Management Accountant

FTE: 0.8fte (working 29.6 hours per week)

Duration of Contract: Permanent

Annual Leave: 30 days pro rata plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Location: College Lane Campus, Hatfield, University of Hertfordshire

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The Management Accountant will play a key role supporting all aspects of Finance for the School of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences to provide accurate and timely management information to the Dean and School senior team. You will support Business Planning, decision making and financial control, and reporting to external stakeholders.

Reporting to the Finance Manager and located within the school, operating as part of the school’s finance team, the role is critical as a key business partner to the school providing vital professional advice, support and influence on financial issues.

You will play a significant role in the Annual Planning process, preparing budgets and subsequently forecasts on a quarterly basis. In addition, you will support in preparing and reviewing monthly and annual management accounts for the Dean and Budget Holders, querying and providing explanations for variances against budget/forecast and escalating issues with recommendations for action.

You will also provide support on costing and pricing decisions ensuring financial viability of new courses, partnerships and projects.

Skills and experience needed

You will have previous experience of working within a financial environment. You will have excellent IT skills, particularly Excel, and technical skills, including project accounting, budgetary control and financial planning. You will have the ability to analyse and interpret financial information.

You will be a good team player as well as being a self-starter with strong organizational and interpersonal skills

Qualifications required

You will be educated to a strategic level of ACCA or CIMA or equivalent (final stage of exams) – please state what level you are at in your professional qualification on the personal statement

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria, click the 'Apply' button above. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

Internal applicants – please ensure you apply via your employee self-service portal.

We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work, or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work, before an offer is made.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries:

Alison Middleton, Senior Finance Manager (Academic), a.c.a.middleton@herts.ac.uk 

Alex Sage, Finance Manager HMLS, a.sage2@herts.ac.uk

Closing Date: 03 June 2026

Interview date: To be confirmed

Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts

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