Management Accountant

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 26 October 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a suitably experienced and motivated Management Accountant to join our successful team within the award winning, Financial Management function at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

The role is a key part of our finance team providing financial support and guidance to the organisation and supporting the financial strategy of the department. We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about what they do in order to support delivering the best care for patients.

In return we will offer you a warm and welcoming environment where you will be fully supported.

We operate an agile working policy, whereby, the team arebased on site for a proportion of the week with the option to work at home for2 days per week alongside a flexible working policy, enabling flexible startand finish times.

This role is positioned to enable excellent developmental and career progression opportunities

The successful applicant will work within a smaller team of 5people, providing comprehensive financial management and business advice service to Clinical Care Group encompassing:

• 1. Budgetary control
• 2. Financial advice and support
• 3. Monthly reporting

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Description s can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

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Toprepare / distribute monthly clinical care groups / corporates financialreports with the support of the Senior Management Accountant.

To inputinto the Oracle Financial Management System (I.e. Journals, budgets and datafrom feeder systems (Payroll/Stock/Debtors/Creditors)

Toprovide information and support to allow identification and interpretation of variances from budget. Assisting the provision of monthly commentaries on thekey financial issues for the Senior Management Accountant to ensure any trendsare identified.

Assists the Senior Management Accountant / Associate Care Group / Deputy Corporate Accountant in the preparation of annual budgets, ensuring that budgets reflect service requirements.

Represent the department at internal finance discussions with the support of more senior finance staff as required with senior grade Healthcare Professionals tocollect/clarify financial information.

Helps ensure all Income is accurately identified and invoices are raised in a timely manner.

Liaise with Financial Services to ensure all income and expenditure is correctly coded.

Maintaining the control and accuracy of budgets as directed by the Senior Management Accountant / Associate Care Group / Deputy Corporate Accountant ensuring that budgetary controls are…