Finance Business Partner - Health

Finance Business Partner - Health

Hybrid - Scotland

Full Time

14-Month Fixed Term Contract
£75,000 - £82,000 per annum

Company Car / Cash Allowance + Bonus

Here at Serco, we're seeking a Finance Business Partner in Serco's Health division, you will provide essential financial and commercial insight across our healthcare contracts in Scotland, including Forth Valley Royal Hospital, University Hospital Wishaw, Queen Elizabeth Hospital's Langlands Building, and Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. This is a 14-month fixed term contract with the potential to extend or go permanent. Reporting to the Finance Director, you'll serve as a key advisor to the Regional Director and contract leadership teams, transforming financial data into actionable insights that support strategic decisions and drive performance. You'll also oversee financial planning, forecasting, and analysis, collaborating with our off-shore Finance Centre of Excellence to ensure accurate, timely reporting that aligns with contract and business goals.

In this role, you will lead efforts to optimise contract performance by identifying efficiencies, managing financial and commercial risks, and ensuring compliance. Your on-site presence will be crucial for building relationships with NHS clients and understanding their unique needs, allowing you to deliver value-driven financial support. You'll also play a key role in cost optimisation, scenario planning, and supporting business growth through financial analysis and strategic guidance, directly contributing to the sustainability and success of essential healthcare services across Scotland.

Main responsibilities of the role:

• Act as a trusted, visible, and accessible point of contact to business leaders; providing commercial and financial decision support; challenge and insight into business profitability to drive future performance. 
• Oversee financial operations for contracts totalling approximately £40m in revenue, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and on-time reporting with support from our off-shore Finance Centre of Excellence.
• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and analysis efforts, including scenario planning, KPI analysis, and cost optimization, to support contract performance.
• Identify and manage financial and commercial risks, providing recommendations for operational improvements and efficiency.
• Build and maintain robust relationships with NHS stakeholders and internal teams to support informed financial decision-making and collaborative risk management.

What you'll need:

• Must hold an appropriate professional qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience in a complex, fast-paced business environment.
• A proven ability to transform financial data into clear, actionable insights to support strategic decisions.
• Excellent influencing, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills with key decision-makers.
• Adaptability and resilience, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong relationship-building skills and a customer-focused approach, essential for collaborating with NHS clients and internal stakeholders.
• A track record of driving financial performance through analysis, planning, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Willingness to travel occasionally within the UK.

What we offer:

• Company car / £4200 cash alternative.
• Bonus scheme - 10% on target, 20% exceeding targets.
• Private healthcare.
• Life assurance.
• Up to 6% contributory pension.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Annual leave purchase scheme.
• A Serco benefits portal offering a wide range of discounts for major high street brands in Retail, Leisure & Hospitality.
• A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Health Cash Plans, free flu jabs and more.
• A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations. These range from role specific training, leadership coaching, formal study and much more to support you to build your career with Serco.
• A safe and supportive culture.
• A company passionate about diversity and inclusion.

About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.  We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks - SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

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At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.  For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
 

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the 'Ban the Box' pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.