Graduate Finance Trainee

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals; Epsom; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is offering a training post in the Finance department (Management Accounts). The trainee will be supported to achieve CIMA or ACCA qualifications with financial support, time off for study, and a mentor within the department.

The role involves assisting in management accounting, meeting tight deadlines, and developing financial processes. On-site presence is required with hybrid options discussed at interview.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a finance or healthcare role.
• Analytical skills, time management and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Finance & Business Manager in providing an expert management accounting service.
• Post monthly accruals and prepayments with accurate supporting documentation.
• Produce budget statements in line with the department’s monthly timetable.
• Access data from various sources to produce variance analysis for budget holders and senior managers.
• Assist in preparing business plans, business cases and service change proposals with trend and risk analysis.
• Prepare a monthly forecast of income and expenditure.

Skills

Analytical skills

Time management

Organisational skills

Education

Degree

Job description

Site Epsom Gateway Town Epsom Salary £32,199 - £34,876 pro-rata, per annum inc HCAS (Outer) Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59

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

Please note on site presence is required for this role with hybrid working options available which can be discussed at interview stage.

This role is a training post within the finance department based in management accounts.

The trainee will be supported to achieve either a CIMA or ACCA qualification. Support will include financial support, time off for study and access to a mentor within the department.

The postholder will receive a wide variety of experience, to support them to apply for a substantive post with an NHS Trust on completion of the training scheme.

The post will require a commitment to continuous improvement, supporting the development of financial processes alongside a desire to study for professional accountancy exams. Excellent interpersonal, team, and communication skills will be required to enable the post holder to fully support the managers and clinicians within the Directorate. You will need to work within tight deadlines, work under pressure and possess a real drive to succeed. Academic and practical training will be provided, we well as ongoing senior management support with training and development.

Main duties of the job

The principle duty of the role will be to assist the Finance & Business Manager in the provision of an expert management accounting service. During this role the trainee will acquire a broad range of practical management accounting experience.

Regular tasks and duties would include:

• Ensuring monthly accruals and prepayments are posted and accurate supporting documentation is maintained for these journals.
• Ensuring the budget statements are produced in line with the department’s monthly timetable.
• Access data from a variety of sources in order to produce variance analysis reports for budget holders and senior managers.
• Responding to queries from budget holders
• Ensuring that budgets are set in accordance with agreed business plans
• Assisting in the preparation of business plans, business cases and service change proposals, incorporating trend and risk analysis providing support to the decision making process across complex ranges of options.
• Assisting in the production of a monthly forecast of income and expenditure.

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 Surreyand 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 issupported by over 500 volunteers.

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

Interview date: Thursday 29th October 2026

Qualifications

• Degree

Experience

• Experience of working in a finance or healthcare role

Skills

• Analytical skills
• Time management & organisational skills

Safeguarding and DBS Checks We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.