Job vacancy: Finance Manager (Accounts and Control), Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff

Job summary

Main area: Finance
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 028-AC165-0725

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Number 2 Capital Quarter
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £54,550 - £61,412 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/07/2025 23:59
Interview date: 04/08/2025

Finance Manager (Accounts and Control)

Band 8a

Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales

Our vision is Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales

To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this video about our Strategic Plan

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

CCAB qualified with full Member Status, or qualified by equivalent relevant experience.
Commitment to and evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Experience

Essential criteria

Highly developed specialist knowledge in areas of financial accounting.
Experience of working at a senior level in a large complex organisation.
Experience in producing a wide range of financial and management information, reports and analyses to senior management and executive level teams.
Experience of providing financial training to, advising and producing guidance for nonfinance managers
Experience of attending senior management meetings and working with non-financial senior managers.
Proven ability of preparing financial accounts in line with legal requirements and agreed timetables with experience of producing good quality year-end accounts and working papers
Experience in implementing current tax legislation such as Self-employed tax, Value Added Tax and PAYE
Experience of working autonomously, and implementing policy and procedures across a corporate finance function
Proven experience in managing and motivating staff
Demonstrate experience of successfully advising and influencing on the application of IFRS
Experience of dealing with both Internal and External Auditors

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in the NHS and a thorough understanding of the NHS Finance regime
Experience of establishing and maintaining financial systems and developing new systems that are sound, effective, efficient and automated
Experience of working on defined projects.
Costing and business case costings.

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities

Essential criteria

A detailed understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
A highly developed knowledge of the principles of financial reporting and control
An appreciation of NHS financial accounting, financial and non financial NHS policies, procedures and issues
An understanding of procurement issues.
Strong Interpersonal skills with ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
Highly developed written and verbal communication skills to enable the postholder to discuss and explain accounting treatment decisions
Ability to work on multiple complex tasks, working to tight deadlines.
Highly developed analytical interpretational and comparative skills capable of dealing with highly complex sensitive information to support rational decision making.
Excellent Analytical and Numerical Skills. Expertise in advanced financial modelling using spread sheets, and proven experience of advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel;
Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
Produces work with attention to detail.
Ability to work under own initiative.
Keyboard skills required for data input into financial ledger and report writing.
Extensive experience of computerised financial accounting systems.

Desirable criteria

Ability to speak Welsh or willingness to learn.
Knowledge of the financial Oracle system.

Public Health Wales, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.