Finance Team Leader - Financial Accounting

NHS; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in York is seeking a Finance Accounting Manager to oversee cash and banking transactions, manage a team, and ensure timely payments to salaries and suppliers. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in financial accounting, staff management, and proficiency with financial software. This permanent, full-time role offers a competitive salary band and benefits including generous leave and retirement plans.

Benefits

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Relocation package up to 30% of salary

Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on various services and providers

Qualifications

• Experience in a financial accounting department is essential.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & Outlook) is required.
• Staff management experience is needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Finance Accounting Team.
• Ensure adequate funds are available to pay salaries and suppliers on time.
• Manage the reconciliation of balance sheet control accounts.
• Post financial journals to Oracle.
• Manage the Cash Management module.

Skills

Experience in financial accounting

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Staff management experience

Education

GCSE Mathematics (Grade A-C) or equivalent

AAT Level 4 or equivalent

Progress towards a professional accounting qualification

Job description

Overview

The main purpose of this role is to manage the Finance Accounting Team, which looks after the Trust's cash and banking systems. This is a vital role within the Trust as it manages the cash and banking transactions on a daily basis, making sure that the Trust holds adequate funds to pay salaries and suppliers on time. The successful applicant will manage a team of 4, managing the cash and banking transactions and posting the relevant financial journals to Oracle which the Trust uses as its main financial system. The role will also involve reconciling the Balance Sheet control accounts on a monthly basis, and be responsible for signing these off. The role will also involve meeting with external auditors and supplying them with the information as per a request for the Trust cash transactions.

Contract and location: Permanent, full-time role based at Tribune House, Unit 1, Centurion Park, Tribune Way, York YO30 4RY. Band 5, £31,049 to £37,796 per year.

Main duties

• Manage the Finance Accounting Team
• Ensure adequate funds are available to pay salaries and suppliers on time
• Manage the reconciliation of balance sheet control accounts
• Post financial journals to Oracle
• Manage the Cash Management module

About Us and Benefits

Trust Information Pack: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme with generous retirement benefits
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• Relocation package up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) for hard to fill positions
• A variety of paid and unpaid leave
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (24/7)
• NHS Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
• Learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on various services and providers

For more information on benefits, please visit the Trust's Staff Benefits pages.

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential: GCSE Mathematics (Grade A-C) or equivalent; AAT Level 4 or equivalent. Desirable: Progress towards a professional accounting qualification.

• Essential experience: experience in a financial accounting department; proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & Outlook); staff management experience
• Desirable experience: NHS experience; knowledge of Cash Management and Balance Sheet Accounting

Essential personal attributes
Able to communicate clearly on complex matters across all levels; able to work flexibly as part of a team to achieve objectives.

Details

Date posted: 09 September 2025

Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 per year; Contract: Permanent; Working pattern: Full-time

Disclosures

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required.

Employer

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tribune House, Unit 1, Centurion Park, Tribune Way, York YO30 4RY