# Management Accountant - Corporate and Women and Children > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/management-accountant-corporate-and-women-and-children/bce97a8c-15d9-4959-b9ef-18f6b1c577a2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/management-accountant-corporate-and-women-and-children/bce97a8c-15d9-4959-b9ef-18f6b1c577a2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** Truro - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Combination of office and remote working) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-23T07:31:47.292Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Truro/Royal_Cornwall_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Finance/Finance-v8172760 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8172760?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Finance Department of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an experienced AAT Level 4 Qualified Management Accountant who is looking to further develop their skills in a complex and rewarding NHS finance environment. This is a generic job role across the sections of financial management, financial services, costing, income and capital. This is a full-time post working 37.5 hours per week, working within the Management Accounts - Corporate and Women & Children Team. The post holder will work closely with Finance Managers, Deputy Finance Managers and operational budget holders to provide high quality financial information that supports budget planning, forecasting, business planning and decision making across the Corporate and Women and Children Divisions. ### Main duties of the job The post holder is responsible for producing detailed monthly management accounts, budget monitoring reports and forecasts to support operational and strategic decision making. They will work with budget holders to identify financial risks and opportunities, analysing complex financial data and presenting information clearly for finance and non-finance audiences. You will bring excellent financial management skills and will have experience of working in teams to deliver successful and measurable outcomes. With good negotiation skills and leadership skills, you will have the ability to help deliver change and improvements across numerous work streams. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following: - Identity Checks - Professional registration and qualification checks - Employment history and reference checks - Occupational Health clearance - Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check - Right to work in the UK For further information please visit: https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience working in a Finance Department - Basic knowledge of health service financial management and the use of information across the NHS - Understanding of Budget/Costing Management, setting, monitoring, reporting and forecasting - Experience of presenting information in numerous formats **Desirable** - Experience of NHS finance systems - Experience of producing reference costs - Experience of Service Line Reporting - Supervising other staff members ### Qualifications **Essential** - Association of Accounting Technicians AAT Level 4 or equivalent experience to degree level **Desirable** - Working towards membership of an accountancy body which is a member of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) or CIMA ### Disposition, Adjustment, Attitude **Essential** - Excellent presentational skills - Ability to convey complex subjects in an understandable fashion suitable for audience - Good negotiation skills - Self-management and priority management to meet deadlines ### Practical and Intellectual Skills **Essential** - Evidence of sound communication skills with non-financial managers on financial information - Well organised and able to work as a member of a team. Highly developed technical information skills and IT skills with advanced keyboard skills - Competent and Proficient in using the Microsoft Office Packages of software - The postholder is required to have basic knowledge of health service financial management, information analysis and the use of information across the NHS **Desirable** - Knowledge of NHS costing and / or income principles and methodology - Experience of producing technical costings - Knowledge and experience of capital accounting ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10475144) ## 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.