Assistant Management Accountant

Job overview

Would you like to work in a busy Finance office supporting a world leading Research and Development department at Cambridge University Hospitals?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an organised and motivated individual to join the Finance Team at CUH. Reporting to the Senior Management Accountant, you will be providing financial reporting and transactional support to them as well as looking after your own range of R&D cost centres.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include monitoring the financial performance of a range of cost Centres liaising with budget holders and managing relationships with a number of stakeholders within the Trust’s R&D community.

This post is a challenging and creative role where the ability to communicate well with colleagues across the Trust is important. A flexible approach and a can-do attitude are crucial. You will be self-motivated, able to prioritise your own work and work to deadlines. You will have experience using Microsoft packages (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.) with proven ability to analyse complex data and transform it into meaningful reports. You will demonstrate confidence, analytical ability and a flexible approach to the demands of the job.

Main duties of the job

The key focus of this post will be the production of budget reports from the ledger, investigation of variances and implementing any adjustments required to income and expenditure forecasts and budgets. Any changes required to budgets, covering both staff and expenditure, will be made by the Divisional Management Accountant. Data defects and any core process changes will be expected to be driven and managed by this role.

The Assistant Management Accountant will hold regular reviews with their peers and specialist colleagues to support intelligence gathering and resolving queries. This will include the provision of information, analysis and support in interpreting their reports and collation of information to assist in the development of robust forecasts.

The key skills required are those for interpreting, processing and analysing data using Microsoft Office, interrogating all the various sub-systems of the ledger and requires a proven working knowledge of the accounting principles involved. You must hold an excellent and proven working knowledge of Excel.

The Assistant Management Accountant is expected to take an active interest in the development of their skills, experience and career.

You must be able to work on your own initiative and be able to manage your own priorities as set by the Management of their area.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

- applied for a Graduate visa

- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

All roles in the Trust include a mandatory 12-week training period. Therefore successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 16th September 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 29th September 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.