# Management Accountant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/management-accountant/04f55414-b88e-4794-9526-a1bf12ceb932 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/management-accountant/04f55414-b88e-4794-9526-a1bf12ceb932.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Southampton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-08T12:03:30.223Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8140601 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8140601?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Documents - [job description + person spec (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10439228) ## 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.