Assistant Business Support Accountant

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Sleaford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK seeks an Assistant Business Support Accountant to join their Finance Department. Responsibilities include providing financial management support and producing reports for a specific Care Group. Candidates should hold a professional accountancy qualification at diploma level and possess relevant financial experience. The job offers flexible and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Early access to Psychological Therapies

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

Free eye tests

Discounts with retailers and restaurants

Qualifications

• Professional accountancy qualification at diploma level.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
• Experience in a financial environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial management support to specific Care Group.
• Support Business Support Accountant in managing financial resources.
• Produce monthly reports of financial performance.

Skills

Ability to plan own workload

Communication skills

Technical use of Word, Spreadsheet, and Database applications

Ability to extract and interpret data

Education

AAT qualified or Degree level in accounting

Job description

Assistant Business Support Accountant

The closing date is 07 December 2025

We are looking to recruit an Assistant Business Support Accountant to join our Finance Department.

You will hold a professional accountancy qualification at diploma level, such as AAT qualified or CCAB/CIMA part qualified, and show evidence of Continuous Professional Development. This role would suit a person looking to undertake or complete further professional accountancy qualifications and study support can be discussed at interview if required.

The Finance Department are predominantly working from home but we maintain an office base in Sleaford and hot desking is available across the county, so hybrid working options can be discussed with the successful candidate. Regular attendance at face‑to‑face meetings with the department and wider Trust will be required so the ability to travel is essential.

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Main duties of the job

This post will work within the Operational Finance team and will be responsible for providing financial management support to a specific Care Group within the Trust's structure.

Work alongside the Business Support Accountants to provide a key point of contact for the Care Group and be the link for them with other areas of the Finance Department such as Business Development, Costing and Capital. This will involve supporting the Business Support Accountant working with budget holders in providing financial management support to help them manage and make decisions about their financial resources, considering patient care and value for money. It will also involve supporting with producing monthly reports of financial performance to both internal and external parties in line with statutory requirements.

As a member of the finance department, this post will be part of the crucial work undertaken by the team and enhance the already strong business support offered to clinical and corporate services.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well‑led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has array of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job responsibilities

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

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Benefits

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified at diploma level in an accounting based qualification eg AAT, Degree level.
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development

Experience

• Experience of working within a financial environment
• Knowledge and understanding of accounting principles and applying these to work.
• Experience of generating, analysing and forecasting monthly financial reports or Annual Accounts
• Experience of developing new or existing financial systems.
• Experience of Both Income & Expenditure and Statement of Financial Position reporting.

Skills

• Ability to plan own work load and work within the restrictions of others to achieve results
• Able to work under pressure to meet monthly and ad‑hoc deadlines
• Able to communicate effectively with colleagues and clinical staff with differing priorities
• Ability to maintain working relationships with people external to the department e.g. Service managers
• To be competent in the technical use of Word processing, Spreadsheet, and Database applications
• Ability to adapt to different systems, including modules of financial ledger and trust information / Data systems
• Ability to extract, use and interpret data from a number of systems including financial and information systems

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.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Full‑time, Flexible working, Home or remote working