Management Accountant - Provider-to-Provider Agreements
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves leading the financial management, costing, negotiation, and monitoring of inter-provider agreements across the Trust and wider healthcare system. The post holder will collaborate with various teams to develop and review costed service specifications, ensuring financial sustainability and compliance. Key responsibilities include calculating service costs, managing invoicing, resolving financial disputes, and representing the Trust at contract review meetings. The position requires strong analytical, negotiation, and relationship management skills to ensure robust financial governance and income recovery.
Essential criteria
- CCAB part-qualified accountant (Diploma level) or finalist or extensive relevant experience.
- Advanced computer skills including spreadsheet techniques.
- Track record of delivery to tight deadlines.
- Experience of financial analysis, costing, budgeting and performance reporting.
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders to deliver financial objectives.
- Detailed knowledge of management accounting techniques.
- Proficiency in the use of the Trust's computerised financial system and other systems where appropriate.
- Knowledge of NHS Trust Finance and NHS structural relationships.
- Operational awareness to provide effective financial support and deal professionally with internal and external stakeholders.
- Understanding of service costing methodologies and financial analysis techniques.
- Knowledge of budget setting, forecasting and financial reporting processes.
- Ability to identify problems and causes, secure relevant information from a variety of sources and provide practical solutions.
- Ability to review and analyse information from multiple sources and organise it into a suitable form to support decision-making.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Additional criteria
- Clearly manage priorities for self and others to meet competing deadlines.
- Create, develop and maintain effective working relationships with staff at all levels throughout the Trust and external organisations.
- Secure action and agreement through credibility, confidence and effective influencing skills.
- Encourage and provide feedback to staff to aid their development.
- Work collaboratively with clinical, operational, contracting and finance colleagues.
- Demonstrate initiative and proactively seek opportunities for efficiency, innovation and service improvement.
- Resolve complex issues and disputes in a professional and constructive manner.
- Work independently while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Desirable criteria
- Experience within the health service, or related area for a minimum of 2 years.
- Experience of service costing, contract management, invoicing or aged debt management.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of Provider-to-Provider (P2P) agreements and NHS contracting arrangements.
- Knowledge of debt recovery and dispute resolution processes.
- Understanding of reference costing and service specifications.
- Experience of leading or contributing to service improvement initiatives.
- Experience of representing an organisation in multi-agency or system meetings.
- CCAB part-qualified accountant (Diploma level) or finalist or extensive relevant experience.
- Advanced computer skills including spreadsheet techniques.
- Track record of delivery to tight deadlines.
- Experience of financial analysis, costing, budgeting and performance reporting.
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders to deliver financial objectives.
- Detailed knowledge of management accounting techniques.
- Proficiency in the use of the Trust's computerised financial system and other systems where appropriate.
- Knowledge of NHS Trust Finance and NHS structural relationships.
- Operational awareness to provide effective financial support and deal professionally with internal and external stakeholders.
- Understanding of service costing methodologies and financial analysis techniques.
- Knowledge of budget setting, forecasting and financial reporting processes.
- Ability to identify problems and causes, secure relevant information from a variety of sources and provide practical solutions.
- Ability to review and analyse information from multiple sources and organise it into a suitable form to support decision-making.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Additional criteria
- Clearly manage priorities for self and others to meet competing deadlines.
- Create, develop and maintain effective working relationships with staff at all levels throughout the Trust and external organisations.
- Secure action and agreement through credibility, confidence and effective influencing skills.
- Encourage and provide feedback to staff to aid their development.
- Work collaboratively with clinical, operational, contracting and finance colleagues.
- Demonstrate initiative and proactively seek opportunities for efficiency, innovation and service improvement.
- Resolve complex issues and disputes in a professional and constructive manner.
- Work independently while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Experience within the health service, or related area for a minimum of 2 years.
- Experience of service costing, contract management, invoicing or aged debt management.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of Provider-to-Provider (P2P) agreements and NHS contracting arrangements.
- Knowledge of debt recovery and dispute resolution processes.
- Understanding of reference costing and service specifications.
- Experience of leading or contributing to service improvement initiatives.
- Experience of representing an organisation in multi-agency or system meetings.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Management Accountant - Provider-to-Provider Agreements
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
Main duties of the job
This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.
NHS Band 6 Salary:£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5
The Management Accountant (Provider-to-Provider Agreements) will lead the financial management, costing, negotiation and monitoring of inter-provider agreements across the Trust and wider healthcare system. The post holder will work collaboratively with Contracting, Clinical, Operational and Finance teams to develop, maintain and review fully costed service specifications and agreements, ensuring financial
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