Job vacancy: Senior Assistant Research and Innovation Accountant, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield

Job summary

Main area: Financial management
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 190-0417-DIR

Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/06/2025 23:59
Interview date: 26/06/2025

Senior Assistant Research and Innovation Accountant

NHS AfC: Band 5

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

AAT qualified or CCAB/CIMA Part qualified.
Demonstrable experience of Research and Management Accounting functions. This includes knowledge of and experience in managing a financial function, working with research programmes in excess of £5m pa.

Desirable criteria

Honours Degree
European Computer Driving Licence (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential criteria

Sufficient relevant experience working across a Research Accounting Function and/or Management Accounting Function.
Demonstrably good IT skills, including advanced Excel skills.
Knowledge of finance and accounting practices, procedures and policies particularly pertinent to the NHS including legislation
Staff supervision.
Demonstrable experience of manipulating/ interrogating ledger and information systems.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and understanding of NHS Financial regime, in particular in relation to research finance.
Clinical Research Finance experience
Production of budget and/or financial reports
A sound knowledge of costing principles.
Experience of Integra ledger systems

Special Skill/Aptitudes

Essential criteria

Ability to establish and maintain professional credibility with Research and Innovation Managers and other Directorate colleagues
Ability to meet deadlines, some of which may be conflicting, through effective organisational and planning skills.
High degree of numeracy
Good written and verbal reasoning communication skills
Ability to work on own initiative and with minimal supervision.
Positive Team Player/Ability to work as part of a team as well as individually.
Flexible and adaptable with ability to manage competing and changing workloads.
Concentration skills to undertake highly complex and involved analysis producing results that may have material consequences for the Organisation.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills to communicate with external bodies.

Desirable criteria

Negotiation and persuasion skills

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

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