We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated finance professional to join HEIW’s finance team as a System Accountant.
The Systems Accountant is responsible for the day-to-day management of the financial systems and the digitalisation of processes within HEIW. The position sits within the Financial Accounts team within the Finance, Planning, Performance and National Programmes Directorate and will report to the Head of Financial Accounts.
The post holder will take a lead role in the administration, development and maintenance of the organisation’s Financial Management and Business Systems ensuring system integrity, controls, interfaces, subsystems, BI tools and all closedown requirements are properly managed.
The post holder will also be required to provide support to other roles within the Finance Department and other departments within HEIW as necessary.
If you would like to be involved in enabling this important work and supporting the strategic aims, then we’d be happy to receive your application.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
For more information, please contact
Martyn Pennell
Head of Financial Accounting
Email: martyn.pennell@wales.nhs.uk
Working within a £328 million NHS organisation, the post holder will lead on the Financial Planning, Policy, budgetary control and financial reporting to a range of HEIW senior managers, including Directors and Associate Directors. They will provide strategic financial and business case advice across a range of Commissioning and Directorate budgets and will be expected to analyse and interpret highly complex financial management information to provide policy direction for HEIW within areas of expertise.
The post holder will be a key senior member of the Finance Department and, within the agreed area of responsibility for revenue budgets, they will be responsible for budget setting, financial reporting and the provision of advice to others including the financial implications of development proposals.
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers.
Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.
HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:
Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:

a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
compassionate leadership,
a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales
Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?
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