Do you enjoy building relationships, turning data into insights, bringing numbers to life and using this to influence strategic decision making? An exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join NHS Education for Scotland (NES) finance team supporting our NDS and Digital directorates in enabling excellence in health and care throughout Scotland. NDS & Digital NDS A fast-growing directorate focused on improving people's lives by applying start-up principles building impactful digital products from the ground up. We believe it should be easy for you, your family, friends and indeed every citizen to book appointments, get test results, and renew prescriptions online. We also believe that those caring for you- in a hospital, GP practice, or your home - should have straightforward, appropriate access to the information they need to do their job. Digital Development of a new, digital by default, technical environment enabling NES to become a leading organisation in Scottish Health, aligned with the Scottish Government's eHealth strategy. What we can offer you Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and remote working A collaborative, open and empowering environment Extensive Benefits Incremental progression through the salary band, plus annual NHS salary scale review. There is a generous NHS pension scheme and annual leave starts at 27 days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday. Your Role Able to work autonomously you will be part of the NES finance team playing an important role supporting the directorates in delivering their outcomes and aligning their financial management to the NES governance structure while also ensuring best value. Responsibilities will include, but are not restricted to... Lead in the development of NDS & Digital directorates ensuring NES financial management processes are robustly embedded to ensure effective governance. Ensuring a strong relationship is maintained between Finance and the Directorates using the Business partnering ethos. Taking responsibility for reporting the financial position of the Directorates, using professional judgement in a range of complex situations to identify, investigate and implement solutions as appropriate Quickly developing a detailed understanding of directorate activities enabling constructive challenge to ensure value for money and the effective management of financial risk. Representing and acting on behalf of NES from a finance perspective dealing with external bodies. Interpreting and analysing a range of external information and the assessing the impact for NES and making suitable recommendations to senior managers. What we love to see An experienced finance professional with a background of working within a Business Partnering culture they can demonstrate evidence of- Influencing and challenging senior colleagues effectively Significant experience of building and successfully managing relationships, staff and teams Embedding appropriate budget monitoring, financial forecasting and control mechanisms Deploying improvement methodologies to develop services Sound good? For more information including how to apply please refer to the NES website.