Overview
The De Parys Group is seeking an experienced finance manager to lead the organisation on a full-time basis, 37.5 hours per week over five days (Monday to Friday). The postholder will provide high-level financial management and technical support to the CFO, overseeing the financial operations of TDPG, delivered through the group’s Ltd company. The role focuses on managing and consolidating group accounts, delivering accurate and timely financial reports, and ensuring financial compliance across the practice.
Responsibilities
* Preparation of monthly and quarterly accounts.
* Oversight of payroll and pensions.
* VAT returns (Partial Exemption), and cashflow management.
* Lead on contractual and IT systems oversight across the group.
* Maintain the fixed asset register and stock controls.
* Supervise key reporting processes for NHS bodies and funding claims (including QoF, IIF, vaccinations, and enhanced services).
About us
The De Parys Group’s priority is to provide the highest standard of clinical care to the 38,000 patients registered with the practice. We collaborate with other healthcare providers and support organisations to enable more patients to be treated in a primary care setting, closer to home. We embrace a continuous improvement ethos and strive to ensure we are available to patients when they need a consultation. We have a strong training ethos with medical and non-medical educators and opportunities for non-clinical staff to develop and progress. TDPG operates its own dispensaries at the De Parys and Bromham sites. In addition to routine GMS services, we offer minor surgery, LARC provision and anticoagulation clinics, with high QOF achievement and excellent KPIs within the group.
Benefits
* NHS pension scheme.
* Proper pay and Living Wage Foundation accredited.
* Eye-care vouchers.
* Annual leave: minimum 23 days FTE, with enhancements for long service.
* Paid breaks
Details
Date posted: 04 September 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £45,000 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 28723-1
Job locations: 23 De Parys Avenue, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 2TX
Job description and responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.
Person specification
Qualifications Essential
* Qualified, part-qualified accountant, or QBE (Qualified by Experience with group accounting experience) with demonstrable financial expertise.
Experience Essential
* Proven experience in preparing and presenting management accounts, ideally within a primary care or similar healthcare environment.
* Strong background in management accountancy, with a solid grasp of financial controls, reconciliations, and reporting cycles.
* Competent user of IT systems, with working knowledge of financial software platforms (e.g. Xero, QuickBooks, Sage).
* High level of numeracy and strong attention to detail.
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to liaise confidently across clinical, operational, and leadership teams.
* Comfortable working to tight deadlines, following policies and procedures with accuracy and professionalism.
* Sound knowledge of payroll processes, including pensions and statutory obligations.
Desirable
* Prior experience within the healthcare sector, particularly in GP practices or primary care networks or NHS or private healthcare.
* Familiarity with NHS reporting systems such as CQRS, QoF, IIF, or similar.
* Experience supporting or working within a group structure (multiple entities, group consolidations, intercompany accounts).
Disclosures
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 CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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