Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 188-THQ020626
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southampton General Hospital
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum per annum pro rata
- Closing
- 01/07/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/07/2026
Employer heading
Senior Management Accountant
Band 7
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
This role supports a Divisional Finance team in delivering effective financial management by leading on budgeting, reporting, and forecasting, to provide expert finance advice to budget holders and key stakeholders. Additionally you'll be contributing to Cost Improvement Processes and ensuring that financial controls are adhered to throughout the division.
This role contributes to the division and organisation by ensuring accurate financial information, planning, reporting and monitoring, whilst supporting budget holders with effective financial management. You will be enabling informed decisions to be made, supporting the delivery of divisional performance objectives.
You will be reporting to the Finance Manager, and will work closely with the Divisional Finance Teams. You will collaborate on a regular basis with a wide range of staff groups (both clinical and non-clinical), such as, budget holders, divisional management teams, other Senior Management Accountants, and the R&D department.
Working for our organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
We believe that using technology wisely shows strong time management and commitment to innovation. However, personalising your recruitment application to highlight your unique skills and experiences is crucial. Relying too heavily on generic, AI-generated content instead of drawing from your own strengths and accomplishments may lead to your application being rejected if multiple candidates present identical or similar information.
At UHS, we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognising that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to lead on the production of monthly finance reports and budget statements throughout the month end process, clearly highlighting both month on month movements and actual performance against plan, analysing and interpreting variances, and proactively working with the team to explain and understand these variances.
Additionally a key aspect of your role will be regularly meeting with budget holders to review their budget and spend in detail, ensuring they fully understand their financial position (both from a GBP and WTE perspective). You will act as the first point of contact for finance queries, building strong working relationships to support effective financial management and financial control.
One of the key responsibilities of this role is to act as line manager for the Management Accountant within the Divisional Finance Team. Therefore, you would contribute to the allocation of work, recruitment decisions, career development and appraisals.
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and expertise across a range of accounting areas acquired through professional accountancy qualifications (and membership) such as Certificate Level/Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or working towards a CCAB accountancy qualification or educated to degree level with an equivalent level of knowledge and experience gained in a finance role.
- Detailed understanding of financial systems and general ledger transactions and reporting.
- Experience supervising a team.
- Detailed understanding of budgetary control processes.
- Understanding of financial information systems and ability to extract information in a form to support budget managers.
- Comfortable with IT and able to use spreadsheet modelling packages.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in an NHS finance environment.
- Experience with Oracle IT system.
- Line management experience.
- Able to work from home effectively / flexibly.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to learn and assimilate information quickly
- Budget management
- Attention to detail
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
- Financial management
- Data analysis
- Time management
- Teamwork
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Martin Brabin
- Job title
- Finance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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