# Management Accountant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Powys Teaching Health Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Powys Teaching Health Board
- **Location:** Bronllys Community Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Management accountant
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £50,129 - £57,365 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-02T09:42:20.109Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Powys/Bronllys/Powys_Teaching_Health_Board/Finance/Finance-v8261150
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8261150?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://pthb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity for a qualified accountant, this post supports the Finance Business Partner to provide sound Financial Management services to meet the requirements of financial reporting and control at Health Board and service level.

The post holder will be required to:

Contribute to the preparation of the Health Board’s annual budget setting, monthly finance reports and the production of the monthly financial monitoring returns to Welsh Government.

Work unsupervised at a senior level and use own initiative to make decisions with only occasional reference to own line manager.

Take the lead role in the maintenance and development of sound financial management systems and will have specialist knowledge of all aspects of financial management within the NHS regime.

Provide strategic financial and business case advice and will be expected to analyse and interpret highly complex financial management information to provide policy direction for the Health Board within areas of expertise.

Develop plans and persuasively communicate complex financial information.

Manage staff within the Management Accounts section.

Within agreed areas of accountability, be responsible for financial reporting and the provision of advice to others, for revenue budgets and the financial implications of development proposals.

As a senior member of the Finance team the post-holder will be expected to take the lead in providing financial management support to a significant service area.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Work with the Finance Business Partner to develop and implement effective financial policies and procedures to ensure the Health Board remains financially viable, minimises financial risk and maximises use of resources.

Manage staff in the Management Accountancy team.

Proactively contribute to the management of the financial performance of a portfolio of budgets, identifying the key financial pressures and appropriate corrective action.

Provide robust and timely budgetary control information, including manpower and associated activity data.

Advise and support managers in the preparation of business cases for revenue developments.

Maintain control systems over allocation of budgets and staffing establishments within areas of responsibility.

Prepare regular reports on the current and forecast financial position and performance for:

- Health Board Management Team
- Non-Executive Directors
- General Managers
- Service level budget holders

Prepare or verify forecast budget calculations on complex or/and high value and high-risk areas of expenditure, e.g. pharmacy, SLAs.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
- The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
- The Finance Department operates a hybrid working model, where each member of the team works from the office in Bronllys at least two days per week.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Welsh language skills are desirable

## Person Specification

### Personal

**Essential**

- Flexible approach to workload
- Ability to manage time to allow the progression and completion of multiple ongoing tasks
- Attention to detail Self motivated with ability to work on own initiative
- Demonstrate PTHB Values

### Freedom to act

**Essential**

- Ability to work independently with minimal day-to-day supervision.
- Able to work on own initiative, organise and prioritising own others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Qualified (CCAB) Accountancy Qualification.

### Analytical Skills

**Essential**

- Making decisions based on judgement and experience where there exists a wide range of options and where there is often highly complex and contradictory information to inform the situations
- Ability to work with and analyse a wide range of both financial and non financial information in order to present meaningful information with a view to influencing decision making
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues

**Desirable**

- Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate

### Communication skills

**Essential**

- Excellent interpersonal skills to understand, influence and persuade internal and external parties effectively
- Ability to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation in both verbal and written form.
- Ability to analyse and interpret results and explain to non-finance staff

**Desirable**

- Ability to speak Welsh

### Knowledge and understanding

**Essential**

- Management accounting experience
- Significant experience of budgetary management
- Use judgement on day-to-day priorities and operate on an individual basis

**Desirable**

- Significant experience of, and exposure to NHS Financial management accounting systems

## Documents

- [jdps english (pdf, 260.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10574902)
- [privacy notice (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2375)
- [flexi working policy (pdf, 396.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10574904)
- [oh form - ig ffurflen (pdf, 728.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10576048)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2850)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 624.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1727)

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