Finance Adviser Job at Betsi Cadwaladr in Bangor

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is advertising a permanent finance post within the secondary care finance team at Ysbyty Gwynedd. The advertised position sits within the West IHC and works alongside clinical and operational colleagues. Its purpose is practical: help managers use financial information well, understand variations from plan, and support services in obtaining value for money while maintaining attention to patient care.

The Health Board is seeking a finance professional with AAT or comparable experience, strong analytical ability, and a grounding in NHS finance. The work combines management-accounting discipline with clear communication, because findings from complex financial data must be explained to people outside finance. It is a Bangor-based position with an advertised full-time pattern and a permanent contract.

Opportunity Details

Overview of the Vacancy

Location, Sector, and Role Context

This Finance Adviser post is based at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor. It forms part of the Management Accounting Finance Team supporting secondary care services. Day-to-day work includes professional assistance, financial advice and support for managers, together with investigation of complex financial variances. The Finance Adviser is expected to turn analysis into meaningful management information and to identify corrective action that managers can consider. The advertised team works closely with secondary care clinical and operational teams, so the post requires a finance perspective that remains connected to the operational setting in which NHS services are managed.

The organisation states that the holder must provide accurate and timely information despite tight financial timescales. Work must also meet the Health Board's Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and Scheme of Delegation. The advertised profile therefore combines financial control, interpretation and professional judgement. It also requires familiarity with the consequences of current accounting and NHS legislation for the area of work, together with knowledge of Oracle accounts financials, departmental applications and routines. Knowledge of ring-fenced NHS budgets and the need to report and control them appropriately is specifically included in the person specification. After training, the employer says that a more hybrid arrangement may be possible, with some work undertaken at home and some in the office; at least two days each week are expected to be based at Ysbyty Gwynedd. The Finance Department also states a commitment to personal development and training, including potential support towards professional accountancy qualifications.

About the Employer: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Organization and Relevant Services

Verified Employer Overview

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an NHS Wales Health Board serving North Wales. Its public information describes a service footprint covering primary care, community services, mental-health services and hospital care. The vacancy itself identifies the organisation as providing acute and elective hospital services alongside those other NHS services. A Finance Adviser in secondary care therefore works in a public-healthcare context where financial management information supports managers responsible for clinical and operational services rather than a standalone commercial finance function.

The advertised base is Ysbyty Gwynedd, at Penrhosgarnedd in Bangor, Gwynedd. The Health Board's hospital information confirms this Bangor location. Within that local setting, the post belongs to the secondary care finance team and the Management Accounting Finance Team. The vacancy expressly links the role to clinical and operational teams, enabling finance advice, budgetary analysis and control work to be considered alongside the services being managed. The role is not presented as a remote-only post; the advertised arrangement retains regular work at the Bangor hospital site.

Professional Setting and Role Context

Work Environment, Operations, and Facilities

The scale and range of the Health Board's services make sound financial information important across different care settings. The published role focuses on supporting managers with meaningful reporting, investigating variances and recommending relevant corrective action where needed. That remit calls for care with reconciliations, controls, NHS accounting requirements and VAT rules, all of which appear in the published person specification. It also calls for the confidence to discuss complex results with colleagues who may not work in finance, keeping analysis understandable without losing the substance of the underlying information.

The Health Board's careers information describes commitments to inclusive and accessible recruitment, reasonable adjustments, and support for employees managing disabilities or health conditions. The vacancy separately states that applications may be made in Welsh and that Welsh applications will not be treated less favourably than English applications. For the Finance Adviser position, professional development is also directly addressed: the Finance Department says it is committed to development and training, with potential support for study towards professional accountancy qualifications. These published statements give context to the administrative and professional environment surrounding the Bangor finance team.

Open Positions

Application Guidance

Prepare a Focused Application

CV, Evidence, Documents, and Interview Preparation

General preparation for this kind of NHS finance application is most useful when each example is tied to the published person specification. Applicants can set out how their AAT, finance or accounting education, or equivalent experience meets the stated entry route. They can then select concise examples of budget setting, variance investigation, reconciliations, financial controls or management reporting that show the scope of their NHS finance experience. The purpose is not to repeat a CV, but to make the connection between a relevant achievement and the financial, operational or communication requirement clear.

A careful application can also demonstrate how complex financial information has been made useful to managers or colleagues outside finance. Examples involving spreadsheets, computerised systems, audit responses, VAT, accuracy checks and prioritising work under time pressure can be relevant where they are genuine. A strong example may explain the original financial question, the data checked, the judgement reached and how the outcome was communicated, while remaining truthful about the applicant's personal contribution. General preparation should also allow applicants to discuss their approach to professional development and teamwork. Where a candidate has Welsh-language capability, it can be described accurately as a desirable skill. Candidates should give only truthful information and make sure any qualifications or experience stated in the form can be evidenced.

• Map each supporting-statement example to a specific essential criterion, particularly NHS finance, budgetary control and financial reporting.
• Use a concise variance-analysis example that explains the issue, the information considered and the corrective action proposed.
• Describe how financial data was translated for a manager or non-finance colleague without overstating the result.
• Check that evidence of AAT, equivalent learning, degree-level capability and continuing development is ready to present accurately.
• Prepare a clear account of experience with reconciliations, controls, audit queries, VAT or relevant NHS financial systems where applicable.
• Read the application questions carefully and complete the account-registration or sign-in steps requested by the official route.

How to Apply

Submit Your Application Through the Verified Route

Apply Through the Official NHS Jobs Vacancy Page

Open the official vacancy page using the application button below and select “Apply for this job”. The NHS Jobs route then presents a hand-off for the Finance Adviser position and explains that the application will be managed on the linked recruitment site. Continue to that site, then register or sign in as instructed there and complete the application materials requested for this role. Keep the public vacancy page open while applying so that the role and location details remain easy to check.