Job summary
- Main area
- Finance Directorate
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-CP7244135
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Headquarter
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Management Accountant
NHS AfC: Band 5
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
An exciting Management Accountant opportunity has opened up within the Finance team here at ELFT. This role is based in London and the post holder will be looking after Specialist Services and Specialist Children and Young Peoples' Services in the Community.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Finance Business Partner in the provision of comprehensive Financial Management service to Directorates. The post-holder will take direct responsibility for the provision of information, analysis and advice to a range of budget managers.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
There will be a 30 minutes excel test on the interview day.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- Professional accountancy qualification Certificate level
- Degree level of equivalent combination of short courses and experience
Desirable criteria
- Part Qualified CCAB
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing accounting support to budget managers
- Experience of large scale general ledger systems
Desirable criteria
- Oracle financials or similar package
- NHS Management Accounts experience
- Some experience of costing and/or preparation of Business Cases.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to make decisions
- Good oral and written presentation skills
- Able to translate and effectively communicate financial data to non finance staff
- Computer literate, including strong Microsoft Excel and Word skill
- Good interpersonal skills to deal with senior managers and clinicians and other colleagues
- Able to identify and interpret key performance issues from raw data
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the NHS financial regime
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Maureen Tamale
- Job title
- Finance Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07815628615
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