Budget Accountant

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Gorleston-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Gorleston-on-Sea is seeking a Budget Accountant to provide financial support and manage budget statements. Responsibilities include collaborating with Clinical Directorates and handling financial information. Candidates should have an AAT qualification or equivalent, experience with Excel, and strong communication skills. This full-time role offers a unique opportunity to work in a complex healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education required.
• AAT qualification or similar is necessary.
• Extensive experience of computerised systems and software packages required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the production of accurate and timely budget statements.
• Provide financial information and advice to Clinical Directorates.
• Administer the Trust's In House Salary Sacrifice Lease Car Scheme.

Skills

Excellent attention to detail

Good verbal and written communication skills

Ability to manage own workload

Experience in large organizations

Ability to analyze data using Excel

Education

AAT qualification or similar

Good standard of general education

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Go back James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Budget Accountant

The closing date is 28 November 2025

The primary responsibility of the Budget Accountant is to support the Divisional Support Accountant by delivering financial and statistical information and assistance to Clinical Directorates and other hospital departments.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the production of accurate and timely budget statements each month and to assist in the annual budget‑setting process for the Trust, including conducting routine and annual budget‑setting meetings with holders of the smaller budgets.

Job responsibilities

1. To assist the DSA to provide financial and statistical information and advice to Clinical Directorates and other hospital departments.
2. To assist in the production of accurate and timely budget statements each month and to assist in the annual budget‑setting process for the Trust, including conducting routine and annual budget‑setting meetings with holders of the smaller budgets.
3. To work with minimal supervision to prepare monthly accruals and prepayments for the teams directorates.
4. To investigate and reconcile specific balance sheet suspense accounts directly impacting on the Management Accounts Department.
5. To be responsible for the day to day administration of the Trusts In House Salary Sacrifice Lease Car Scheme, and the Lease Car Scheme provided by NHS Fleet.
6. To work with minimal supervision to perform various routine and ad hoc monthly tasks, including the requesting of funding from reserves, the balancing of those reserves, the reconciliation of reserves to recurrent budgets, the achievement and coding of savings.
7. To take an active part in raising invoices to external agencies, and to assist in tracking, coding and reconciling income.
8. To investigate and adjust invalid revenue code allocations and to assist in the maintenance and development of the financial coding system.
9. To investigate and adjust ledger discrepancies arising from direct transmissions from the NHS Supplies and Pharmacy computer systems and from the Payroll system.
10. To control and maintain the office filing system in liaison with the other Budget Accountants.
11. To undertake ad hoc projects and to assist in any other accounting areas as necessary.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education
• AAT qualification or similar

Knowledge

• Extensive experience of computerised systems and other software packages eg. Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Outlook
• Ability to manage own workload, and to work independently without supervision
• Experience gained in large, complex organisation, preferably an acute or foundation NHS Trust. Ideally this would include recent Financial Management experience
• Ability to analyse and present data in Excel using pivot tables etc

Skills

• Good verbal and written communication skills with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work as part of a team, providing support for colleagues as required
• Ability to liaise effectively with all levels of staff including Trust executives, senior managers and clinical staff
• Flexible approach to working day and good timekeeping and attendance

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.

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust