Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-LG-EMF19504
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey County Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £28,860 - £31,671 Per annum (pro rata) including High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Management Accountant B4
Band 4
Job overview
Exciting Opportunity
We are looking for a highly ambitious and motivated individual to join the Royal Surrey Finance team. As a management accountant, you will work within the finance business partnering team who provide an excellent outward facing finance business partnering service to the clinical and operational teams.
This role is suited to those looking to begin/pursue a career in NHS finance. The role comes with an excellent study package for those looking to work toward a professional accounting qualification and offers career development opportunities.
The finance team are a Level 2 Future Focused Finance accredited and CPD provider.
For any questions or queries about the role please speak to Catherine Smith or Jake Stephens on 01483 571122 on ext 4797 or email [email protected] or [email protected]
Main duties of the job
• To support the Finance team in the delivery of an outward facing, high quality, efficient and professional financial business partnering service.
• To be able to communicate at all levels within and external to the organisation, and to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-financial staff.
• To provide accounting and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues.
• To provide financial information that is timely, robust and accurate and to be able to explain, discuss, recommend and prioritise required actions to budget managers.
• To provide high quality tools, information and data to enable budget managers to effectively and efficiently manage budgets and to support development of strategies to improve financial performance.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
• To assist in providing complex accounting and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues to ensure their understanding, and to support the SBU and Divisional Management teams by providing financial input into strategic decision making, ensuring the continuous development of financial information and integrating new sources of information.
• To support the Finance team with a particular focus on using the ledger to produce information. Works within Finance Department policies and procedures to agreed timetables and will be expected to seek advice to deal with ad hoc tasks.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- AAT intermediate level 3 or equivalent qualification
- AAT technician level or NVQ 4
- Good general education to GCSE standard or equivalent including Maths and English
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Experience within Management Accounts / Finance
- NHS experience
- Experience of computer ledger systems
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Smith or Jake Stephens
- Job title
- Managers
- Email address
- [email protected]
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