Assistant Management Accountant

Health Jobs UK; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure

Bus travel discount

Parking subsidy

Staff café

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals seeks a dedicated Management Accountant to join our Finance team on a full-time basis. The role involves preparing reports in Word and data analysis in Excel, and supporting monthly closing processes.

Essential criteria include A-levels, GCSE maths/English, and strong MS Office skills. Desirable: Degree level and AAT/EC DL qualifications. Flexible working arrangements may be discussed.

Qualifications

• Educated to A level standard or equivalent.
• GCSE in Mathematics and English.

Responsibilities

• Prepare reports using MS Word and Excel for data analysis.
• Support monthly financial close and reporting processes.
• Communicate financial information clearly to non-finance staff.

Skills

MS Office

Excel

Data reporting

Communication skills

Time management

Education

A-levels

Degree level (desirable)

ECDL / equivalent

AAT Intermediate / accounting qualification

Tools

Word

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

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

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

All roles in the Trust include a mandatory 12-week training period. Therefore successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 16th September 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 29th September 2026.

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 café, 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

Essential criteria

• Educated to A level standard or equivalent.
• GCSE or equivalent in Higher Level Mathematics and English.

Desirable criteria

• 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 equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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.

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of working in an accounting department in a management accountant role within a large organisation.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• 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

Essential criteria

• 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.

Additonal Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust Values of Safe, Kind, Excellent

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• Applicant Information Pack ( PDF , 490.4 KB )
• Performance Standards B4 ( PDF , 81.0 KB )
• Performance Standards B5 ( PDF , 269.9 KB )
• Information for Applicants - Completing your Application ( PDF , 227.5 KB )