Job summary

We are seeking an experienced finance professional to join our team as Strategic Business Partner - Transformation & Efficiency. In this role you will lead our Transformation & Efficiency (T&E) function, driving the delivery of programmes to improve value, embed efficiencies, and support strategic decision-making across the Trust. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, influencing change, and ensuring robust governance of cost improvement and transformation activity.

You'll be instrumental in shaping our future finances, ensuring alignment with broader strategic aims, and supporting cultural change across the organisation.

• Interviews will be held face to face at our Wakefield Headquarters on Monday 20th October.

Main duties of the job

• Lead, manage and co-ordinate the Trust's Transformation & Efficiency agenda.
• Provide high quality financial advice and analysis to senior leaders, guiding investment decisions and business cases.
• Ensure robust CIP (Cost Improvement Programme) accounting, validation, tracking, and governance.
• Produce timely and accurate reports, returns, forecasts and assurance documents.
• Liaise with regional and national bodies, representing the Trust and sharing best practice.
• Support, mentor and develop staff within the T&E team.
• Contribute actively to cross-Trust transformation and change programmes, ensuring financial rigour and alignment with objectives.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.Benefits:o Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)o 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.o Contributory Pension.o NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.o Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes (salary dependent)o Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.o Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.o Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

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