Cost and Management Accountant

Health Jobs UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services organization in Greater London is seeking a Management Accountant to join their R&D finance team. This role offers a chance for professional growth and involves delivering monthly management reporting, financial management representation, and preparing financial returns. The successful candidate will ideally be studying towards a relevant accountancy qualification with strong financial and interpersonal skills. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a supportive and dynamic workplace.

Benefits

Interest-free season ticket loan

Access to wellbeing programs

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Studying towards a CCAB/CIMA qualification or equivalent.
• Experience with costing principles and management accounting.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver monthly management reporting and reconciliations.
• Act as the financial management representative in meetings.
• Prepare quarterly and annual financial returns.

Skills

Computer literacy

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Education

CCAB/CIMA Professional Accountancy qualification or relevant degree

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

The use of AI is monitored and if applicants have used it, then they are required to declare this in their supporting statement.

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the R&D finance team to join as Management Accountant to provide a comprehensive financial management support to the Research & Development Directorate. This post is an ideal opportunity to develop your accounting career in R&D Finance in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Main Duties of the Job

• Delivery of monthly management reporting, ensuring timely reconciliations, variance analyses & forecasting are delivered to expected timescales & standards.
• Act as the designated financial management representative at service management and operational meetings.
• Identify opportunities for financial efficiencies and highlight areas of risk and ensure these are closely monitored.
• Provide and present complex financial management information and advice to internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare and submit quarterly, annual and end of grant returns in line with contractual obligations.
• Provide costing support for Research funding applications and business cases.
• Support senior finance team with ad hoc reporting requirements.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research. We provide first‑class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• UCLH Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• UCLH 1 at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff - To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Studying towards a CCAB/CIMA Professional Accountancy qualification or first degree/equivalent
• Computer literacy in packages such as Excel and Word. Expected to design and create reports using financial spreadsheets and databases.

Experience

• Experience of costing principles.
• Demonstrate experience of management accounting, income & expenditure accounting, and financial reporting.
• Demonstrate experience of assisting in negotiating agreements and contracts.

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of NCVR, SoECAT and iCT

Communication & Customer Care

• Possess good inter‑personal and negotiating skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with staff across the Trust, including Consultants, and non‑financial managers Personal & people development
• Ability to prioritise objectives & targets.
• Plan & manage activities to achieve deadlines.

Quality and service improvement

• Computer literate with excellent spread sheet skills.
• Willingness to work flexibly

Information collection and analysis

• Proactive approach to problem solving, anticipating issues before they arise, & developing solutions.

Financial Management

• Ability to undertake & produce complex financial calculations & schedules.

Services and Project Management

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Communication

• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• The ability to communicate effectively across all staff groups.
• Be able to build effective working relationships.

Personal and People Development

• Experience of managing staff
• Ability to provide budget holder training.

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on‑site accommodation to name a few.

Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage's staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.

We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

Documents to download

• Job Description ( PDF , 552.3 KB )
• Functional Requirements ( PDF , 262.3 KB )
• UCLH Values ( PDF , 860.9 KB )

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

For further support on submitting an application please refer to the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit: https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1