Assistant Management Accountant

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Management Accountant

The closing date is 13 November 2025

Would you like to work in a busy Finance office supporting a world leading Research and Development department at Cambridge University Hospitals?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an organised and motivated individual to join the Finance Team at CUH. Reporting to the Senior Management Accountant, you will be providing financial reporting and transactional support to them as well as looking after your own range of R&D cost centres.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include monitoring the financial performance of a range of cost Centres liaising with budget holders and managing relationships with a number of stakeholders within the Trust's R&D community.

This post is a challenging and creative role where the ability to communicate well with colleagues across the Trust is important. A flexible approach and a can-do attitude are crucial. You will be self‑motivated, able to prioritise your own work and work to deadlines. You will have experience using Microsoft packages (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.) with proven ability to analyse complex data and transform it into meaningful reports. You will demonstrate confidence, analytical ability and a flexible approach to the demands of the job.

Main duties of the job

The key focus of this post will be the production of budget reports from the ledger, investigation of variances and implementing any adjustments required to income and expenditure forecasts and budgets. Any changes required to budgets, covering both staff and expenditure, will be made by the Divisional Management Accountant. Data defects and any core process changes will be expected to be driven and managed by this role.

The Assistant Management Accountant will hold regular reviews with their peers and specialist colleagues to support intelligence gathering and resolving queries. This will include the provision of information, analysis and support in interpreting their reports and collation of information to assist in the development of robust forecasts.

The key skills required are those for interpreting, processing and analysing data using Microsoft Office, interrogating all the various sub‑systems of the ledger and requires a proven working knowledge of the accounting principles involved. You must hold an excellent and proven working knowledge of Excel.

The Assistant Management Accountant is expected to take an active interest in the development of their skills, experience and career.

You must be able to work on your own initiative and be able to manage your own priorities as set by the Management of their area.

About us

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1,100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high‑quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Job responsibilities

This unique role also has the opportunity to progress from a Band 4 Assistant Management Accountant to a Band 5 Management Accountant following the completion of on‑the‑job training criteria. The training criteria will be something which you are able to work towards with your line manager as part of your regular 1:1s and will form part of your CPD development.

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

- applied for a Graduate visa

- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.

For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.

The advert will close at midnight on 13 November 2025.

Interviews are due to be held on 25 November 2025.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose‑created colleague‑only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work‑life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

- Educated to A level or NVQ Level 3

- GCSE or equivalent in Higher Level Mathematics and English

- ECDL qualification or equivalent experience – able to set up spreadsheets and documents

- Educated to Degree level

- Educated to Association of Accounting Technicians Intermediate Level or have equivalent experience

Experience

- MS Office – preparing reports in Word and using Excel for data; being able to use different formulae

- Planning and prioritising your time to balance different demands and deadlines

- Experience of working in an accounting department in a management accountant role within a large organisation

Knowledge

- Understand the use and explain the purpose of accounting accruals and provisions

- Self‑motivated with a proactive approach to problem solving

- Prepared to contribute to how the department operates

Skills

- An ability to listen to budget holders, senior managers and to respond to questions or requests for information in a way which non‑financial staff will understand and can interpret

- Good oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both non‑finance and finance staff

- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with staff at all levels within the organisation

- Able to carry out work with the required attention to detail in a busy financial management department

- Able to concentrate and focus on a range of issues particularly during the monthly reporting cycle

- Able to prioritise own workload

Additional Requirements

- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Part‑time,Flexible working,Home or remote working

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