Job Description

Band 5

Main area

Finance

Grade

Band 5

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref

343-NN-7344675-FM-HM

Site

Epsom Gateway

Town

Epsom

Salary

35,763 - 43,466 per annum, pro rata, including HCAS (outer)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

13/08/2025 23:59

Interview date

27/08/2025

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

This role is a development post to undertake a comprehensive training programme in the activities undertaken by Directorate Accounting with the aim of moving to a Band 6 Management Accountant role. The likely time period for this development role is 18 months and is dependent on the post holder delivering the key success criteria and obtaining the required financial qualification before promotion to the higher band.



The post holder will provide efficient and proactive financial information services to Departments within the Division and the Trust and external bodies ensuring objectives are achieved. They will be responsible for providing financial information to managers in order to facilitate sound decision making, working within the monthly reporting timetable to enable the team to achieve its objectives and to undertake projects which will lead to improving the accuracy and timeliness of financial information being reported to Divisions.

Interview Date: Wednesday 27th August

Main duties of the job

To produce accurate and timely financial information, including detailed written reports outlining key financial issues. To investigate and obtain explanations for significant variances and to discuss these variances with budget holders and managers. To contribute to the Trust's annual and longer-term financial strategy and business planning process. To develop benchmarking/VFM processes with internal and external sources which can be used to inform the financial planning process. To support the development of management information reports to facilitate the Divisional decision-making process. To develop a sound understanding of the operating environment in which the Division works. Support and mentor staff in professional accountancy training and any other training.

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.



We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.



The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.



The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.

Person specification

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Desirable criteria

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Essential criteria

Degree and progress towards CCAB professional qualification or equivalent Considerable experience of working in a Management Accounts Department Excellent IT skills Excellent analytical skills Excellent communication skills

Your application

: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.



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Disability Advice Line:

SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our

Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: 02082963786

Text: 07501066267

Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.