Band 6 Senior Management Accountant

Job summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Management Accountant to join our finance team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in financial management, reporting, and strategic planning, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data across the organization. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the financial health of a dynamic healthcare support organization.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities

• Build and develop strong collaborative working relationships and efficient processes with key stakeholders, in particular with service managers and finance colleagues within the wider finance team. Ensure queries and requests for support and guidance are responded to efficiently and effectively in a timely manner.
• Lead point of contact for service managers for all financial issues. Provide service managers training with regards to Trust Policy and Processes in relation to financial matters and compliance with Standing Financial Instructions.
• Responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of monthly financial transactions and data and compliance to standard accounting processes and procedures and Standing Financial Instructions. Ensure all income and expenditure transactions, including internal recharges, are appropriately accounted for on a timely basis.
• Responsible for supporting service managers to ensure that appropriate service level agreements and contracts are in place before services are delivered. Ensure timely collection of income due, raising invoices in line with service level and contractual arrangements. Support prompt payment of debt by monitoring payment of invoices and supporting credit control and service managers in actions taken to recover overdue debt.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Details

• Date posted: 30 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £24.61 an hour
• Contract: Bank
• Duration: 6 months
• Working pattern: Full-time, Home or remote working
• Reference number: M0042-26-0245
• Job locations: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, RG12 2UT, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Senior Management Accountant

Location: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Assignment Length: 6 Months (Bank)

Hours: 37.5 hours, Mon - Fri ( 9 to 5)

Pay Rate: £24.61 per hour

Band: 6

Company Overview

NHS Professionals is a leading provider of staffing solutions within the National Health Service, supporting a wide network of NHS trusts. We are committed to delivering flexible, high-quality workforce management that enables healthcare professionals to thrive and deliver exceptional patient care.

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Management Accountant to join our finance team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in financial management, reporting, and strategic planning, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data across the organization. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the financial health of a dynamic healthcare support organization.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop strong collaborative working relationships and efficient processes with key stakeholders, in particular with service managers and finance colleagues within the wider finance team. Ensure queries and requests for support and guidance are responded to efficiently and effectively in a timely manner.
• Lead point of contact for service managers for all financial issues. Provide service managers training with regards to Trust Policy and Processes in relation to financial matters and compliance with Standing Financial Instructions.
• Responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of monthly financial transactions and data and compliance to standard accounting processes and procedures and Standing Financial Instructions. Ensure all income and expenditure transactions, including internal recharges, are appropriately accounted for on a timely basis.
• Responsible for supporting service managers to ensure that appropriate service level agreements and contracts are in place before services are delivered. Ensure timely collection of income due, raising invoices in line with service level and contractual arrangements. Support prompt payment of debt by monitoring payment of invoices and supporting credit control and service managers in actions taken to recover overdue debt.
• Responsible for supporting prompt resolution of income and expenditure accruals to minimise the use of such transactions. Continuous review and improvement of processes which post source transactions incorrectly to minimise the use of transfer journals.
• Responsible for designated ad hoc processes associated with income and expenditure commitments, for example lease car applications or allocation of consolidated invoices.

Experience

• At least 3 years management accounting experience including dealing with service managers/customers
• Experience of providing monthly financial reports and other management information for at least 2 years of that time.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to build strong collaborative relationships with customers and finance colleagues.
• Competent level of IT literacy with experience in use of finance system and reporting tools
• Good data analysis skills, with ability to identify and utilise information from a range of sources.
• Ability to analyse data and sensitive information and appropriately communicate this in a clear and concise manner to colleagues at all levels
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
• Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
• Understanding of the NHS operating environment including NHS organisation and regulatory structure

Join us as a Senior Management Accountant to leverage your expertise in financial management while supporting our mission to deliver exceptional healthcare staffing solutions. Your dedication will help shape the future of our organizations financial success and operational excellence.