Job vacancy: Senior Management Accountant, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton

Job summary

Main area: Finance
Grade: Band 7
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 188-THQ010726

Employer: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Southampton General Hospital
Town: Southampton
Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 pa or pa pro rata
Closing: 19/07/2026 23:59
Interview date: 23/07/2026

Senior Management Accountant

Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What we're looking for:

The successful candidate will be qualified in a recognised professional accountancy qualification or an equivalent level of knowledge, skills and experience in financial management with significant experience in a finance environment, including management accounting.

You will know about designing advanced spreadsheets and databases and have experience in financial project management/financial appraisal,

and forecasting.

The work will require you to work independently with senior staff across a number of disciplines, so the ability to communicate effectively and professionally is essential.

The successful applicant will have a flexible approach and enjoy working in a fast-paced setting where they'll meet a different challenge every day.

What you'll do:

As a core member of the finance subsidiary team, you will:

• Support the Subsidiary Finance Manager with the development of financial programmes and financial strategy for the Subsidiaries.

• Provide comprehensive, proactive financial management support to the subsidiaries.

• Ensure all statutory and legal requirements for the Companies Act 2006 and for subsidiaries of NHS Trusts are met.

• Ensure that the Group accounts, VAT and all inter-company recharges are managed correctly.

• Establish and maintain a sound financial base to support the financial implications of service changes.

• Manage, on a day-to-day basis, other members within the Subsidiary Accounting team.

Person specification

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge and expertise across a range of accounting areas acquired through professional accountancy qualifications (and membership) such as Certificate Level/Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or working towards a CCAB accountancy qualification or educated to degree level with an equivalent level of knowledge and experience gained in a finance role.
Detailed understanding of financial systems and general ledger transactions and reporting.
Experience supervising a team.
Detailed understanding of budgetary control processes.
Understanding of financial information systems and ability to extract information in a form to support budget managers
Comfortable with IT and able to use spreadsheet modelling packages.