# Assistant Charity Accountant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-charity-accountant/0bdc13c8-d0a2-42a3-9171-15726105b431 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-charity-accountant/0bdc13c8-d0a2-42a3-9171-15726105b431.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital - **Workplace type:** hybrid - **Profession:** Accountant - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working (mix of home/ site)) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-27T14:21:13.043Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Norwich_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/NN_Hospitals_Charity/NN_Hospitals_Charity-v8206291 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8206291?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview About us We are the Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals Charity. We support better care for patients, families and staff at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Thanks to donations, fundraising and gifts in wills, we can fund the extras that go beyond what the NHS provides at the Norfolk & Norwich, Cromer Hospital and Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital. These extras make a real difference to people’s experience of care across Norfolk. Working with us This is an exciting time to join our team. We are looking for people who are enthusiastic, motivated and approachable, with a professional outlook and the resilience to adapt and thrive in a busy and changing environment. ### Main duties of the job Join the N&N Hospitals Charity as Assistant Charity Accountant and play a key role in supporting our financial management to help improve services for patients, staff and visitors. You will assist with processing grants, donations and income, maintaining accurate financial records, preparing invoices and payments, reconciling accounts, supporting month-end processes and helping to ensure compliance with charity regulations and financial procedures. We are looking for someone with strong numerical skills, excellent attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy. You should be working towards an accountancy qualification such as AAT, have good IT skills, particularly in Excel, and be able to communicate confidently with a wide range of stakeholders. An understanding of confidentiality, professionalism and customer service is essential. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Examples of decisions you will make independently include: - Determining the correct coding and processing route for grants, donations, invoices and income received. - Identifying discrepancies within financial records and reconciling balances, taking appropriate action to resolve routine issues. - Ensuring payments and financial transactions comply with agreed procedures, escalating only where exceptions or concerns arise. - This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in charity finance within a supportive and purpose-driven team. Please view the attahed job description for full details of the role, and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification. Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 4122 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer). The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role. Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Some knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel (application form and Interview). ### Experience **Essential** - Some knowledge of Charity rules and legislation; experience of working in the Charity sector (application form and interview). ### Qualifications **Essential** - Training towards an accountancy qualification – e.g. AAT (application form and interview) - Good standard of maths and English, written and spoken (application form and interview) ### Attitude & Aptitude **Essential** - Good communication and interpersonal skills, understanding the need for confidentiality. - Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence - Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ## Documents - [useful links (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2809) - [staff benefits (pdf, 674.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=901) - [job description (pdf, 288.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10512914) - [nnuh fraud prevention notice (pdf, 104.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3081) - [our nnuh lgbt+ staff network (pdf, 675.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2367) - [our nnuh women's staff network (pdf, 103.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2473) - [our nnuh together staff network (pdf, 370.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2166) - [our nnuh disability and long term conditions staff network (pdf, 607.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2424) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.