Management Accountant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a suitably

experienced and motivated Management Accountant to join our successful team

within the award winning, Financial Management function at County Durham and

Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

The role is a key part of our finance team providing

financial support and guidance to the organisation and supporting the financial

strategy of the department. We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is

passionate about what they do in order to support delivering the best care for

patients.

In return we will offer you a warm and welcoming environment

where you will be fully supported.

We operate an agile working policy, whereby, the team are

based on site for a proportion of the week with the option to work at home for

2 days per week alongside a flexible working policy, enabling flexible start

and finish times.

This role is positioned to enable excellent developmental

and career progression opportunities

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work within a smaller team of 5

people, providing comprehensive financial management and business advice

service to Clinical Care Group encompassing:

1. Budgetary

control

2. Financial

advice and support

Monthly reporting

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

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Details

Date posted

09 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

C9439-2627-548-2

Job locations

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

To

prepare / distribute monthly clinical care groups / corporates financial

reports with the support of the Senior Management Accountant.

To input

into the Oracle Financial Management System (I.e. Journals, budgets and data

from feeder systems (Payroll/Stock/Debtors/Creditors)

To

provide information and support to allow identification and interpretation of

variances from budget. Assisting the provision of monthly commentaries on the

key financial issues for the Senior Management Accountant to ensure any trends

are identified.

Assists

the Senior Management Accountant / Associate Care Group / Deputy Corporate

Accountant in the preparation of annual budgets, ensuring that budgets reflect

service requirements.

Represent

the department at internal finance discussions with the support of more senior

finance staff as required with senior grade Healthcare Professionals to

collect/clarify financial information.

Helps

ensure all Income is accurately identified and invoices are raised in a timely

manner.

Liaise

with Financial Services to ensure all income and expenditure is correctly

coded.

Maintaining

the control and accuracy of budgets as directed by the Senior Management

Accountant / Associate Care Group / Deputy Corporate Accountant ensuring that

budgetary controls are reconciled and balanced off on a monthly basis.

To

provide ad-hoc costing information as requested by budget managers

Contribute

to and support the development and improvement of financial procedures to drive

efficiency and quality.

To work

as part of the overall financial management department and to develop close

working relationships with other Accountants.

To

develop effective working relationships, providing advice and answering

financial queries for key personal of various levels of seniority working

within the Trust.

Assist in

the production of working papers where required to the Trusts statutory annual

accounts.

To ensure

that departmental standards and agreed deadlines are met.

To

deputise for the Senior Management Accountant as required.

To

perform any other duties as may be delegated from time to time.

Job responsibilities

To

prepare / distribute monthly clinical care groups / corporates financial

reports with the support of the Senior Management Accountant.

To input

into the Oracle Financial Management System (I.e. Journals, budgets and data

from feeder systems (Payroll/Stock/Debtors/Creditors)

To

provide information and support to allow identification and interpretation of

variances from budget. Assisting the provision of monthly commentaries on the

key financial issues for the Senior Management Accountant to ensure any trends

are identified.

Assists

the Senior Management Accountant / Associate Care Group / Deputy Corporate

Accountant in the preparation of annual budgets, ensuring that budgets reflect

service requirements.

Represent

the department at internal finance discussions with the support of more senior

finance staff as required with senior grade Healthcare Professionals to

collect/clarify financial information.

Helps

ensure all Income is accurately identified and invoices are raised in a timely

manner.

Liaise

with Financial Services to ensure all income and expenditure is correctly

coded.

Maintaining

the control and accuracy of budgets as directed by the Senior Management

Accountant / Associate Care Group / Deputy Corporate Accountant ensuring that

budgetary controls are reconciled and balanced off on a monthly basis.

To

provide ad-hoc costing information as requested by budget managers

Contribute

to and support the development and improvement of financial procedures to drive

efficiency and quality.

To work

as part of the overall financial management department and to develop close

working relationships with other Accountants.

To

develop effective working relationships, providing advice and answering

financial queries for key personal of various levels of seniority working

within the Trust.

Assist in

the production of working papers where required to the Trusts statutory annual

accounts.

To ensure

that departmental standards and agreed deadlines are met.

To

deputise for the Senior Management Accountant as required.

To

perform any other duties as may be delegated from time to time.

Person Specification

Special Requirements

Essential

• Good team player with ability to work collaboratively to achieve shared objectives.
• Ability to work under pressure, achieving tight and often conflicting deadlines.
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimum of supervision.
• Positive attitude.
• Flexible and responsive.
• Ability to continuously reassess and strive to improve working practices to improve efficiency and performance in self & others.

Experience

Essential

• Experience within a finance function.

Desirable

• Experience of working within NHS finance.

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• The ability to provide and receive complex financial information to/from financial and non-financial staff orally, in writing or electronically in a professional manner.
• Good computer skills with experience of the Microsoft Office particularly Excel and Word.
• The ability to input into and interrogate the Finance General Ledger to obtain standard and ad hoc reports.
• Has the ability to quickly learn new skills and tasks as and when required.
• Ability to work to all routine and ad hoc deadlines.
• Ability to identify and act to remedy circumstances that mean a deadline is at risk.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to provide training, advise and review the work of more junior team members.
• Must have good analytical skills.
• Possesses basic organisational skills.

Desirable

• Has an appreciation of the NHS finance regime.
• Experience of Oracle Finance Ledger system.

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs / O Levels (A* - C) including Maths and English.
• Demonstrates a track record of academic achievement or has experience of working within a finance function.

Desirable

• Experience of working within an NHS finance function.
• Studying towards a professional accountancy qualification.

Person Specification

Special Requirements

Essential

• Good team player with ability to work collaboratively to achieve shared objectives.
• Ability to work under pressure, achieving tight and often conflicting deadlines.
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimum of supervision.
• Positive attitude.
• Flexible and responsive.
• Ability to continuously reassess and strive to improve working practices to improve efficiency and performance in self & others.

Experience

Essential

• Experience within a finance function.

Desirable

• Experience of working within NHS finance.

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• The ability to provide and receive complex financial information to/from financial and non-financial staff orally, in writing or electronically in a professional manner.
• Good computer skills with experience of the Microsoft Office particularly Excel and Word.
• The ability to input into and interrogate the Finance General Ledger to obtain standard and ad hoc reports.
• Has the ability to quickly learn new skills and tasks as and when required.
• Ability to work to all routine and ad hoc deadlines.
• Ability to identify and act to remedy circumstances that mean a deadline is at risk.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to provide training, advise and review the work of more junior team members.
• Must have good analytical skills.
• Possesses basic organisational skills.

Desirable

• Has an appreciation of the NHS finance regime.
• Experience of Oracle Finance Ledger system.

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs / O Levels (A* - C) including Maths and English.
• Demonstrates a track record of academic achievement or has experience of working within a finance function.

Desirable

• Experience of working within an NHS finance function.
• Studying towards a professional accountancy qualification.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

To

prepare / distribute monthly clinical care groups / corporates financial

reports with the support of the Senior Management Accountant.

To input

into the Oracle Financial Management System (I.e. Journals, budgets and data

from feeder systems (Payroll/Stock/Debtors/Creditors)

To

provide information and support to allow identification and interpretation of

variances from budget. Assisting the provision of monthly commentaries on the

key financial issues for the Senior Management Accountant to ensure any trends

are identified.

Assists

the Senior Management Accountant / Associate Care Group / Deputy Corporate

Accountant in the preparation of annual budgets, ensuring that budgets reflect

service requirements.

Represent

the department at internal finance discussions with the support of more senior

finance staff as required with senior grade Healthcare Professionals to

collect/clarify financial information.

Helps

ensure all Income is accurately identified and invoices are raised in a timely

manner.

Liaise

with Financial Services to ensure all income and expenditure is correctly

coded.

Maintaining

the control and accuracy of budgets as directed by the Senior Management

Accountant / Associate Care Group / Deputy Corporate Accountant ensuring that

budgetary controls are reconciled and balanced off on a monthly basis.

To

provide ad-hoc costing information as requested by budget managers

Contribute

to and support the development and improvement of financial procedures to drive

efficiency and quality.

To work

as part of the overall financial management department and to develop close

working relationships with other Accountants.

To

develop effective working relationships, providing advice and answering

financial queries for key personal of various levels of seniority working

within the Trust.

Assist in

the production of working papers where required to the Trusts statutory annual

accounts.

To ensure

that departmental standards and agreed deadlines are met.

To

deputise for the Senior Management Accountant as required.

To

perform any other duties as may be delegated from time to time.

Special Requirements

Essential

• Good team player with ability to work collaboratively to achieve shared objectives.
• Ability to work under pressure, achieving tight and often conflicting deadlines.
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimum of supervision.
• Positive attitude.
• Flexible and responsive.
• Ability to continuously reassess and strive to improve working practices to improve efficiency and performance in self & others.

Experience

Essential

• Experience within a finance function.

Desirable

• Experience of working within NHS finance.

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• The ability to provide and receive complex financial information to/from financial and non-financial staff orally, in writing or electronically in a professional manner.
• Good computer skills with experience of the Microsoft Office particularly Excel and Word.
• The ability to input into and interrogate the Finance General Ledger to obtain standard and ad hoc reports.
• Has the ability to quickly learn new skills and tasks as and when required.
• Ability to work to all routine and ad hoc deadlines.
• Ability to identify and act to remedy circumstances that mean a deadline is at risk.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to provide training, advise and review the work of more junior team members.
• Must have good analytical skills.
• Possesses basic organisational skills.

Desirable

• Has an appreciation of the NHS finance regime.
• Experience of Oracle Finance Ledger system.

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs / O Levels (A* - C) including Maths and English.
• Demonstrates a track record of academic achievement or has experience of working within a finance function.

Desirable

• Experience of working within an NHS finance function.
• Studying towards a professional accountancy qualification.