Senior Management Accountant
| Posting date: | 27 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 February 2026 |
| Location: | Torquay, TQ2 7AN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9388-26-0077 |
Summary
Provide comprehensive and senior level finance support. Reporting to a Finance Business Manage to provide service line reporting, benchmarking, business cases, cost improvement and efficiency plans (CIP) and monthly income & expenditure financial positions. Significant involvement in the annual planning process including re-costing of budgets and reviews of pay costing during the budget setting process. Working with operational colleagues on the short to medium term financial strategy. This includes production of the information to maintain the Unit 4 system. The post holder will need to ensure that the financial implications of service change and cost pressures are fully costed and will be required to play a key role in assisting Senior Budget Holders in prioritising these initiatives in line with key local and national targets. The post holder will be required to meet regularly and liaise with Operational Managers and other senior budget holders to advise on complex financial issues, identify possible corrective action on budgets in deficit and run rate increases, and will work with Finance Business Managers to provide analysis of multiple years/months run rates, and examine methods of maintaining a balanced financial position The post holder will be required to undertake service efficiency reviews and report on recommended actions, to the Business Support team. The post holder will deputise for their Finance Business Manager where necessary. The post holder will be required to provide financial information to the Senior Management Finance Team to support, strategic planning, financial analysis and forecasting. The post holder will work autonomously to achieve agreed objectives using their own professional knowledge and experience within the professional regulatory and organisation framework. This includes having a full awareness and operation of Trust and DHSC financial policies and procedures and accounting standards, following procedures when undertaking tasks and interpreting such standards and policies when necessary. The post holder will use their own professional knowledge and judgment to decide appropriate actions and responses, only referring to senior colleagues for any sensitive or ambiguous issues. The post holder will be required to be able to use the general ledger budget system (currently Unit4) and associated reporting tools. The post holder will propose and implement changes to working practices and procedures, policy or service changes which have an impact on own and other parts of the organisation. For example any Trust documentation that comes through finance for formal review. Undertake ad hoc tasks as necessary and provide cover within the section whilst enabling reporting deadlines to be met.