Job summary
Wye Valley NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic CCAB qualified Accountant to take on the role of Finance Manager.
You will be a self-motivated, pro-active individual with strong time management and organisational skills. You will also have excellent technical and communication skills.
This is a key role within the department offering varied and challenging work in a complex and dynamic environment.
The post holder will promote best practice in the provision of senior financial support across the Trust. This involves close working with clinical and operational teams and the ability to analyse and present highly complex information to non-finance staff.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role are to provide financial expertise to support clinical and operational teams in the activities of the Trust. This will involve ensuring good financial governance is followed and decision making is supported with high quality financial information.
As a senior member of the Finance Team, the successful candidate will be involved in the management, training and development of other members of the Trust, both finance and non-finance, as appropriate. You will be working with Trust colleagues and with other external stakeholders such as suppliers, the Integrated Care Board and other NHS Trusts.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Details
Date posted
27 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number
229-COR-7749432
Job locations
Finance Dept, Harold Street Archive Building
Harold Street
Hereford
HR1 2QX
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Finance Dept, Harold Street Archive Building
Harold Street
Hereford
HR1 2QX
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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