Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: This post can be based at either Luton & Dunstable Hospital or Bedford Hospital, Cross site travel is necessary as part of this role.
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Office based)
- Job ref
- 418-FIN5921-EH
- Employer
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT: Luton and Bedford
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/11/2025
Employer heading
Directorate Management Accountant
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
At Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and pride ourselves on being a supportive team. We are a level 2 accredited One NHS Finance employer and are striving to achieve the Level 3 accreditation. We value our diverse workforce and our finance staff are pivotal in shaping how we address the financial challenges we face going forward.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join our Management Accounting team. This post provides financial advice and management accounting support to a number of surgery service lines within the Trust.
This is an excellent role for an ambitious individual who likes challenges, is self-motivated and wants to use their financial skills to add value and understand how financial resources can be used to support service improvement. The post holder will play a crucial role in ensuring robust and timely management accounting information is available to service lines.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate commitment to achieve CCAB/CIMA qualification, and be able to demonstrate sufficient relevant experience and achievement of specific competencies. In return the post offers a breadth of experience and an excellent development opportunity.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate a proven track record in financial management, academic success and with strong personal qualities, including communication skills and team working.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be responsible for the production and analysis of monthly financial statements for a number of service lines. They will provide financial advice to general managers and other budget holders that will assist them in the preparation of annual budgets and business plans. The post-holder will also provide ad hoc support to other members of the finance team as required.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Finance Team has over 50 members of staff working in Financial Accounts, Management Accounts and Contracting across the Bedford and Luton Site. It is a great place to work where we support learning and development of our staff. We have an excellent track record of supporting, developing and promoting our staff internally.
We are also proud to hold the following employer accreditations
Level 2 accredited One NHS Finance employer, working towards Level 3
ACCA Approved Employer Programme
CIMA Premier Partner
AAT Employer Scheme
Main responsibilities include:
To produce timely and accurate financial statements for Directorates on a monthly basis.
To support budget holders in managing their financial position such that the Trust is able to achieve its financial targets. This will include providing complex and sensitive information, and will require skills of negotiation and persuasion.
To support negotiations with NHS and external organisations over cost / service issues.
To report Directorates financial position to the Finance Manager (FM) to allow aggregation of the Trust’s financial position on a timely monthly basis.
To assist in the Directorate’s procurement strategy to minimise cost incurred.
To analyse complex financial trends involving many streams of data and forecast financial expenditure, using own initiative to make appropriate assumptions.
To assist senior financial managers & clinicians with financial decision making and risk mitigation through in depth analysis of activity / income.
To prepare annual Directorate budgets for service planning, supporting budget holders through the budget setting process.
To monitor & control budgetary changes throughout the year for relevant Directorates and to propose changes to the control procedures which impact on other team members’ areas.
To provide ad hoc support to FM, Director of Finance & other team members in planning projects that impact across the department and the organisation.
To help co-ordinate work of other staff members in section and to allocate and check the work to junior staff members and to deliver appropriate training to new / junior staff members.
Review of activity and income on a monthly basis, to ensure activity is recorded and reflected on SLR.
Costing for business cases, including for activity, income and expenditure.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Graduate
- Part CCAB or Studying
Desirable criteria
- CCAB
IT skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of excel, word and powerpoint
- General ledger system experience
Relevant experience from JD
Essential criteria
- Month end experience
- Variance analysis
- Dealing with budget holder queries
- Management accounts experience - 3+ years
- NHS Experience
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to explain financial information to non finance professionals
Desirable criteria
- Negotiation skills
Other skills
Essential criteria
- Time management
- Prioritising both predictable and unpredicatable workloads
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
- Concentration and high work quality under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Able to work as part of a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amira Libane
- Job title
- Finance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01582 498842
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