Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Management Accountant

The closing date is 31 August 2025

Job summary

Due to maternity leave within the team, an excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and flexible professional to temporarily join our finance team as a Management Accountant working within the Finance Systems function.

The Finance Systems team oversees vital daily operations, focusing on the seamless functioning of financial processes. They troubleshoot issues and collaborate with departments for data analysis. Managing system upgrades, reconciling financial data and generating reports to enhance financial transparency. The team ensures accurate and reliable financial infrastructure, supporting informed decision-making and streamlining organisational processes.

As the Management Accountant heading up the Finance Systems Team, you contribute towards the planning and prioritisation the teams objectives, identifying and allocating tasks as required. You will be a key contributor towards the departments success through your work to develop and improve our data and data reporting processes by working collaboratively with colleagues and other Trust system leads to ensure systems are aligned.

To thrive in this role, the ideal candidate will have skills and experience in some or all of the following areas: finance systems (ERPs) and finance reporting, Microsoft Visual Basic, SQL, Project Management and Power BI/data visualisation.

Working as part of Devon Partnership NHS Trust, you will make a difference to peoples lives from the moment you start.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a key member of the Finance team with responsibility to provide and manage the day to day running of the finance systems team having specific responsibility for providing systems support to services across the Trust, ensuring robust controls are in place to provide a good standard, accurate, timely and relevant financial information.

The post holder will have the ability to interpret complex data and present it to a range of stakeholders. They will be able to identify process inefficiencies and suggest and implement improvements through collaborative working as well as effectively managing changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

The post holder will be responsible for the allocation of work within the systems team, ensuring efficiencies maximised by the automation of systems where appropriate, generic tasks are identified and efficiently managed and resources are allocated effectively and efficiently.

They will also line manage members of the finance systems team, and be required to work alongside other management accountants across the finance team as well as colleagues from other departments to achieve departmental objectives.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Date posted

13 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9369-25-0658

Job locations

Wonford House

Dryden Road

Exeter

Devon

EX2 5AF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of line and performance management of staff

Desirable

Experience of working for at least three years in an accountancy role including at least two years in a staff management role.
Experience of working in a healthcare setting

Knowledge

Essential

Full understanding of the principles of accounting
Specialist knowledge of, and ability to apply and advise others of professional accounting standards
Detailed knowledge of computerised accounting systems and advanced knowledge of Excel or similar

Desirable

Knowledge of and ability to apply and advise others of Trust/NHS financial and other regulations and procedures

Communication Skills

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills
Strong management and leadership skills
Enthusiastic and good motivator
Proactive and can do attitude towards the continuous development of systems, processes and procedures
Excellent presentation skills both verbal and written
Ability to transfer knowledge to non-financial managers
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
Skills partnership working within and across organisations
Ability to communicate with and relate to a wide range of people throughout the organisation

Qualifications

Essential

CCAB/CIMA Qualified (or equivalent) / 5 years as an Accountant

Desirable

Educated to degree level
Prince2 Training

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of line and performance management of staff

Desirable

Experience of working for at least three years in an accountancy role including at least two years in a staff management role.
Experience of working in a healthcare setting

Knowledge

Essential

Full understanding of the principles of accounting
Specialist knowledge of, and ability to apply and advise others of professional accounting standards
Detailed knowledge of computerised accounting systems and advanced knowledge of Excel or similar

Desirable

Knowledge of and ability to apply and advise others of Trust/NHS financial and other regulations and procedures

Communication Skills

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills
Strong management and leadership skills
Enthusiastic and good motivator
Proactive and can do attitude towards the continuous development of systems, processes and procedures
Excellent presentation skills both verbal and written
Ability to transfer knowledge to non-financial managers
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
Skills partnership working within and across organisations
Ability to communicate with and relate to a wide range of people throughout the organisation

Qualifications

Essential

CCAB/CIMA Qualified (or equivalent) / 5 years as an Accountant

Desirable

Educated to degree level
Prince2 Training

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.