Assistant Management Accountant
| Posting date: | 01 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £30,162.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £30162.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 September 2025 |
| Location: | Barnsley, S70 3RD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9378-QA01389 |
Summary
1. Job Summary 1.1 The Assistant Management Accountant is responsible for supporting the Financial Management Team in delivering a high quality and timely financial management service to budget holders within the Business Delivery Unit (BDU)/Corporate Services. Working as an integral member of the team, the Assistant Management Accountant is required to organise personal workloads to meet all relevant financial timetables in the delivery of the financial management remit as set by the Finance Manager / Head of Financial Management. 1.2 Responsible for supporting the ongoing maintenance and development of financial systems and assisting with the project management of systems upgrades as necessary. 2.Scope of Job The processing of financial information in line with financial management procedures and to timetabled deadlines. This will include: Assisting in the costing and preparation of annual budgets. Responsible for the preparation and input of financial data into the ledger that ensures all financial reports accurately reflect the current financial position of the BDU/Directorate. Responsible for the preparation and generation of invoices to external organisations. The post holder is required to communicate both internally and externally in his/her duties. For example in responding to enquiries from budget holders with information and advice. Communication will be required orally, in writing or electronically. The Asst Management Accountant will be required to work using a VDU screen for prolonged period of time. It is inherent within this role to be able to concentrate on each task in order to complete within a tight set of deadlines. The post holder is required to have a team approach to his/her duties. Responsibility for systems maintenance and monthly routines Contribute to systems development and upgrades. 3.Key Responsibilities 3.1 To assist in the calculation of a portfolio of budgets as directed by the Finance Manager. This will involve the use of spreadsheets to calculate staff pay costs and non pay costs for the next years budget baselines. This work is required to be produced with a high level of accuracy and in line with the pre-determined timetable. 3.2 To input the necessary financial adjustments into the ledger as part of the month end preparation of budget reports. This will involve detailed spreadsheet analysis and production of financial forecasts. This work will be required to be produced within the month end close down timetable, with a high level of accuracy. 3.3 To prepare and issue (as directed by the Finance Team) all sales orders and invoices for income due from other organisations. This will involve the preparation of the necessary documentation and the use of the Agresso ledger system in producing the invoice document. This work will be required to be produced with a high level of accuracy and within the month end close down timetable. 3.4 To action all budget adjustments into the ledger as directed by the Finance Team. This will involve ensuring budget adjustment documentation is correct in terms of accounting rules, is complete and authorised. The Agresso ledger system is then used to input the budget change. This work will be required to be actioned within the month end close down timetable and to a high level of accuracy. 3.5 To assist the Finance Team in investigating any budgetary variances within the monthly reports. This will require interrogating the financial and non-financial information and undertaking investigation to produce a variance analysis to support budget holders in managing the resources. 3.6 To field queries that come into the Finance Team as appropriate. The Assistant Management Accountant will deal directly with routine queries from budget holders. 3.7 To complete the routine finance operational tasks including ledger housekeeping and budget maintenance. 3.8 The post holder will be expected to assess current work practices and procedures in relation to their own span of work and implement improvements where possible and contribute to development of efficient work processes which optimise the use of technology. 3.9 To establish good relations with internal finance staff and to actively participate in the regular team meetings to discuss operational issues and suggest and develop improvements in system process and procedures. To establish good relationships through phone and other forms of communication with budget holders and staff within external organisations. 3.10 The post holder will be required to be flexible and support, as required, other functions within the Finance department. 3.11 Other duties as directed by senior finance team commensurate with grade. For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.