Financial Accountant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves leading and managing the Trust's capital and financial accounting activities, ensuring accurate recording, monitoring, and reporting of capital expenditure and fixed assets. The post holder will maintain the fixed asset register, oversee related accounting transactions, and support the production of monthly and annual financial statements. They will also contribute to capital planning, forecasting, and act as a key liaison for internal and external audits. The role includes line management responsibility for an Assistant Financial Accountant.
Essential criteria
- Experience in accurate recording, monitoring and reporting of capital expenditure
Desirable criteria
- Experience in IFRS16 Lease accounting
- Stakeholder Management experience
- Experience in presenting data and working closely with financial and non-financial stakeholder
- Experience in leading meetings and presenting
- Year-End Audit
- Experience in year-end audit, communicating and understanding the audit teams requirements
- Prepared samples and submitted to auditors.
- Capital Accounting experience
- Experience in accurate recording, monitoring and reporting of capital expenditure
- Experience in IFRS16 Lease accounting
- Stakeholder Management experience
- Experience in presenting data and working closely with financial and non-financial stakeholder
- Experience in leading meetings and presenting
- Year-End Audit
- Experience in year-end audit, communicating and understanding the audit teams requirements
- Prepared samples and submitted to auditors.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Financial Accountant
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
Reporting to the Head of Reporting, Group and Investments, the post holder is responsible for the day-to-day management of capital accounting, the fixed asset register, and associated balance sheet areas. The role supports the delivery of accurate monthly and annual financial statements, capital reporting, and audit assurance for the Trust.The post holder has line management responsibility for the Assistant Financial Accountant and plays an important role in maintaining strong financial governance, developing staff capability, and supporting the Trust's growing capital investment programme.
Main duties of the job
Lead and manage the Trust's capital and financial accounting activities, ensuring accurate accounting, reporting and governance of capital expenditure, fixed assets, investments, borrowings, provisions and reserves. Maintain the fixed asset register and oversee all related accounting transactions, including depreciation, amortisation, IFRS 16 leases and PDC accounting, ensuring compliance with IFRS, the NHS Group Accounting Manual and Trust policies. Support the production of monthly and annual financial statements through high-quality reconciliations, working papers and audit-ready documentation. Produce and review capital reports, monitor
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