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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent: This post can be based at either Luton & Dunstable Hospital or Bedford Hospital, Cross site travel is necessary as part of this role.
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Office Based)
Job ref
418-FIN5443-EH
Employer
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Luton & Dunstable Hospital or Bedford Hospital
Town
Luton or Bedford
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/11/2025 23:59
Interview date
21/11/2025

Employer heading

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Management Accountant

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

The purpose of the post is to support the Finance Business Partner and Directorate Accountant in providing information to the Finance Managers and Budget Holders for the Surgical Service Lines.

We welcome applications from recent graduates and individuals with finance qualifications who can demonstrate that they meet the requirements outlined in the person specification.

The Finance Team has over 50 members of staff working in Financial Accounts, Management Accounts and Contracting across the Bedford and Luton Site. It is a great place to work where we support learning and development of our staff. We have an excellent track record of supporting, developing and promoting our staff internally.

We are also proud to hold the following employer accreditations

·         ACCA Approved Employer Programme

·         CIMA Premier Partner

·         AAT Employer Scheme

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the post is to support the Directorate Accountants in providing information to the Finance Managers and Budget Holders ensuring that the Trust meets both its financial and performance targets.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

 

Our Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

To help produce timely and accurate financial statements for service lines on a monthly basis through the calculation and posting of accruals and prepayments.

To support budget holders in managing their financial position such that the Trust is able to achieve its financial targets.  This will include providing complex and sensitive information, and will require skills of negotiation and persuasion.

Support directorate accountants with variance analysis.

Deal with queries from budget holders and other member of the finance team.

To provide reports of the service lines financial position to the Directorate Accountants to allow aggregation of the Trust’s financial position on a timely monthly basis. 

To analyse financial trends involving many streams of data and forecast financial expenditure.

Raise invoices to other organisations for ad hoc/regular services provided.

To help prepare annual service line budgets for service planning, supporting budget holders through the budget setting process.

To monitor & control budgetary changes throughout the year for relevant service lines.

To act independently and show initiative under the supervision of Directorate Accountants

To provide ad hoc support to Directorate Accountants, Finance Managers, Director of Finance & other team members as required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of education - A level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Maths & English qualifications

Studying for Accounting qualification

Essential criteria
  • Obtained AAT intermediate level of equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Other accounting qualification

Good written & presentation skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate financial information to non-finance professionals
Desirable criteria
  • Application is well written, concise and well presented

Knowledge of Excel

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates use of Excel for their current or past role
Desirable criteria
  • Has attended Excel courses

Personal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work independently and show initiative
  • Ability to work as part of a team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerEmployer with HeartNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amira Libane
Job title
Finance Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01582 498842
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