Job overview
We’re looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Financial Accountant to join our finance team. In this role, you’ll play a key part in supporting senior finance colleagues to deliver accurate, timely financial accounts and high-quality information that underpins effective decision-making across the Trust.
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in financial accounting, gain hands-on experience in a complex organisation, and be part of a team that truly values collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
Main duties of the job
You’ll contribute to the planning, monitoring, control, and reporting of the Trust’s assets and liabilities, helping ensure strong financial governance, integrity, and compliance. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your financial accounting expertise, gain exposure to complex financial systems, and be actively involved in improving processes and supporting robust financial management.
Alongside core accounting responsibilities, you’ll work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, support audits, contribute to system improvements, and help translate financial information into meaningful insights for stakeholders.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
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This advert is for Assistant Financial Accountant with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 07 Jun 2026.
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