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Job requirements
Essential
38 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
*Capital and Lease Accounting experience
- Experience
*Experience of monthly reporting cycles and population of month end reports
- Experience
*Report writing
- Experience
*Experience of working with other finance colleagues to ensure monthly tasks are completed within tight deadlines
- Qualifications
*CCAB recognised accountancy qualification
- Qualifications
*Post qualification experience in a complex environment
- Qualifications
*Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Additional Criteria
*Translate strategic directives into operational deliverables.
- Additional Criteria
*Use own initiative while knowing when to consult.
- Additional Criteria
*Logical thinker with sound analytical skills, able to deal with large volumes of complex data and perform highly complex analysis of financial data.
- Additional Criteria
*Ability to make judgements/decisions in complex situations and use professional judgement to ensure the best outcome for the Trust
- Additional Criteria
*Ability to clearly/ coherently document justification for professional judgements made
- Additional Criteria
*Manage a large workload and plan work according to changing priorities and deadlines
- Additional Criteria
*Excellent verbal and writing skills
- Additional Criteria
*Strong presentation skills
- Additional Criteria
*Outstanding communication skills
- Additional Criteria
*Well-developed systems and IT knowledge
- Additional Criteria
*Ability to use databases, analyse highly complex data, diagnose problems, identify solutions and undertake business case benefits analysis
- Additional Criteria
*Managing timetables milestones and diaries
- Additional Criteria
*Experience of personal development planning and monitoring
- Additional Criteria
*Manage time and work to tight deadlines and respond quickly and accurately to important issues
- Additional Criteria
*Promote, drive and deliver a customer focussed service
- Additional Criteria
*Remain calm and collected under pressure
- Additional Criteria
*Conflict resolutions skills
- Additional Criteria
*Influencing skills
- Additional Criteria
*High level analytical skills
- Additional Criteria
*Advanced Excel skills
- Additional Criteria
*A team player
- Additional Criteria
*Ability to explain complex concepts to non-financial team members and external parties.
- Additional Criteria
*Adhere to the Trust values and behaviours
- Additional Criteria
*Appetite for hard work in a challenging but rewarding environment
- Additional Criteria
*Enthusiastic
- Additional Criteria
*Confident
- Additional Criteria
*An understanding of and demonstrable commitment to equal opportunities
- Additional Criteria
*Evidence of reliability
- Additional Criteria
*Occasional travel between sites
- Additional Criteria
*Resilient
- Additional Criteria
*Adaptable to change
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
*PFI Modelling and accounting experience
- Experience
*Experience of NHS capital reporting and funding mechanisms
- Additional Criteria
*Sound understanding of the NHS Financial Regime
Job summary
Are you looking to progress and develop your career in a fast paced and supportive working environment? We have an exciting opportunity in our dynamic Financial Accounts team supporting a 2bn+ NHS Foundation Trust with a track record of high quality on the job training.
We are committed to career development and offer a flexible and collaborative working environment where your health and wellbeing are valued. We are constantly evolving, improving and encourage innovation.
An opportunity has arisen for a Head of Capital Finance, which will be responsible for the performance of the Capital Accounting team and leading the development and delivery of the financial strategy in relation to capital projects across the Trust.
The post holder will be required to develop and deliver the month and year end capital close down and liaise as required with internal audit.
Main duties of the job
We work on a hybrid model with a blend of office based on site, and remote working. Office based days will be at our newly refurbished offices at Regent Court, which is accessible via public transport, a few minutes from Five Ways station. Remote home working will be supported for up to 2 days per week.
For further discussion on the role, please contact Sarah.O'Donnell@uhb.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description to see full duties and responsibilities
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details
- Date posted: 12 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 8b
- Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 304-1104188
- Job locations: Regent Court, Second Floor, 14, George Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 1NT, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
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This advert is for Band 8b Head of Capital with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Finance manager role. The advertised salary is £66582.00 to £77368.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Oct 2026.
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