Senior Management Accounts Assistant

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board; Maidstone; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 39.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is seeking a Senior Management Accounts Assistant to support the delivery of accurate, timely financial information and analysis to enable informed decision-making across the organisation. This role contributes to financial sustainability, statutory compliance and continuous improvement by managing complex data and supporting budget holders.

The post involves producing ad-hoc reports, assisting in invoice processing, contributing to external returns and

Formación

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Basic knowledge of project principles.
• Experience of financial management and reporting on a complex environment.
• Experience of managing own workload to achieve deadlines or targets.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.

Responsabilidades

• Produces ad-hoc reports and analyses as required and answers queries promptly and accurately.
• Prepares ad-hoc requests for invoices to be raised and ensures income is recorded accurately.
• Assists in the timely management and payment of invoices.
• Actively supporting the ICB’s financial sustainability and delivery of statutory financial targets.
• Provides information to support the completion of annual financial and other external returns.
• Investigates variances on budgets and makes required budget or expenditure adjustments in accordance with established procedures and through engaging with budget holders.
• Assists in preparing information for business plans and for financial performance reporting as required.
• Maintains financial control systems and implements control measures identified by audit.

Conocimientos

Data analysis

Draft reports

Problem solving

Time management

Data integrity

Educación

Degree or equivalent

Herramientas

Excel

Descripción del empleo

Employer NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board Employer type NHS Site Gail House Town Maidstone Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 31/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 09/11/2026

Senior Management Accounts Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

The Senior Assistant Management Accountant supports the delivery of accurate, timely financial information and analysis to enable informed decision-making across NHS Kent and Medway ICB. This role contributes to financial sustainability, statutory compliance, and continuous improvement by managing complex financial data, supporting budget holders, and ensuring robust financial controls.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Main duties of the job

• Produces ad-hoc reports and analysis as required and answers queries promptly and accurately.
• Prepares ad-hoc requests for invoices to be raised and ensures income is recorded accurately.
• Assists in the timely management and payment of invoices.
• Actively supporting the ICB’s financial sustainability and delivery of statutory financial targets.
• Provides information to support the completion of annual financial and other external returns.
• Investigates variances on budgets and makes required budget or expenditure adjustments in accordance with established procedures and through engaging with budget holders.
• Assists in preparing information for business plans and for financial performance reporting as required.
• Maintains financial control systems and implements control measures identified by audit.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to a culture that supports all staff at NHS Kent and Medway to be the best version of themselves.

Our ability to improve outcomes for our population depends on how effectively clinical, operational, financial and strategic professionals work together to make informed commissioning decisions. That’s why our workforce works a minimum of two days-a-week on-site, with the expectation that all one-to-ones are held face-to-face and that colleagues will regularly visit the services we are commissioning to understand more about them.

We believe regular on-site working supports stronger collaboration, faster problem-solving, peer learning, visible leadership and the integration of colleagues into our organisation. We also know that culture is built through shared experiences and day-to-day interactions.

We are a flexible working friendly organisation; we aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal and access to training opportunities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience
• Basic knowledge of project principles
• Experience of financial management and reporting on a complex environment
• Experiencing of managing own workload to achieve deadlines or targets.
• Commitment to continuing professional development

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, based on data analysis
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise
• Skills for manipulating data and information into user friendly formats while maintaining data integrity.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.