Senior Financial Accountant (Band 8a) - Finance - Health Education and Improvement Wales

Health Education and Improvement Wales; Nantgarw; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Nantgarw is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant. You will support high-quality financial services within the NHS, lead year-end account preparation, and ensure compliance with accounting standards. Ideal candidates will possess a CCAB qualification, with strong analytical and communication skills. The role offers a salary of £56,514 - £63,623 annually and a flexible working model.

Benefits

Flexible working

Opportunities for professional development

Engagement in impactful health services

Qualifications

• Proven ability to prepare financial accounts according to legal requirements.
• Significant experience in producing financial and management reports.
• Knowledge of NHS Financial Policies and Procedures.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Financial Accounts with high-quality financial services.
• Lead in the preparation of the year-end accounts and related working papers.
• Produce cash-flow forecasts and monthly financial statements.

Skills

Highly developed analytical skills

Excellent written and oral communication

Excellent Analytical and Numerical Skills

Ability to develop effective working relationships

Education

CCAB Qualified

Commitment to continued professional development

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Finance/Digital systems

Job description

Main area Finance Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (An agile working model to allow flexibility between home and office-based working.) Job ref 082-AC080-1025

Employer Health Education and Improvement Wales Employer type NHS Site Ty Dysgu Town Nantgarw Salary £56,514 - £63,623 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2025 23:59

Band 8a

We are committed to promoting inclusion at HEIW and we welcome applications from everybody recognising the value that diversity brings to our workforce. To work in the UK, candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (ROI) nationals require sponsorship via a Skilled Worker Visa, unless they have permission to work via another route. Please note that HEIW does not currently hold a licence to appoint skilled workers from overseas by sponsoring them to work in the UK. If successful, candidates from outside of the UK or ROI would be responsible for obtaining their own sponsorship or visa to enable them to work for HEIW - Work in the UK.

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Job overview

The Senior Financial Accountant will be a key post supporting the Head of Financial Accounts in the provision of high-quality financial services across HEIW. The position sits in the Financial Accounts team within the Finance, Planning, Performance and National Programmes Directorate.

This role provides the core statutory accounting functions and manages key financial systems and processes for the organisation. It includes responsibilities that are concerned with financial control procedures and policies, governance and legislative requirements, financial transactions, systems and external statutory reporting. This role will require excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. The post holder will need to demonstrate a high level of technical accounting knowledge and effective training and influencing skills.

Working within a £370m NHS organisation, the key elements of the post include leading on the preparation of the year end accounts and supporting working papers, producing an accurate monthly statement of financial position, producing cash-flow forecasts, supporting the month-end procedures to close down the financial systems and lead on the month end reconciliation processes.

Working for our organisation

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,

- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,

- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

What you can expect:

- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,

- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,

- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?

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.

Person specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

• CCAB Qualified
• Commitment to and evidence of continued professional development within a large and complex organisation.
• Up to date knowledge of latest accounting standards and recommendations

Experience

• Proven ability of preparing financial accounts in line with legal requirements and agreed timetables with experience of producing good quality year-end accounts and working papers
• Significant experience and knowledge across a range of Finance/Digital systems.
• Experience in producing a wide range of financial and management information, reports and analyses to senior management and executive level teams.
• Proven experience in managing and motivating staff.
• Knowledge of NHS Financial Policies and Procedures across the finance discipline.
• Experience of establishing and maintaining financial systems and developing new systems that are sound, effective, efficient and automated.

Skills & Attributes

• Highly developed analytical interpretational and comparative skills capable of dealing with highly complex sensitive information to support rational decision making.
• Excellent written and oral communication, and presentation skills with an ability to explain highly complex issues to both a finance and non-finance audience.
• Excellent Analytical and Numerical Skills. Expertise in advanced financial modelling using spread sheets, and proven experience of advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with staff at all levels and contribute in team environment and its shared vision.

Other

• Ability to work hours flexibly.
• Ability to speak Welsh

It is essential that your application demonstrates how you meet the job description / person specification for this post.

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