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Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Expertise in accounting concepts, conventions, policies and procedures.
- Knowledge
Detailed understanding of accounting procedures including computer systems and financial ledgers, VAT, payroll procedures, coding structures, reconciling numbers, maintaining documentation and processing and interpreting numerical information.
- Knowledge
Through a good technical knowledge of the areas of responsibility, able to consistently perform to expectations and create a credible impression.
- Experience
Significant practical experience in a range of accounting environments including financial management
- Experience
Substantial experience in a support role providing management accounting information and detailed advice and guidance to both finance and non-finance managers.
- Personal Qualities
Good team working skills, able to carry out work with others and to provide informal training to budget holders and less experienced or new members of the team as required.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to deal with complex issues with a wide range of parties including colleagues both finance and non-finance, which may be contentious using appropriate negotiation and persuasion skills.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to provide and receive information/advice some of which may be sensitive in an appropriate manner both in relation to finance and non-finance colleagues.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to analyse and interpret data such as expenditure and income transactions, producing and presenting associated information which may involve making judgements, identifying the relationship/trends between issues or events, highlighting errors and discrepancies and performing any necessary financial calculations or further investigation.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to input data into spreadsheets, with the need to often create and format computerised spreadsheets and databases, both for own use and that of others.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to organise/plan own work, to ensure that tasks are performed in accordance with set deadlines, responding positively to changes in requirements and timescales.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to coordinate and manage the completion of tasks across the team and coordinate the work of others, delivering support, coaching and training, assisting in recruitment activities, carrying out appraisals and dealing with the initial stages of disciplinary/absence issues.
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstration of active efforts to influence events which impact upon own areas of work, for example by suggesting new ways of working which improve quality, efficiency or outcomes and implementing any changes set by others.
- Qualifications and Training
5 GCSE/O levels or equivalent, to include Maths and English.
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications and Training
Preferably AAT qualified
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and be part of our award-winning finance team. We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Team as an Assistant CSU Accountant. This is an essential position that supports Clinical Service Units (CSUs) and Corporate Functions on all financial matters.
Main duties of the job
As an Assistant CSU Accountant you will assist and support the Senior Accountant team in the provision of an efficient, accurate, dynamic and holistic financial management service. This is the ideal position within a Team that has an enviable culture, a clear focus on putting the patient at the centre of everything we do as well as providing the opportunities for career progression and development. We would love to hear from you if you are ready for a new challenge and can mirror our values and ambitions for this finance role!
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Details
- Date posted: 15 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 002343
- Job locations: Trust Headquarters LTHT, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact:
Name: Thomas Mitchell Position: Finance Business Partner Email: thomas.mitchell3@nhs.net Phone number: 011320 64065 Shortlisting Date: 30/10/2026 Interview Date: 10/11/2026
Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.
Job Summary
The key duties of the Assistant CSU Accountant role include:
Supporting the CSU Accountant in providing financial support & advice to managers and clinicians in business units.
Participating in the induction and ongoing training and development of finance officers, playing a key role in ensuring core standards are met.
Leading process improvement projects and developing procedures to ensure that work across the team is completed in a consistent way and to an agreed standard, plus providing assurance of compliance.
Coordinating of specific ad hoc and regular cross team tasks.
Please refer to the job description and person specification to ensure that you have the necessary skills and experience to apply for this post.
What you will bring to the role
To undertake the role of Assistant CSU Accountant the post holder will need to complete tasks directly and also supervise and coordinate the delivery of tasks which will need input from a range of colleagues, ensuring that they are completed to the required quality standards in line with set policies and procedures and within set timescales.
The post holder will be expected to perform duties and responsibilities covering the following areas, which are described in greater detail within the job description.
JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The purpose of the role is to support the team in the delivery of a financial management service as directed by the Assistant Director of Finance or the Finance Business Partner by:
Supporting the Senior CSU Accountant and/or the Finance Business Partner in providing financial support and advice to managers and clinicians in a number of business units.
Leading process improvement projects and developing procedures to ensure that work across the team is completed in a consistent way and to an agreed standard, there after providing assurance of compliance.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are….
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities:
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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This advert is for Assistant CSU Accountant with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Accountant role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Oct 2026.
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