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Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for the detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
What You'll Do
Support the production and analysis of financial information, including monthly management accounts, budget statements and variance reports, providing clear and accurate information to support operational and strategic decision-making
Work in partnership with managers across the Trust to provide financial advice and guidance on budgeting, payroll, costing, coding, and financial performance, helping to identify risks, opportunities, and potential efficiency savings.
Maintain strong financial controls through the preparation of journals, budget adjustments, reconciliations, and month-end processes, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial information.
Support with financial planning and budgeting by evaluating business plans, costing service developments, and assisting with the preparation of annual budgets and financial forecasts.
Support with service development and improvement initiatives by providing financial analysis for business cases, delivery plans, waiting list initiatives, and cost improvement programmes.
Contribute to the development of the Finance team by supporting process improvements, assisting with the induction and training of new staff, and helping to deliver an efficient and customer-focused finance service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
You will have strong administrative and clerical skills, with the ability to learn new finance processes quickly.
You will have understanding of basic budgetary control processes, financial systems and general ledger.
You will be confident using Microsoft Office, including Excel, Outlook and Teams.
You will have good general IT skills with accurate keyboard data entry and be comfortable using spreadsheet modelling.
You will be organised, logical and able to manage your time effectively in a busy environment.
You will be a clear communicator who can explain financial information simply and work well with wide range of stakeholders.
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Skills and competencies
Essential
- Time management
- Communication
- Numeracy skills
- Attention to detail
- Data entry
- Organisational skills
- Logical thinking
- Multitasking
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential
- Health & physical abilities sufficient for the post (if necessary, with reasonable adjustments with respect to the Equality Act/Disability Discrimination Act)
- Graduate Level/AAT Member plus experience/studying for professional qualification to certificate level or equivalent knowledge and experience. 3 years’ experience in a finance environment.
- Understanding of basic budgetary control processes.
- Comfortable with IT and able to use spreadsheet modelling packages.
- Understanding of Financial systems and general ledger.
Desirable
- Previous experience in a team supervising members of a team. NHS/Public sector Experience
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
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This advert is for Management Accountant with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Jul 2026.
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