Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated finance professional to join the Finance team at Bradford District Care Trust. We are looking for a dedicated and innovative person who can demonstrate the drive and commitment needed to really make a difference to support the ongoing delivery of excellent services for our service users.

This is an exciting time to join the Finance team at Bradford District Care Trust; the department has recently undergone a comprehensive review and restructure, to ensure it is fit for purpose to provide high-quality, forward-thinking support to the organisation.

We are looking for a candidate who has a pro-active and positive approach, an ability to develop relationships with clinical colleagues and is adept at producing, analysing, and developing high quality financial information. This role within the Financial Accounting and Capital team, will be responsible for delivering high quality and timely financial accounting support to the wider finance team and other operational managers.

This is a challenging and rewarding role and will give successful applicants a broad range of professional development and experience. This is a great opportunity for someone who has the ability, drive and commitment to succeed and is looking to take the next step in developing their career within NHS Finance.

Closing date: 13th August 2025

Shortlisting: 15th August 2025

Interviews: 21st August 2025

Main duties of the job

The key responsibilities will include leadership of the Financial Accounting and Capital Team; overseeing all accounting for VAT accounting and returns; review for approval of all balance sheet and other control account reconciliations, capital accounting, working capital, cash management and the Better Lives Charity. The Deputy Finance Manager will also be the Finance lead on inter NHS and Whole of Government agreement of balances, including the completion of the relevant sections within the national month 09 and annual accounts submissions.

This trust welcomes flexible working. This role is primarily a home worker with requirements for working from the office based at New Mill in Saltaire, along with visiting cashiering functions across our inpatient sites, to provide management support to the Trust cashiers.  There is free car parking at all our Trust sites.  The New Mill site, which is the main Trust Headquarters, is in the heart of Saltaire where there is easy access to parks, historical sites, local shops and rail/bus networks.

For an informal chat about the role please email either;

Chris Smith, Senior Finance Manager – [email protected]

Stacey Pearson, Head of Financial Accounting & Capital –[email protected]

Working for our organisation

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: - 
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference 
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs 
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
 
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.