Management Accountant Apprentice (Royal College of Physicians)
| Posting date: | 12 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,962 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 June 2026 |
| Location: | L7 3FA |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | BPP |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
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Summary
Working at the RCP
We work from two main sites – The Spine, a new state-of-the-art building at the heart of the Knowledge Centre in Liverpool, and an iconic Grade I-listed building overlooking beautiful Regent’s Park in central London. We are committed to a hybrid working model that means most staff work flexibly, spending a minimum of 6 days a month in the office.
We champion an inclusive culture and welcome applications from all sections of society. We value taking care, learning and being collaborative. These values underpin everything we do.
Join us to help achieve our vision of a world in which everyone has the best possible health and healthcare.
What you're responsible for
· On a daily/weekly basis provide prompt and accurate transactional support to the Finance Business Partners – coding of invoices, finance system journals, recharges, accruals/prepayments – acting on their instructions or those of their budget holders.
· With direction from the Finance Business Partners assist in completing the monthly management accounts closing process, ensuring that accrual and prepayment journal entries are made as directed.
· Be a source of knowledge on the structure of the Chart of Accounts and its relevance and applicability to the budget areas you work with.
· Generate and prepare the monthly management accounts report and distribute the reports to budget holders ahead of the Finance Business Partners’ monthly meetings.
· Generate and prepare the quarterly forecast template for Finance Business Partners and distribute to budget holders ahead of meetings.
· Lead on the month end goods receipting process with budget holders and their teams, ensuring that all open purchase orders are appropriately dealt with.
· Interrogate outstanding POs and work with budget holders to cancel POs that are not required and goods receipt as appropriate.
· Work with budget holders and their teams to embed good practice in using the purchase order system and work closely with Finance Systems to make improvements to the system as required.
· On a monthly basis check the payroll reports and send any coding error corrections to the Finance Systems team and HR; create and distribute monthly payroll reports to budget holders in the directorates supported.
· Provide support to the Finance Business Partners in annual budget setting process
· Assist with Year-End duties and annual external audit.
· Review the FBP central mailbox and deal with basic queries from budget holders and refer as appropriate other queries to the relevant Finance Business Partner.
· Support the implementation of process improvement in order to gain efficiency and reduce cost.
· Support Finance Business Partners in maintaining the accuracy of all financial and non-financial records.
· Become a super user of the new budgeting and forecasting system and participate in the training of budget holders and their teams once it is rolled out.
· Actively contribute to your own personal development, attend relevant meetings and undertake training as required; observe personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in course of work.
· Any other duties as may be reasonably expected and which are commensurate with the level of the post.
· Adhere and comply with the provisions of the RCP’s health and safety policy, undertake all duties and responsibilities in compliance with the rules and regulations encompassing equal opportunities.
· Contribute to the work of the Department and wider RCP activities.
Future Prospects: Fixed term to align with apprenticeship (with potential to extend to substantive management accountant role)
Employer Description: The Royal College of Physicians is a rewarding and friendly place to work with an incredible history, dating back to our foundation in 1518. We are a professional membership body for physicians – doctors who work in hospitals – with over 40,000 members in the UK and around the world working to improve patient care and reduce illness. Our activities focus on educating, improving and influencing for better health and care.
Training Provided: BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Essential
· Awareness of accounting concepts, principles and techniques, and their application.
· Good working knowledge of eRequest or other purchase order systems.
· Excellent working knowledge of Excel and proven competency in using v-look ups, pivot tables & macros to analyse and manipulate.
· Production of financial reports for finance and non-finance colleagues.
· Building good working relationships using a variety of communication methods and styles.
· Managing own workload and prioritising and planning your time to deliver a quality service in line with the predetermined timetable and deadlines.
· Working in a busy team, managing conflicting deadlines, delivering excellent customer service with excellent attention to detail under tight deadlines.
Qualifications Required: · Level 3 AAT qualified.
· Actively studying towards level 7 CIMA or willing to undertake study.
· Maths and English good GCSE pass or equivalent.
We work from two main sites – The Spine, a new state-of-the-art building at the heart of the Knowledge Centre in Liverpool, and an iconic Grade I-listed building overlooking beautiful Regent’s Park in central London. We are committed to a hybrid working model that means most staff work flexibly, spending a minimum of 6 days a month in the office.
We champion an inclusive culture and welcome applications from all sections of society. We value taking care, learning and being collaborative. These values underpin everything we do.
Join us to help achieve our vision of a world in which everyone has the best possible health and healthcare.
What you're responsible for
· On a daily/weekly basis provide prompt and accurate transactional support to the Finance Business Partners – coding of invoices, finance system journals, recharges, accruals/prepayments – acting on their instructions or those of their budget holders.
· With direction from the Finance Business Partners assist in completing the monthly management accounts closing process, ensuring that accrual and prepayment journal entries are made as directed.
· Be a source of knowledge on the structure of the Chart of Accounts and its relevance and applicability to the budget areas you work with.
· Generate and prepare the monthly management accounts report and distribute the reports to budget holders ahead of the Finance Business Partners’ monthly meetings.
· Generate and prepare the quarterly forecast template for Finance Business Partners and distribute to budget holders ahead of meetings.
· Lead on the month end goods receipting process with budget holders and their teams, ensuring that all open purchase orders are appropriately dealt with.
· Interrogate outstanding POs and work with budget holders to cancel POs that are not required and goods receipt as appropriate.
· Work with budget holders and their teams to embed good practice in using the purchase order system and work closely with Finance Systems to make improvements to the system as required.
· On a monthly basis check the payroll reports and send any coding error corrections to the Finance Systems team and HR; create and distribute monthly payroll reports to budget holders in the directorates supported.
· Provide support to the Finance Business Partners in annual budget setting process
· Assist with Year-End duties and annual external audit.
· Review the FBP central mailbox and deal with basic queries from budget holders and refer as appropriate other queries to the relevant Finance Business Partner.
· Support the implementation of process improvement in order to gain efficiency and reduce cost.
· Support Finance Business Partners in maintaining the accuracy of all financial and non-financial records.
· Become a super user of the new budgeting and forecasting system and participate in the training of budget holders and their teams once it is rolled out.
· Actively contribute to your own personal development, attend relevant meetings and undertake training as required; observe personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in course of work.
· Any other duties as may be reasonably expected and which are commensurate with the level of the post.
· Adhere and comply with the provisions of the RCP’s health and safety policy, undertake all duties and responsibilities in compliance with the rules and regulations encompassing equal opportunities.
· Contribute to the work of the Department and wider RCP activities.
Future Prospects: Fixed term to align with apprenticeship (with potential to extend to substantive management accountant role)
Employer Description: The Royal College of Physicians is a rewarding and friendly place to work with an incredible history, dating back to our foundation in 1518. We are a professional membership body for physicians – doctors who work in hospitals – with over 40,000 members in the UK and around the world working to improve patient care and reduce illness. Our activities focus on educating, improving and influencing for better health and care.
Training Provided: BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Essential
· Awareness of accounting concepts, principles and techniques, and their application.
· Good working knowledge of eRequest or other purchase order systems.
· Excellent working knowledge of Excel and proven competency in using v-look ups, pivot tables & macros to analyse and manipulate.
· Production of financial reports for finance and non-finance colleagues.
· Building good working relationships using a variety of communication methods and styles.
· Managing own workload and prioritising and planning your time to deliver a quality service in line with the predetermined timetable and deadlines.
· Working in a busy team, managing conflicting deadlines, delivering excellent customer service with excellent attention to detail under tight deadlines.
Qualifications Required: · Level 3 AAT qualified.
· Actively studying towards level 7 CIMA or willing to undertake study.
· Maths and English good GCSE pass or equivalent.