Management Accountant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This advert explicitly states that sponsorship is not offered.
The source advert contains explicit wording ruling out sponsorship for this specific role. Consider other live roles at the same band from sponsorship-friendly trusts.
“Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
The Trust is seeking a highly motivated Management Accountant to join a friendly team in Poole. This full-time role involves providing timely, accurate, and relevant financial advice and support to various stakeholders. The successful candidate will be a team player with advanced Excel skills and a professional accountancy qualification or equivalent experience. The position offers a mix of office and home working, with flexible patterns considered.
Essential criteria
- Professional accountancy qualification to post-graduate diploma level, e.g. managerial or intermediate level CIMA, Part II ACCA, Diploma level CIPFA, or equivalent experience.
- Job specific experience
- Experience in Budgetary Control Financial planning and forecasting
- Costing knowledge and experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills to people at all levels within the organisation
- Evidence of past achievements and ability to deliver
Desirable criteria
- Corporate awareness
- Knowledge and experience of financial aspects of NHS legislation and NHS finance policies including Foundation Trust regime
- Managerial/supervisory experience
- Experience of supervising staff
- Information Technology
- Proficient in the use of all Microsoft software, with advanced skills in Excel
- Personal qualities/attributes
- Team Player
- Possess excellent analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines whilst producing accurate results
- Ability to adapt to changing and conflicting priorities from more than one manager at any one time
- Effective personal time management and the ability to prioritise
- Business Travel
- Subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business
- Knowledge, skills and training
- Professional accountancy qualification to post-graduate diploma level, e.g. managerial or intermediate level CIMA, Part II ACCA, Diploma level CIPFA, or equivalent experience.
- Job specific experience
- Experience in Budgetary Control Financial planning and forecasting
- Costing knowledge and experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills to people at all levels within the organisation
- Evidence of past achievements and ability to deliver
- Corporate awareness
- Knowledge and experience of financial aspects of NHS legislation and NHS finance policies including Foundation Trust regime
- Managerial/supervisory experience
- Experience of supervising staff
- Information Technology
- Proficient in the use of all Microsoft software, with advanced skills in Excel
- Personal qualities/attributes
- Team Player
- Possess excellent analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines whilst producing accurate results
- Ability to adapt to changing and conflicting priorities from more than one manager at any one time
- Effective personal time management and the ability to prioritise
- Business Travel
- Subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Management Accountant
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Management Accountant to work within a friendly team based at the Trust's headquarters in Poole.
This post is full time, 37.5 hours per week, with a mix of office and home working. Flexible working patterns always considered.
Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide timely, accurate and relevant financial advice, support and information to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
If you are a team player, with advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and keen to embark upon a new challenge, then we would love to hear from you.
The successful candidate will hold a professional accountancy qualification to post-graduate diploma level or have demonstrable equivalent experience. In addition, possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be well organised and have a positive and professional attitude.
About us
At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, r
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