Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- AFC Band 2
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Placement Role)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-LG-EMF18838-B2
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £25,427 per annum including High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Management Accounting Assistant – Industrial Placement role
AFC Band 2
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Management Accounting Assistant to join our Finance team at the Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for a talented and ambitious student who is actively studying towards an Accountancy / Finance degree and is seeking an industrial placement role for circa 1 year to support their degree studies and to gain work experience.
This role assists the Finance team in providing financial and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues, to enable budget managers to effectively and efficiently manage budgets and to support development of strategies to improve financial performance.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be a student actively studying towards an Accountancy and / or Finance degree, keen to gain work experience in an area relevant to their degree studies and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills along with the ability to work to deadlines. The role requires effective team working abilities, working with a range of different stakeholders, along with the ability to learn from others.
This post offers an exciting work experience and career development opportunity working within a friendly and progressive organisation.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To assist the Deputy Finance Manager or Finance Manager and Senior Management Accountants / Management Accountants in the delivery of an outward facing, high quality, efficient and professional management accounting and business partnering service to the Division(s).
• To assist in providing accounting and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues.
• To assist with the provision of financial information that is timely, robust and accurate and to be able to explain, discuss, recommend and prioritise required actions to budget managers.
• To assist with the provision of high quality tools, information and data to enable budget managers to effectively and efficiently manage budgets and to support development of strategies to improve financial performance.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSEs grades A-C or equivalent (minimum), including English and Maths
- Educated to at least A level standard (or equivalent)
- Actively studying for an Accountancy and / or Finance degree qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic Accounting Knowledge gained through degree studies
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jake Stephens
- Job title
- Senior Finance Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483 571122
- Additional information
If you would like to discuss this role please contact Leonie Hearn, Head of Financial Strategy & Improvement (01483 571122 x 4462 or 2431).
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