Senior Corporate Accountant

Job Summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust is proud to be a little bit different. Serving the communities across Herefordshire we aim to be outstanding in everything we do. Are you looking for your next challenge, do you want to be part of an organisation which supports, grows and develops its staff?

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior Corporate Accountant to join the Wye Valley NHS Trust Finance Team.

Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager the post holder will be supporting in ensuring effective use of financial resources in pursuit of agreed Divisional and Corporate goals.

This post will also support the Senior Finance Manager in budget setting, financial planning, forecasting, monthly monitoring and reporting within corporate standards and timetables.

Requires close working and good relationships with budget managers and dedicated finance manager as well as the wider finance team.

This role is based across the main NHS sites in Herefordshire while also embracing the option of agile working, through a combination of on-site working and working from home, should this flexibility be attractive to the right candidate.

Main duties of the job

Flexibility is a key word for WVT, working with you to ensure that your hours, location and work patterns fit in with your lifestyle and the work pattern of the department. This includes an excellent benefits package which includes NHS pension scheme, generous NHS annual leave and national terms and conditions.

The role requires an enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work as a Senior Corporate Accountant.

Main duties include the consolidation of monthly accounts, analysis of variances and preparation of trust wide accounts and supporting the senior manager team.

The role is expected to build good relationships with budget managers and to work with a dedicated finance manager as well as the wider finance team.

The post holder will maintain a clear understanding of financial pressures, saving opportunities and performance against financial plans.

We have a long history of nurturing talent and developing our staff. If you would like an informal chat about the opportunities which might be waiting for you then give us a call.

About Us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Date posted: 31 January 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year pa pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 229-COR-6970879

Job locations: Harold Street, Harold Street Archive Building, Hereford, HR1 2QX

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities

Job description Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1. Graduate or equivalent experience and already AAT qualified.
2. Actively studying/commitment to study for CCAB Professional level qualification.
3. Commitment and evidence of continuing professional development in line with the post holder's professional accounting body.
4. Further specialist finance training and experience related to wider Healthcare finance.
5. Project Management qualification or experience to support Improvement Work responsibilities and tasks of this role.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

1. Expert user of Financial systems and Microsoft Excel.
2. Demonstrable evidence of influencing and persuading.
3. Has understanding of audit and awareness of evidence required and audit standards and tests to be met.
4. Highly numerate and analytical.
5. Excellent verbal reasoning.
6. High level of report writing skills.
7. Understanding of current NHS structures and key policies.
8. Knowledge of acute hospital and community healthcare environment.
9. Ability to lead, motivate and manage a small team of staff.
10. Ability to prioritise, plan and prioritise workload effectively and in a manner which is sustainable.

Experience

Essential

1. Extensive expert knowledge and experience in NHS Financial Management or equivalent.
2. Significant experience in an NHS Finance role or equivalent experience.
3. Experience of running Improvement Initiatives.

Desirable

1. Acute Sector Experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address: Harold Street, Harold Street Archive Building, Hereford, HR1 2QX

Employer's website: Wye Valley NHS Trust