Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Accountancy Assistant

The closing date is 25 January 2026

Job summary

Accountancy Assistant role providing support to the wider Corporate Directorate team. Includes :-

Analysing reasons for expenditure varying from budget, and resolving queries concerning financial reports from budget holders including identification of errors and rectifying problems with data from feeder systems.

Relationship building with budget holders and their support teams.

Main duties of the job

To support the Finance Team in providing a high-quality financial management accounting service to several Directorates.

To input data to and manipulate data within the computerised accounting system. To produce and distribute monthly financial management budget reports to managers within strict financial timescales, together with supporting information.

To investigate queries and provide advice and training to Directorate Managers as required by the Principal Finance Manager and Directorate Accountant.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted

23 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7711328JN

Job locations

Cobalt Business Park

7-8 Silverfox Way

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the Finance Team in providing a high quality financial management accounting service to several Directorates.

To input data to and manipulate data within the computerised accounting system. To produce and distribute monthly financial management budget reports to managers within strict financial timescales, together with supporting information.

To investigate queries and provide advice and training to Directorate Managers as required by the Principal Finance Manager and Directorate Accountant.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the Finance Team in providing a high quality financial management accounting service to several Directorates.

To input data to and manipulate data within the computerised accounting system. To produce and distribute monthly financial management budget reports to managers within strict financial timescales, together with supporting information.

To investigate queries and provide advice and training to Directorate Managers as required by the Principal Finance Manager and Directorate Accountant.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Minimum of four GCSEs including Mathematics & English Language or equivalent
  • Intermediate level (part-qualified) Association of Accounting Technicians qualification or equivalent experience
  • Studying towards ECDL accreditation or proof of equivalent experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Minimum of four GCSEs including Mathematics & English Language or equivalent
  • Intermediate level (part-qualified) Association of Accounting Technicians qualification or equivalent experience
  • Studying towards ECDL accreditation or proof of equivalent experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cobalt Business Park

7-8 Silverfox Way

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cobalt Business Park

7-8 Silverfox Way

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Business Unit Accountant

Liz Marshall

liz.marshall@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

01912031508

Details

Date posted

23 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7711328JN

Job locations

Cobalt Business Park

7-8 Silverfox Way

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


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