Management Accountant

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals; Epsom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a finance professional to join the Finance department. The role initially supports the Research & Innovation team and may deputise for the Finance & Business Manager, acting as a key contact for divisional teams.

You will provide proactive management accounting and financial information services to departments and projects, helping modernise financial services while communicating with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in a Management Accounts department.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to prioritise tasks.
• Proficient IT skills to create input and manipulate data and develop reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial information to managers to facilitate sound decision-making.
• Ensure efficient and robust financial systems and processes.
• Undertake projects to modernise financial services within the Trust.
• Ensure financial statements are true, fair and meet deadlines.
• Represent the Trust’s financial interests when dealing with 3rd party contractors and external organisations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Prioritisation

IT skills & reporting

Job description

Site Epsom Gateway Town Epsom Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro‑rate) incl. Outer London HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 29/10/2026

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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, highly motivated, enthusiastic professional to work in a high profile role within the Finance department at Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The successful candidate will initially be supporting the Research & Innovation team, and occasionally deputising for, the Finance & Business Manager. They will be an integral part of the finance department as well as a key point of contact for the divisional team.

This is an exciting time to join the finance team at ESTH, as the department looks to enhance the service it provides the Trust to aid decision making against the backdrop of needing to reduce corporate costs. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide financial support to high profile projects within the Trust, in a challenging but supportive environment.

Candidates must have worked within a complex and rapidly changing environment preferably with previous experience of NHS finances. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills are essential to allow effective communication with a broad spectrum of stakeholders including divisional management teams, clinicians and staff at all levels.

Main duties of the job

• To provide efficient and proactive financial information services to Departments within the Division, the Trust and external bodies ensuring objectives are achieved.
• To provide an efficient and proactive management accounting service to Departments within the Directorate and the Trust, ensuring deadlines are met and the needs and objectives of the Trust are achieved.
• To promote and support a culture of robust and innovative service based financial planning across the Trust.
• To represent the Trust’s financial interests when dealing and negotiating with 3rd party contractors and external organisations.
• As part of the Finance Department Management team, provide effective leadership for the success and future direction of the Department.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be responsible for providing financial information to managers in order to facilitate sound decision-making, including responsibility for the management accounting function of that area.
• To ensure the efficiency, effectiveness, integrity and business focus of financial systems and processes.
• To undertake projects which will lead to modernising financial services within the Trust.
• To ensure that the financial statements represent a true and fair view and meet relevant financial timescales and legal requirements, interpreting these where necessary.

Interview date: Friday 30th October 2026

Person specification

Experience

• Considerable experience of working in a Management Accounts department

Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise a number of tasks
• Excellent IT skills with the ability to accurately create input and manipulate data, plus develop reports & documents using a range of software

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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.