Job vacancy: Assistant Finance Director – Financial Accounting, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Canterbury

Job summary

Main area: Assistant Finance Director – Financial Accounting
Grade: Band 8d
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A)
Job ref: 344-1607COR

Employer: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kent and Canterbury
Town: Canterbury
Salary: £91,342 - £105,337 PA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/08/2025 23:59

Assistant Finance Director – Financial Accounting

Band 8d

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Interpretation and advice regarding existing guidance and proposed changes in both UK & International accounting standards and policies including NHS ARM, and the NHS financial regime, and the identification of the impact of potential changes regarding these highly complex issues.

2. Lead in Statutory Annual Accounts processes for the Foundation Trust, demonstrating advanced technical skills to ensure that the Group accounts are prepared where all assets and liabilities are reflected appropriately. Provide expert advice and guidance regarding the Foundation Trust’s net current assets, ensuring that specific NHS and financial policies are followed.

3. Responsible for the Foundation Trust management of the Service Level Agreements with the East Kent Finance Consortium, ensuring that information which is integrated to the financial system is timely, accurate and professional in its presentation.

4. To ensure the Finance Consortium provides the full range of services to the Group, including the effective and efficient provisions of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Technical Accounts, Cashier service, Banking and Financial Systems

5. Lead and advise the Foundation Trust in relation to its responsibilities for VAT including managing and working with the organisations VAT advisors

Person specification

Qualifications and training

Essential criteria

- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of knowledge and experience - Professional (Masters level) CCAB qualified accountant with 5 years post qualification experience - Evidence of relevant continued professional development

Skills and experience

Essential criteria

- Comprehensive knowledge of the NHS finance regime - Expert knowledge of financial accounting procedures and audit requirements - Highly developed analytical skills. - Substantial experience of finance at a senior level in the NHS or other large complex organisation. - An understanding of local and national performance targets. - Ability to prepare and present financial information to Finance and non-Finance professionals. - Line Management experience.

Desirable criteria

- Group accounts experience - Significant experience of working in complex organisations

Personal/professional attributes

Essential criteria

- Line Management experience. Ability to manage self and exhibit personal skills, including self-awareness, self- management and drive for improvement - A highly developed range of financial and other analytical skills. - Ability to cope with frequent change and conflicting demands. - Achieving results, including drive for results across a broad ranging set of key outcomes, maintaining service user focus and personal integrity at all times. - Working with people, including effective communicating, influencing and negotiating skills. - Ability to work collaboratively, working within and outside of teams. - Ability to effectively explain and encourage understanding of financial issues within other staff groups. - Sound understanding of statutory requirements and returns including VAT. - Advanced IT skills in all Microsoft

Staff and patients from across East Kent Hospitals are the feature of the biggest NHS recruitment drive in its 70 year history. https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/work-here/

Filmed in William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospitals, the ‘We are the NHS’ campaign highlights the extraordinary work that staff across EKHUFT do every single day. As one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a population of over one million people, EKHUFT was perfectly placed to demonstrate the care, cutting-edge treatments, research, innovations and life-saving operations that the campaign needed.

There are lots of great opportunities at East Kent Hospitals, where staff are caring and put patients first, innovation flourishes and you can develop your career. We’re on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work,
there’s never been a better time to join us. To find out more about east Kent visit our website at. The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework.

We’ll close this job advert once we’ve received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on 01227 866450 who are happy to help.

We have a relocation policy for eligible candidates, parking available at Trust sites but we encourage other options, like car sharing or public transport.

The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust’s People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements.

The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer facing roles.

Most positions require a Disclosure and Barring check and will be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Posts working regularly or unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults require an enhanced check.

Applicants for eligible roles requiring Tier 2 sponsorship must meet UK Visas and Immigration eligibility criteria.

We operate a no-smoking policy on all our sites and grounds.

You can search for and apply for roles directly on our website.

If you are applying via NHS Jobs your application will be sent to our recruitment system TRAC. All subsequent information will be generated from TRAC so you won’t be able to see the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs and we won’t be able to respond to e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to us transferring your application and details to our system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records. Good luck with your application, we’ll contact you via email so please check your junk/spam folders.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Michelle Stevens
Job title: Director of Finance
Email address: [email protected]
Additional information: Gaby Falcone
[email protected]

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Band 8d

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