Management Accountant

Management Accountant

Closing date is 05 March 2026

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT) is an integrated care organisation and we are looking to recruit a full time, permanent band 5 Management Accountant to work as part of a collaborative, dynamic and friendly team located in Torquay.

The post holder will support all aspects of financial management, including playing a key role in the monthly management accounts closedown process, variance analysis and supporting budget holders.

The Trust offers training and development opportunities, along with career progression throughout the team. We also offer mentoring opportunities to individuals for personal growth.

As an employee of the NHS you will also receive attractive personal benefits including generous annual leave, pension contributions and flexible working opportunities.

We are looking for an ideal candidate with effective Excel skills, experience of computerised financial ledgers, budgeting and reporting systems, a proactive approach, strong communication skills and good analytical skills. NHS management accounting experience is desirable.

• Provide a Management Accounting service, ensuring financial information is processed in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with procedures and policies of the Finance Directorate.
• Coordinate the work of others to provide information for statutory returns.
• Produce monthly variance analysis for review, investigate specific budgets with relevant budget holders, supporting operational decisions and any mitigations.
• Assist with monthly I&E reporting, forecast income, pay and non-pay expenditure forward on a regular basis and assist with year‑end processes and procedures.
• Undertake investigations into complex financial activity related issues, frequently meeting budget holders, undertaking forecast work and providing advice as appropriate.
• Support colleagues within the Finance Directorate and provide advice and assistance to budget holders throughout the Trust.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated organisation providing acute health care services from Torbay Hospital, community health services and adult social care.

The Trust runs Torbay Hospital as well as five community hospitals, stretching from Dawlish to Brixham. We also provide health and social care to the local population.

We employ approximately 6,500 staff including frontline health and social care staff, such as nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, consultants, and physiotherapists who work in your home and from a range of different premises across Torbay and South Devon such as community hospitals and clinics.

Our purpose is to provide safe, high-quality care and social care at the right time and in the right place to support the people of Torbay and South Devon to live their lives to the full.

• Good communication skills, ability to explain complex financial information to non-financial budget holders/managers.
• Good organisational skills and ability to deal with incoming information in a confidential manner.

• AAT Technician or Degree
• Significant experience in a finance environment.

• Detailed understanding of accounting processes, with specialist knowledge over a range of areas.
• Previous experience of public sector or NHS management accounting.

• Experience of working with financial ledger systems.
• Experience of reconciliation and recharging of control account coding structures.
• Experience of working with computerised accounting software.
• Knowledge of computerised software e.g. Excel, Word, Access.
• Experience of working with computerised payroll.

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.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust