Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Business Unit Accountant

The closing date is 01 February 2026

Job summary

An exciting opportunity within the Corporate business unit to join an existing Research and Development financial management Team. The post will be responsible to the Chief Finance Manager (Corporate) and will be responsible for two members of staff. The role involves managing the overall R&D finance function, producing robust reporting and assurance to R&D Board.

Main duties of the job

To support the Principal Finance Manager in providing a professional, high quality financial management accounting service to several Directorates.

o To co-ordinate the operation of the Financial Management section, allocating work as necessary.o Responsible for investigating and advising on highly complex and sensitive financial issues.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted

23 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7711431JN

Job locations

Cobalt Business Park

7-8 Silverfox Way

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see Job Description for full details, role summarised as per below:-

  • Provides financial and business planning advice and corporate reports to ensure financial controls are maintained in line with Corporate Governance requirements.
  • Ensures statutory accounts & returns are accurate and meet agreed timescales and legal requirements, interpreting these where necessary.
  • To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see Job Description for full details, role summarised as per below:-

  • Provides financial and business planning advice and corporate reports to ensure financial controls are maintained in line with Corporate Governance requirements.
  • Ensures statutory accounts & returns are accurate and meet agreed timescales and legal requirements, interpreting these where necessary.
  • To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Must be actively studying and in final year of Professional Accountancy qualification (e.g. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy or The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants).
  • Specialist knowledge in, and experience of, Financial Management is essential, as is experience of staff management. This specialist knowledge and experience should have been acquired through the study of Professional Accountancy Qualifications - to postgraduate diploma level.
  • Participation in Continuing Professional Development Programme or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience of Financial Management, acquired over a substantial period working alongside other professional accountants, attending appropriate courses and undertaking extended self study.

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of Oracle Financials computer system
  • Knowledge NHS financial regimes and legislation
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Must be actively studying and in final year of Professional Accountancy qualification (e.g. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy or The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants).
  • Specialist knowledge in, and experience of, Financial Management is essential, as is experience of staff management. This specialist knowledge and experience should have been acquired through the study of Professional Accountancy Qualifications - to postgraduate diploma level.
  • Participation in Continuing Professional Development Programme or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience of Financial Management, acquired over a substantial period working alongside other professional accountants, attending appropriate courses and undertaking extended self study.

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of Oracle Financials computer system
  • Knowledge NHS financial regimes and legislation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cobalt Business Park

7-8 Silverfox Way

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cobalt Business Park

7-8 Silverfox Way

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Chief Finance Manager

Damon Latimer

damon.latimer@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

01912031503

Details

Date posted

23 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7711431JN

Job locations

Cobalt Business Park

7-8 Silverfox Way

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


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