An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Business Unit Accountant within the Financial Management Team at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Working with the Chief Finance Manager and Principle Finance Manager, the post holder will be responsible for delivering financial management and business insights to the service leads and heads of department for clinical services. This role may rotate across clinical and non clinical business areas within the Financial Management department.
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum
Job type: Full-time, Flexible working
Contract type: Permanent
Role: Business Unit Accountant
Employer: Northumbria Healthcare.
Deadline: 20 July 2025
Roles & Responsibilities
- The Business Unit Accountant performs a key role specialising in the provision of financial reporting, planning and analysis to enable performance management and informed decision making. They will be skilled in supporting leaders in giving financial advice to facilitate high quality decision making within the resources available whilst supporting the Principal Finance Manager with finance responsibilities.
- The fundamental principle of this role is to lead on the management accounting duties for the organisation, this includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Taking ownership and leading on all aspects of monthly reporting, forecasting and analysis of the financial position for the company with a clear understanding of key factors contributing current performance.
- Embedding finance within the division to support leaders with their financial responsibilities to deliver an safe, efficient and effective service.Appropriately training colleagues on budget management with effective challenge and investigation into performance variances.
- Leading on annual budget setting, appropriately and clearly capturing the resource required to deliver on operational plans for the following year.
Eligibility Requirements
- Must possess a Professional Accountancy qualification (e.g. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy or The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
- Ongoing participation in the relevant Continuing Professional Development programme as required by the professional accountancy body, or equivalent, is essential. A minimum of 30 hours per year must be devoted to structured development, underpinned by reading and private study.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience of Financial Management, acquired over a substantial period working alongside other professional accountants, attending appropriate courses and undertaking extended self study.
- Working knowledge of Oracle Financials computer system
- Knowledge NHS financial regimes and legislation
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
About the Employer
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
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