Assistant Management Accountant
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Darlington, DL3 6HXView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,272
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
30 September 2026
1 day leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a suitably experienced and motivated Assistant Management Accountant to join our successful team within ...
The
successful applicant will work across two smaller teams of 4/5 people,
supporting the financial management and business advice service to Clinical
Care Group encompassing
1. Budgetary control
2. Financial advice and support
3. Monthly reporting
You will have excellent numerical and analytical skills and
possess the ability to work autonomously, achieve deadlines and prioritise your
workload. A knowledge and experience in
using Microsoft Excel and an understanding of general ledger accounting
software would be an advantage.
What we can offer
In return we will offer you a warm and welcoming environment
where you will be fully supported. In addition, we operate an agile working
policy, whereby the team are based on site for a proportion of the week and
have the option to work at home, where preferred, for the rest of the week, on
a rota basis.
The department also work to a flexible working policy,
enabling flexible start and finish times and creating the ability to take back
time owed.
The trust also supports anyone wishing to study
towards a professional qualification, including financial and study leave
support. This role is positioned within the team structure to enable excellent
developmental and career progression opportunities.
If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.
You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.
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Special Requirements
Essential: - Positive attitude.; - Flexible and responsive.; - Motivated; - Driving posts musty have valid Full UK driving licence
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs / O Levels (A* - C) including Maths and English, or relevant experience. Demonstrates a track record of academic achievement or has experience of working within a finance function.
Desirable: - Experience of working within a NHS finance function.; - Studying towards a professional accountancy qualification
Special Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- The ability to provide and receive complex financial information to/from financial and non-financial staff orally, in writing or electronically in a professional manner.
- Good computer skills with experience of the Microsoft Office particularly Excel and Word.
- Ability to work to all routine and ad hoc deadlines.
- Ability to identify and act to remedy circumstances that mean a deadline is at risk.
- Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
- Must have good analytical skills
- Possesses basic organisational skills
Desirable: - Has an appreciation of the NHS finance regime.; - The ability to input into and interrogate the Finance General Ledger to obtain standard and ad hoc reports.
Experience
Desirable: - Experience of working within a finance role; - Experience of working within NHS finance
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
16 September 2026
Last checked
18 September 2026
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