Job Title: Finance Business Partner Department: Finance Department Job Type: Specific Purpose Contract Hours: 37 hours per week Blackrock Clinic is the leading and longest established private hospital and clinic in Ireland. Since it opened in the mid-1980s, the clinic has consistently built an unparalleled reputation in new high-tech surgical procedures, medical treatments, and ground-breaking diagnostics. Blackrock Clinic is now part of Blackrock Health private hospital group along with the Hermitage Clinic, Galway Clinic, and Limerick Clinic, some of the most advanced hospitals in Irish private healthcare. As a JCI accredited hospital, Blackrock Clinic is a progressive and pioneering hospital in which care for the patient is central to everything we do. Role purpose: The key purpose of this role is to contribute to the delivery of accurate, timely management accounts for the Blackrock Hospital group. Partner with business management to ensure effective delivery of objectives through the provision of quality financial analysis and decision support. Qualifications: Qualified Accountant 1+ Year PQE Healthcare experience desirable however not essential Experience working on own initiative and with multidisciplinary stakeholders Key areas of responsibility: Prepare, analyse, interpret and deliver timely, accurate financial and activity information to the executive team including daily / weekly P&L accounts and monthly management accounts for the group to strict reporting deadlines. Proactively work with business-unit managers, as a finance business partner, to maintain the integrity and accuracy of transactions in the general ledger, in accordance with relevant legislation and internal accounting policies. Assist the statutory reporting team with the provision of information to enable the preparation of annual statutory financial statements in accordance with recognised accounting standards and relevant legislation. Reconciliation and management of month end reconciliations including month end journal processing. Engage with business-unit managers to understand and deliver information requirements, including financials for business cases, cost analytics and variance analysis. Work with executives and unit managers to identify new business and investment opportunities and provide detailed financial analysis of those proposals using various assessment measures. Work with business-unit managers to improve and maintain the accuracy of service costs within all relevant information systems. Contribute to the budget and forecasting processes by engaging with business-unit managers to understand service delivery plans and resources required to deliver these. Collaborate with business-unit managers to review and approve expenditure requisitions in line with budget. Analyse, validate, interpret and deliver payroll information, including headcount, agency costs and nurse patient ratios, to the executive team and unit managers to facilitate decision making Show commitment to the adoption of best practice and proactively seek opportunities to improve the finance function. Contribute to a wide variety of ad-hoc accounting assignments, projects and initiatives as required, including the adoption of digital processes Build strong relationships and work collaboratively with all other finance team members, towards improving the finance function. Engage with the finance team on continuous improvement and commit to the adoption of best practice while seeking out opportunities to improve the finance systems and processes Undertake various ad hoc reporting or accounting assignments as required by Finance Management. Communication skills: Engage, collaborate and communicate appropriately with finance colleagues and other members of the health care teams to ensure a quality service is provided to all while constantly striving for excellence in patient/customer care. Communicate in a manner that avoids antagonism, reduces conflict and prevents undue anxiety. Recognise limitations and seek assistance where necessary. Attend and contribute to appropriate meetings. Accept constructive advice when appropriate. Report all incidents immediately, which may adversely affect a patient, colleague or the Blackrock Clinic. General expectations: Support the philosophy, objectives and goals of Blackrock Clinic. Observe the appropriate lines of authority. Maintain strict confidentiality regarding all patients and the activities of Blackrock Clinic. Demonstrate flexibility by assisting in all areas of the hospital/clinic as required. Observe annual leave policy with due consideration for strict reporting deadlines and the timing of other key deliverables. Participate in developing and providing quality care within Blackrock Clinic. Assist in orientation of new personnel. Continue to develop personal knowledge, attend internal training as required and seeks outside educational opportunities. Present a professional appearance and conform to the dress, hygiene and infection control policies of the Clinic. Is always punctual on duty. Flexible attitude to changing work practises At the Blackrock Clinic, we are passionate about our people and believe in their development and growth. As a member of the team you can benefit from: Competitive salary Onsite parking Pension Discounted café Sports and Social club Employee Assistance Programme Discounted onsite pharmacy Skills: Numeracy communication skills attention to detail