# Assistant Finance Manager - Management Accounts > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-finance-manager-management-accounts/d22d4889-447d-4ba6-a6e9-cea1c89b8378 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-finance-manager-management-accounts/d22d4889-447d-4ba6-a6e9-cea1c89b8378.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust - **Town:** Stevenage - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Minimum of 2 days working on site/ office a week) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T12:51:56.443Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Finance/Finance-v8016415 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8016415?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting for a  who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are seeking a motivated and ambitious Assistant Finance Manager to join our Management Accounts team. This is an excellent opportunity for a part‑qualified accountant or experienced finance professional looking to progress within a large and dynamic acute NHS Trust. Our Finance Team is proud to have achieved Level 2 accreditation under the One NHS Finance Towards Excellence framework and is working towards Level 3. This reflects our commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, staff development and delivering real value to services and patient care. We invest in our people and support career progression through professional study support, training and exposure to a wide range of finance and operational experiences. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. ### Main duties of the job This role offers the chance to develop strong business partnering skills, gain exposure to senior stakeholders and contribute to financial sustainability and service improvement across the Trust. To provide accurate and timely financial reporting, forecasting and planning. To meet regularly with budget holders to provide advice on all aspects of financial control. The postholder will be required to organise personal workloads to meet all relevant financial timetables in the delivery of the financial reporting/management remit as set by the Senior Finance Manager. The post holder is required to work a significant proportion of their time (more than 80%) using computer applications. The computer applications used include the software packages Excel, Word, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Power BI and our Trust payroll system ESR ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. ## Job Details We are recruiting for a who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are seeking a motivated and ambitious Assistant Finance Manager to join our Management Accounts team. This is an excellent opportunity for a part‑qualified accountant or experienced finance professional looking to progress within a large and dynamic acute NHS Trust. Our Finance Team is proud to have achieved Level 2 accreditation under the One NHS Finance Towards Excellence framework and is working towards Level 3. This reflects our commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, staff development and delivering real value to services and patient care. We invest in our people and support career progression through professional study support, training and exposure to a wide range of finance and operational experiences. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. ## Job Description This role offers the chance to develop strong business partnering skills, gain exposure to senior stakeholders and contribute to financial sustainability and service improvement across the Trust. To provide accurate and timely financial reporting, forecasting and planning. To meet regularly with budget holders to provide advice on all aspects of financial control. The postholder will be required to organise personal workloads to meet all relevant financial timetables in the delivery of the financial reporting/management remit as set by the Senior Finance Manager. The post holder is required to work a significant proportion of their time (more than 80%) using computer applications. The computer applications used include the software packages Excel, Word, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Power BI and our Trust payroll system ESR ## Responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Excel, Word and large Ledger systems - Ability to apply accounting knowledge and demonstrate analytical skills. **Desirable** - Experience of using bespoke IT systems e.g. dashboard software such as Power BI ### Knowledge **Essential** - Equivalent to part qualified CCAB student with particular emphasis of all management accounting issues to include budgetary control and costing techniques **Desirable** - An understanding of NHS Finance ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff - Role model our Trust values every day - Good communication skills, both written and oral to non-financial managers - Ability to work on own initiative and well as under the direction of the Finance Manager - Able to prioritise work load and supervise a small team. **Desirable** - The ability to undertake training of both junior Finance staff and budget managers ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Significant experience in all aspects of financial reporting, planning and control. - Significant experience of working to tight reporting deadlines. **Desirable** - Experience in an NHS financial environment - Experience of supervising junior staff ### Qualifications / Training **Essential** - A’ levels or equivalent - Completed AAT Technician stage or have equivalent experience in management accounting issues to include budgetary control and costing techniques. **Desirable** - Studying towards a CCAB qualification ## Documents - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [assistant finance manager applicant pack (pdf, 936.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10336480) - [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549) - [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551) - [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748) - [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550) ## 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.