Head of Financial Accounting and Governance

NHS; Pontypridd; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in the UK is seeking a Head of Financial Accounting and Governance to oversee financial assurance and manage resources effectively. The ideal candidate will have a CCAB qualification and experience in financial governance. Join us in improving health outcomes across Wales. This role offers a chance to work within a supportive team and contribute to strategic financial management.

Benefits

Pension

Generous leave

Career growth opportunities

Ongoing learning and development

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.
• CCAB qualified accountant with further specialist training.
• Experience in using and managing computerised financial management systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial governance assurance to the NWJCC audit committee.
• Manage performance, staff, and resources within the Financial Accounts Function.
• Ensure a sound internal control environment over financial systems.

Skills

Advanced Excel skills

Financial Governance

Time Management

Staff Management

Mentoring skills

Education

CCAB qualified accountant

Undergraduate degree in business or accounting

Tools

ORACLE Financial Management system

Job description

Head of Financial Accounting and Governance (NWJCC)

The closing date is 01 December 2025

Position: Head of Financial Accounting and Governance (NWJCC)

Following the establishment of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) on 1st April 2024 and a recent organisational restructure, we are seeking a Head of Financial Accounting and Governance (NWJCC) to support our journey as a newly formed organisation.

The NWJCC is a joint committee of the seven health boards in Wales, with a Chair and Lay Members. We support collaborative commissioning across Wales, with around 120 staff based in Mold and Nantgarw/Treforest.

Our mission is to be the Centre of Excellence for Collaborative Commissioning, improving health and care outcomes across Wales. We commission around 220 services, from NHS 111 and ambulance services to specialised rare disease services, and mental health, operating a £1.14bn budget.

In this role, you will join a supportive, inclusive team, working with NHS Wales, Welsh Government, and UK provider organisations. We are seeking individuals who reflect our values of respect, trust, collaboration, and excellence—those who put patients and quality at the centre of everything they do.

Main duties of the job

• Provide financial governance assurance to the NWJCC audit committee and compile the NWJCC annual financial accounts in line with Welsh Government guidance and professional standards.
• Manage all services, performance, staff and other resources within the Financial Accounts Function of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC).
• Ensure a sound internal control environment over the NWJCC’s financial systems and processes.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales’s largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM’s location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff’s vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:

• We listen, learn, and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We work together as one team

CTM employees enjoy benefits including a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.

At CTM, you’ll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

Job 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial & other aspects of legislation and NHS finance policies.
• CCAB qualified accountant with further specialist training and experience.
• Financial control and internal control procedures and technical rules and standards.
• Knowledge and experience of implementing the NHS Wales financial regime, Welsh Government Manual for accounts and HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual.
• Knowledge and understanding of international financial accounting standards as they apply to the NHS and wider public sector and experience in applying them to financial transactions.
• Production of annual accounts, including knowledge of and ability to apply in practice all relevant International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Relevant undergraduate degree in business or accounting or equivalent.
• International Financial Reporting Standards as they apply to the NHS and wider public sector.
• NHS Wales Manual for Accounts and the HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual.
• WG procurement regulations as they apply to the commissioning of healthcare from other providers.
• Standing Financial Instructions and financial governance.
• VAT legislation as it applies to healthcare.
• Management and understanding of NHS Wales Capital funding environment.

Experience

• Significant number of years post qualification experience.
• Experience & expertise in finance management, strategic & staff leadership roles.
• Experience in using and managing computerised financial management systems.
• Experience of using ORACLE financial management system.
• Experience of interrogating and downloading financial information from various systems including the Oracle Financial Management system.
• Experience of analysing and manipulating highly complex, detailed, and large spreadsheets for reporting and forecasting purposes.
• Staff management experience to ensure that staff workloads are adequately planned.
• General staff management experience of sickness and grievance management.
• Financial accounting experience within a health care provider organisation.
• Previous experience in dealing with VAT advisors and HM Revenue & Customs.
• Previous experience in dealing with Wales Audit Office and Audit Committees is advisable.

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to use Microsoft Excel and Word to an advanced level to manipulate highly complex financial data and produce activity and financial trends and forecasts.
• Well-developed time management and organisation skills to ensure that all competing demands are addressed, and all deadlines are met.
• Expected to undertake role without supervision or assistance, setting team goals and planning to achieve those goals.
• Ensure competing demands on staff members are assessed and prioritised to ensure the financial accounts team deadlines both short and long terms are met.
• Mentoring skills where responsible for staff training for financial qualifications.

Other Role requirements

• Flexibility with travelling across sites for meeting.
• Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards achieving this level.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

NWJCC Offices

Unit G1 The Willowford, Treforest Industrial Estate