprehensive financial leadership and support to the financial sustainability agenda across UHT, including medium and long‑term financial planning, recovery planning and delivery of agreed financial trajectories.
· To provide financial leadership to transformation programmes and service reconfiguration projects, ensuring robust financial appraisal, affordability, phasing of benefits and ongoing delivery assurance.
· To work autonomously under the direction of the Director of Assurance & Deputy Managing Director, providing expert advice that supports strategic decision‑making and organisational change.
· To ensure financial sustainability considerations are embedded within PFI, commercial, contract management and transformation decisions.
· To support and provide challenge to UHT senior leaders to identify, develop and deliver productivity, efficiency and value‑for‑money opportunities.
· To ensure strong financial governance, control and assurance arrangements are maintained across all assigned sustainability and transformation workstreams.
· To take a lead role in providing comprehensive financial support to the financial sustainability agenda across UHT. This will include directives from the Director of Assurance & Managing Director and will require the post holder to demonstrate autonomy.
· Business as usual contract management arrangements, including (but not limited to) service provision by PFIco and the proper operation of the contractual payment mechanism and financial model.
· The pricing, agreement and financial monitoring of both works and service variations under the PFI contract as they arise.
· The process of preparation for the efficient handback of JCUH from the private sector PFI partner and its sub-contractors to the Trust, at the end of the PFI contract operational period in 2033 (the handback period).
· To support and advise on relevant strategic and operational decision-making through evidence gathering and other insights and analysis, to drive better service provision and performance management of the private sector partner.
· To ensure financial governance and control is maintained within the PFI contractual and administrative management arrangements.
· To provide similar commercial financial input into any other significant contracts/projects as allocated.
· To provide robust financial data as part of performance management and challenge, business case development and other management and development proposals.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Jun 2026