Job summary
- Main area
- Management Accounting
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 380-SS0731
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Farm Villa
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Finance Business Partner
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust Financial Management team.
We are looking to attract an excellent candidate to our team to ensure that we provide high quality performance reporting services to the Trust Board and Operational Leaders. Reporting to the Associate Director of Finance (Financial Management), this is a fantastic opportunity for candidates with an abundance of Financial Management experience, looking to make the next step in their career.
In order to succeed in this role, you will be highly motivated, possess excellent communication skills, have a strong understanding of finance within the NHS and the ability to engage with a range of stakeholders, including clinical and non-clinical staff, to drive the financial agenda within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
- Your role will be essential in ensuring that the Trust receives value adding financial expertise, information and support in relation to monthly expenditure and income.
- You will be the lead for the Directorate, working closely with managers at all levels to ensure robust budget
management is in place. - You will support on costing as required, as well as focus on efficiency opportunities and delivery of programmes as part of the Trust sustainability agenda.
Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
The role of the Financial Management team is fundamental to providing financial and business information and advice to Directorates, support
services and managers across the Trust.
Every single member of staff has the patient in mind and our role within this enables staff to deliver against their operational and financial
objectives, releasing funding within the organisation to invest in front line services and improve the quality of patient care.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In depth knowledge of NHS accounting policies and procedures
- In depth knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, financial systems and costing methodologies
- Knowledge of developing and reporting cost improvement schemes
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of strong involvement in delivering excellence in financial reporting
- Extensive finance experience, including minimum 4 years financial management experience
- Experience of successfully partnering operational services
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using SBS
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to interpret and analyse highly complex financial and statistical data
- Able to meet tight deadlines and organise oneself under pressure
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential criteria
- AAT Qualified
- Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to financial management
Desirable criteria
- Actively studying for CCAB accountancy qualification or equivalent
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
- Rebecca Melia
- Job title
- Associate Director of Financial Management
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 714549
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