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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Fixed term: 6 months (FTC)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
326-7447871-FF
Employer
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
East Surrey Hospital
Town
Redhill
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 per annum plus high cost allowance
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/10/2025 23:59
Interview date
30/10/2025

Employer heading

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Management Accounts Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 4

 

 

Job overview

The Financial Management team have an opportunity for a development role for individuals who would like to progress in a management accounts career. 

This role would also suit a University placement on a fixed term contract who is studying a finance/business degree. 

You will be an integral part of the Management Accounts team.  The role will entail working closely with the Senior Management Accountant in providing detailed monthly reporting and supporting the divisions in developing services by preparing concise, timely and accurate reports on a variety of financial topics.

Main Duties are:

  1. A supporting role in providing a comprehensive, financial management service (planning, reporting, and financial analysis) to ensure that financial viability is sustained and targets are achieved.
  2. Supporting clinical divisions in providing a safe, high quality, sustainable service.
  3. Undertaking project work to help drive improved performance in the divisions.

The Candidates Should Be:

  1. An education in a finance discipline or working towards a financial qualification.
  2. An excellent communicator - both in writing and verbally.
  3. A confident self-starter who can work on their own initiative.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

  • Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
  • National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
  • We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
  • Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
  • Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information, regarding the role please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight. 

Person specification

Criteria

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
  • A complete and accurate application
  • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
  • Evidence of essential experience for role
  • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
  • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
  • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingHSJ Acute or Specialist Trust of the yearStep into health

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Steven Tuckett
Job title
Senior Finance Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01737768511
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