Band 6 Senior Management Accountant - Finance

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a Financial Manager Support to assist in financial management and reporting within the CYP Division. The successful candidate will produce and monitor budgets, ensure accurate financial data, and foster relationships with non-finance colleagues. The role offers a hybrid working model, balancing remote work and on-site presence. Ideal applicants should have strong financial acumen and effective interpersonal skills. Applications are welcomed until January 11, 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial management and business support.
• Ability to produce detailed financial reports and forecasts.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage with non-finance colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Manager in financial management.
• Produce financial monitoring including budget setting and reporting.
• Maintain timely financial data for budgetary control.
• Deputise for the Finance Manager when necessary.
• Build relationships with non-finance staff.
• Track income and expenditure.
• Contribute to the Finance Directorate's development.

Skills

Financial forecasting

Budget management

Financial reporting

Relationship building

Job description

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

To support the Finance Manager in providing a comprehensive, customer focused, financial management service to a strategic clinical Division within the Trust. By ensuring an accurate, relevant, timely financial data and resource management is provided to team managers for the purpose of budgetary control.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Manager with comprehensive financial management and business support service to the CYP Division.
• Produce and provide robust financial monitoring including budget setting, budgeting and budget reports, month‑end, financial forecasting, delivery of savings and general financial performance.
• Maintain accurate, relevant and timely financial data and resource management for team managers to facilitate budgetary control.
• Deputise for the Finance Manager and be the first point of contact for Budget Holders; meet regularly to resolve queries, provide financial performance feedback, and feed information into forecasting.
• Build relationships with non‑finance colleagues to improve financial understanding and acumen for budget management and value for money.
• Work with non‑finance managers to track income and expenditure and obtain relevant financial information to support forecasting and related actions.
• Contribute as an active member of the Finance Directorate to its development.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, typically requiring work from home and from the Trust HQ Uffculme Centre or any other agreed site.

We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, as the advert may close earlier than indicated if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026.