# Trainee accountant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/trainee-accountant/b62f7f41-6a82-493c-b80c-6efa2676f9ca - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/trainee-accountant/b62f7f41-6a82-493c-b80c-6efa2676f9ca.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Brighton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (1 year fixed term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T10:42:17.143Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Brighton/Sussex_Community_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Finance/Finance-v8055018 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8055018?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a new Trainee Accountant. You will be working with the Trust and its subsidiary Sussex Primary Care Ltd to support the finance team in a variety of functions while gaining valuable experience of working within a finance team. The role is fixed term for 1 year and would suit a new or recent graduate or school leaver with a good record of educational achievement. You will be looking to begin a career in finance and will have aspirations towards starting professional accountancy qualifications. You will be joining our finance team based at Brighton General Hospital, where you will find a supportive team that aspires to be a great place to work. Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role. Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes - GOV.UK Health and Care Worker visa: If you’ll need to meet different salary requirements - GOV.UK ### Main duties of the job - Provide accounting support within the Finance Department, particularly in the areas of accounts payable, payroll and monthly financial reporting - Assist in providing efficient and high quality financial support to service managers and the wider organisation. - Provide excellent customer service to colleagues as well as to clients and suppliers external to the Trust ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Accounts payable - To prepare and reconcile invoices for payment.  To manage the relationships with services and suppliers and help ensire prompt payment. Accounts receivable -  To assist in ensuring that the sales ledger is maintained to a good standard and to maximise debt recovery Monthly and annual accounts - support the finance team in monthly closedown and reporting procedures Payroll - to support the smooth operation of the payroll service, assisting the Payroll Gatekeeper in resolving queries ## Job Details Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a new Trainee Accountant. You will be working with the Trust and its subsidiary Sussex Primary Care Ltd to support the finance team in a variety of functions while gaining valuable experience of working within a finance team. The role is fixed term for 1 year and would suit a new or recent graduate or school leaver with a good record of educational achievement. You will be looking to begin a career in finance and will have aspirations towards starting professional accountancy qualifications. You will be joining our finance team based at Brighton General Hospital, where you will find a supportive team that aspires to be a great place to work. Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role. Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes - GOV.UK Health and Care Worker visa: If you’ll need to meet different salary requirements - GOV.UK ## Job Description Provide accounting support within the Finance Department, particularly in the areas of accounts payable, payroll and monthly financial reporting Assist in providing efficient and high quality financial support to service managers and the wider organisation. Provide excellent customer service to colleagues as well as to clients and suppliers external to the Trust ## Responsibilities Accounts payable - To prepare and reconcile invoices for payment. To manage the relationships with services and suppliers and help ensire prompt payment. Accounts receivable - To assist in ensuring that the sales ledger is maintained to a good standard and to maximise debt recovery Monthly and annual accounts - support the finance team in monthly closedown and reporting procedures Payroll - to support the smooth operation of the payroll service, assisting the Payroll Gatekeeper in resolving queries ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent IT skills, including the ability to manipulate complex financial data in Excel, as well as ability to use Word and Access. - Knowledge of using a variety of IT systems. - Understanding of the role of the NHS and a desire to pursue a career in this sector. - Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to convey financial information to finance and non finance staff, with authority and clarity. - Excellent numerical skills - Ability to handle sensitive or contentious information in a professional manner, in order to achieve correct outcome. - Ability to act on own initiative. - Ability to develop and maintain good working relations with internal managers and external agencies. - Ability to deliver accurate work to tight deadlines and to multi-task. - Ability to work in and contribute to the success of a team. - Confident and assertive in dealing with people, both on telephone / Teams and in person ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of having worked within a team environment to achieve a common objective. - Experience of delivering a significant project within agreed time frames using a variety of complex data sources. - Experience of investigating and resolving complex problems or discrepancies on own initiative. - Experience of planning and managing own workload to meet weekly, monthly and annual deadlines, and ability to prioritise and manage conflicting deadlines ### Other Requirement **Essential** - Self-motivated and Innovative. - Flexible and adaptable approach to work. ### Qualifications / education **Essential** - Good record of educational achievement (eg degree or A level) **Desirable** - Must be willing to study for professional accountancy qualifications ## Documents - [jd and ps (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10344788) - [staff benefits brochure (pdf, 484.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2262) - [easy read application form (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2435) - [about sussex community nhs foundation trust (pdf, 632.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2743) - [applicants guide to the use of generative ai in applications (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2971) ## 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.