Management Accountant Apprentice (Royal College of Physicians)
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON
Liverpool (L7 3FA)
Closes in 28 days (Friday 15 May 2026)
Posted on 14 April 2026
Contents
Summary
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.
- Wage
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£27,962 a year
- Training course
- Accountancy or taxation professional (level 7)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm,
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 June 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
What you're responsible for:
- 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
Where you'll work
The Spine
2 Paddington Village
Liverpool
L7 3FA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BPP UNIVERSITY LIMITED
Training course
Accountancy or taxation professional (level 7)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Build trusted and sustainable relationships with individuals and organisations. Consistently support individuals and collaborate to achieve results as part of a team.
- Influence the impact of business decisions on relevant and affected communities based on an appreciation of different organisations and the environments in which they operate.
- Communicate in a clear, articulate and appropriate manner. Adapt communications to suit different situations, individuals or teams.
- Identify ethical dilemmas, understand the implications and behave appropriately. Understand their legal responsibilities, both within the letter and the spirit of the law, as well as be aware of the procedures for reporting concerns over potentially unethical activities.
- Take ownership of allocated projects and effectively manage their own time and the time of others. Demonstrate good project management skills to deliver high quality work within the appropriate timeline. Act as a role model and motivate others to deliver results.
- Evaluate information quickly and draw accurate conclusions. Assess a problem from multiple angles to ensure all relevant issues are considered. Gather the appropriate facts and evidence in order to make decisions effectively.
Training schedule
More training information
- 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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Other in:
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Excellent knowledge of Excel
- knowledge of eRequest
- Managing own workload
- Prioritising & planning
- Managing conflicting deadlines
- Working in a busy team
- Customer service
Other requirements
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.
- Actively studying towards level 7 CIMA or willing to undertake study.
About this employer
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.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Fixed term to align with apprenticeship (with potential to extend to substantive management accountant role)
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BPP UNIVERSITY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000026226.
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Closes in 28 days (Friday 15 May 2026)
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