Accounting Lead Full Time

Function: Finance – Financial Control

Location: Hybrid – 2 days in the Alfreton office

Contract type: 9 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary: £64,062 with the potential to rise to £75,367 over 3 years

Closing Date: Tuesday 19th May, 2026.

NHS Supply Chain has an exciting opportunity for an Accounting Lead to join our Finance team during a period of transformation. You will play a key role in ensuring robust financial controls, accurate transaction processing, and high-quality financial reporting, helping to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.

Working across multiple operating units, you will lead continuous improvement of accounting processes, ensure compliance with regulatory and accounting standards, and provide trusted financial insight to internal and external stakeholders.

Every day you will …

• Ensure accurate and timely recording of financial transactions, supported by appropriate evidence, policies, and controls
• Lead and continuously improve accounting processes and procedures to strengthen controls and efficiency
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory, accounting, and internal governance requirements
• Deliver high quality financial reporting and insights to support effective decision making
• Provide expert financial advice and contribute to projects, ensuring finance controls are embedded from the outset

What can we offer you?

We Want To Reward You For Your Passion, Enthusiasm, And Hard Work So We Offer Much More Than a Competitive Salary

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
• We recognise our employees’ hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

• Strong financial accounting and control expertise, with a sound understanding of regulatory and accounting standards
• Proven ability to analyse complex data and translate insights into clear, actionable recommendations
• Confident stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including the ability to influence and advise senior colleagues
• Experience leading, developing, and motivating teams in a values‑led environment
• A proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement, accuracy, and accountability

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.

We reserve the right to close any vacancy from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.