Job Description

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our award-winning Team as a Senior CSU Accountant. This is a key position which supports clinical and non-clinical service units, providing financial information and advice, working in partnership with financial and non-financial colleagues from within and outside of the organisation.
There are 2 roles currently vacant which support Clinical Service Units to provide financial management support and advice to the clinical management team and budget holders to deliver financial targets and make best use of resources.
As part of a wider team and with clinical and non-clinical colleagues, this role provides exposure to a varied agenda, with a clear focus on putting the patient at the centre of everything we do.
This post will provide significant opportunities for personal and professional development within a supportive team which is committed to being high performing and inclusive.
Main duties of the job
The primary purpose of the Senior CSU Accountant Job is to provide financial support and advice to managers and clinicians in a number of business units, in order to help them deliver their financial responsibilities and achieve sustainable financial improvement through:
Assisting them in developing plans to meet savings targets.
Monitoring and reporting on the results of intended actions.
Communicating the Trusts financial strategies and policies and how the actions of the business unit impact upon it.
Providing accurate and timely financial analysis and information to support their understanding of current performance and how this can be improved, creating financial models as appropriate.
Supporting the production and maintenance of financial forecasts and highlighting associated risks.
Using available business intelligence and performance data including benchmarking to identify opportunities for waste reduction and the effective and efficient management of resources.
The financial assessment of business cases for service change.
Helping to ensure that the appropriate financial governance and grip and control mechanisms exist through the business unit.
About us
The Finance Teams mission statement is to be the best provider of finance, procurement and planning services to support the delivery of patient care in the Leeds Way.
The Leeds Way values are what make this organisation special, we see this as strength, as well as a responsibility, and we live these values within the Finance team. Our five values which guide all our actions and endeavours are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
The Finance Department is based at St James University Hospital and comprises several teams working together: Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Income, Costing, Payroll, Supplies.
The post is based at Trust Headquarters, and we offer hybrid working which includes a combination of office and home working LTHT is an inclusive organisation, committed to the health and wellbeing of its staff and as a Finance Team we strongly embody these as part of our everyday culture.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Details
Date posted
24 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
55,690 to 62,682 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9298-FIN-0162
Job locations
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Job description
Job responsibilities
The person we are looking for will be a fully Qualified CCAB or ACMA Accountant. Main duties include:
Supporting the organisation in developing plans to make best use of resources and achieve financial targets through using available business intelligence.
Providing accurate and timely financial analysis and information to support the understanding of current performance and how this can be improved, creating financial models as appropriate.
Supporting the production and maintenance of financial forecasts and highlighting associated risks.
Modelling the impact of internal and external policy and activity changes on the Trusts financial position, understanding financial risks and opportunities for growth.
Supporting colleagues in developing strategy and business cases, modelling financial impact over the long term.
Building relationships with key external stakeholders, developing partnerships which will support the Trusts objectives.
Please refer to the job description and person specification to ensure that you have the necessary skills and experience to apply for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The person we are looking for will be a fully Qualified CCAB or ACMA Accountant. Main duties include:
Supporting the organisation in developing plans to make best use of resources and achieve financial targets through using available business intelligence.
Providing accurate and timely financial analysis and information to support the understanding of current performance and how this can be improved, creating financial models as appropriate.
Supporting the production and maintenance of financial forecasts and highlighting associated risks.
Modelling the impact of internal and external policy and activity changes on the Trusts financial position, understanding financial risks and opportunities for growth.
Supporting colleagues in developing strategy and business cases, modelling financial impact over the long term.
Building relationships with key external stakeholders, developing partnerships which will support the Trusts objectives.
Please refer to the job description and person specification to ensure that you have the necessary skills and experience to apply for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB or CIMA qualified)
• 5 O levels/GCSEs to include Maths and English

Skills & behaviours
Essential

• Demonstration of effective stakeholder management, with an ongoing commitment to building and maintaining strong and effective partnerships and collaborations
• Commitment to understanding and knowing the business
• Commitment to supporting change and improvement, able to make connections and link pieces of work to maximise the achievement of multiple objectives
• Ability to secure engagement with well-developed leadership and confident communication skills, willing to challenge and be challenged

Experience
Essential

• Substantial financial management experience which has included experience of a range of accounting areas and use of financial systems
• Leading successful projects or work-streams and achieving change
• Presentation of highly complex financial and non-financial information, including the delivery of formal presentations and leading financial discussions at meetings

Desirable

• Experience of working within the NHS
• Staff management and development

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB or CIMA qualified)
• 5 O levels/GCSEs to include Maths and English

Skills & behaviours
Essential

• Demonstration of effective stakeholder management, with an ongoing commitment to building and maintaining strong and effective partnerships and collaborations
• Commitment to understanding and knowing the business
• Commitment to supporting change and improvement, able to make connections and link pieces of work to maximise the achievement of multiple objectives
• Ability to secure engagement with well-developed leadership and confident communication skills, willing to challenge and be challenged

Experience
Essential

• Substantial financial management experience which has included experience of a range of accounting areas and use of financial systems
• Leading successful projects or work-streams and achieving change
• Presentation of highly complex financial and non-financial information, including the delivery of formal presentations and leading financial discussions at meetings

Desirable

• Experience of working within the NHS
• Staff management and development

Skills Required