Assistant Head of Accounting
Hywel Dda University Health Board is looking for an Assistant Head of Accounting to join our Core Accounting Team supporting the Deputy Head of the Core Accounting Team to ensure the integrity and compliance of our financial operations.
You will manage the financial feeders and debtors team, ensuring a robust feeders process that delivers accurate, timely, and complete financial information for reporting and decision-making.
Key Qualifications
* Experience of managing staff
* Excellent communication skills
* Proactive problem solving and driving best practice
* Supportive of financial controls, audit processes, and year‑end reporting
Responsibilities
Supporting the Deputy Head of the Core Accounting Team to ensure the integrity of all accounting entries transacted into the accounting ledger.
Ensuring compliance with financial policies and procedures, managing financial controls and audit processes, and supporting year‑end financial activities, including liaising with external auditors.
Managing a large team, allocating workloads, balancing competing demands, and driving good practice and compliance with financial procedures and policies.
Maintaining excellent professional relationships and strong lines of communication with internal departments and external partners such as service providers and external auditors.
Project‑managing process improvement initiatives, streamlining work areas, automating manual tasks to improve accuracy and efficiency.
Contributing to a positive culture, governance, and control environment by upholding high standards of working practices and leading the team by example while implementing continuous improvements.
Previous financial experience in the NHS is desirable.
Welsh Language Requirement
The Health Board welcomes applications from Welsh speakers. If you do not meet the Welsh language requirements, the Board offers learning options to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during your employment.
Location
Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
Interview Date
Interviews will take place on 24/11/2025.
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