Assistant Finance Manager

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wakefield is seeking an Assistant Finance Manager to support compliance, financial governance, and cash management. You will ensure accurate statutory returns and assist with audits. The ideal candidate should have AAT membership or equivalent experience in finance and a strong understanding of financial controls. Join a passionate team aiming to deliver the best care to patients.

Benefits

Access to NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Exceptional employee health services

Qualifications

• Professional qualifications or experience in finance.
• Strong understanding of reconciliations, VAT, PAYE/NI, pensions.
• Confident use of computerised finance systems.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit the Trust’s VAT return.
• Complete and reconcile pensions and tax pay overs.
• Lead on reporting losses and special payments.

Skills

Reconciliations

VAT knowledge

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

AAT membership or equivalent

Tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an Assistant Finance Manager (Financial Accounts and Financial Services) to join our Financial Accounts and Treasury team at Pinderfields Hospital (Stanley Hall). This post supports the Trust’s statutory compliance, financial governance, and cash management. The role provides essential technical support across VAT, pensions, PAYE/NI, balance sheet reconciliations, provisions, and banking. You will help maintain strong financial controls, ensure statutory returns are accurate and timely, and support both internal and external audit processes.

Main duties

• Prepare and submit the Trust’s VAT return, including monthly reviews, adjustments, and liaison with VAT advisors.
• Complete and reconcile pensions, tax, and national insurance pay overs in line with statutory deadlines.
• Maintain accurate balance sheet reconciliations and working papers, including provisions such as early retirement and injury benefits.
• Lead on the reporting of losses and special payments, ensuring compliance with Trust and national policy.
• Manage accommodation deposits and oversee the operation of merchant terminals across the Trust.
• Provide resilience within the Treasury function, including daily bank reconciliations, cashflow, payment preparation and secondary checks.
• Support the production of year-end accounts, working papers, and coordination of both internal and external audits.
• Contribute to the successful implementation of new requirements such as Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT.
• Uphold the Trust’s financial governance and fraud prevention controls, ensuring segregation of duties is maintained.

Essential Person Specification Requirements

• Professional qualifications/experience: AAT membership, degree-level qualification, or equivalent experience in finance (studying towards CCAB is desirable).
• Technical expertise: Strong understanding of reconciliations, VAT, PAYE/NI, pensions, and double-entry accounting.
• Systems skills: Confident use of computerised finance systems with advanced Excel, database, and reporting skills.
• Accuracy and compliance: Proven ability to work with precision, meet statutory deadlines, and maintain high standards of control.
• Communication skills: Ability to explain complex financial matters clearly to colleagues at all levels, including non-finance staff.
• Leadership and teamwork: Experience in supervising or supporting staff, with a commitment to knowledge sharing and professional development.
• Proactive approach: Strong problem-solving skills, a positive attitude, and the ability to work independently while contributing to a wider team.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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