Management Accounts Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
The Management Accounts Assistant will maintain the Trust's financial ledgers and support senior finance colleagues. This role involves processing accounting information according to monthly timetables to ensure reporting requirements are met. Key duties include assisting with budget proposals, generating performance reports, and analyzing variances. The post-holder will also handle budget amendments, accruals, and adjustments to maintain financial reporting integrity.
Essential criteria
- A good level of accounting competency gained through experience
- Full knowledge and understanding of computerised Ledgers
- Experience of providing accurate budgetary support to non-Finance staff
- Experience of working in an NHS environment with a Shared Service provider
- PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
- Must be able to communicate clearly, concisely and courteously to stakeholders at all levels
- Competent in using spread sheets and word processing applications to be able to analyse and interpret data
- The ability to work unsupervised and organise own workload to an agreed timetable. The ability to work under pressure and deliver work to tight deadlines
- Fully conversant with all aspects of Oracle
- Ability to spend majority of working time using computer including a visual display unit
- Ability to concentrate frequently and for long periods.
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
- Team working
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
- Actively studying towards AAT or equivalent qualification
- AAT Foundation Level 2/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification
- KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
- A good level of accounting competency gained through experience
- Full knowledge and understanding of computerised Ledgers
- Experience of providing accurate budgetary support to non-Finance staff
- Experience of working in an NHS environment with a Shared Service provider
- PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
- Must be able to communicate clearly, concisely and courteously to stakeholders at all levels
- Competent in using spread sheets and word processing applications to be able to analyse and interpret data
- The ability to work unsupervised and organise own workload to an agreed timetable. The ability to work under pressure and deliver work to tight deadlines
- Fully conversant with all aspects of Oracle
- Ability to spend majority of working time using computer including a visual display unit
- Ability to concentrate frequently and for long periods.
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
- Team working
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
Desirable criteria
- Actively studying towards AAT or equivalent qualification
- AAT Foundation Level 2/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification
- KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Management Accounts Assistant
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
A Management Accounts Assistant will maintain the Trust's financial ledgers and assist in providing valued, accurate support and advice to senior finance colleagues.
The post-holder will process accounting information in accordance with the agreed monthly accounting timetable thereby ensuring that department reporting requirements are consistently achieved.
Main duties of the job
To assist in the preparation of annual startpoint budget proposals for Directorate in accordance with the Trust's budgeting policies.
To generate and circulate standard reports to enable the effective monitoring of actual performance of budget centres against budget.
To provide robust analysis of variances against budget, including the impact of clinical activity whereappropriate, and to inform effective management of budgets within the group
Tocalculate and input budget amendments, income and expenditure accruals and adjustments to the Trust's general ledger system thereby maintaining the integrity of financial reporting.
Tomaintain records and controls of approved budgets to provide a clear audit trail of changes both non-recurring and recurring.
To prepare cost estimates in an appropriate form and in a timely manner for use by Managers and other bu
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