Assistant Finance Manager (Financial Management)

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

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an Assistant Finance Manager to join their Finance Team. The successful candidate will provide financial support and advice to Trust Directorates, ensuring compliance with statutory financial duties. This position offers a generous study package for professional qualifications and promotes a healthy work-life balance with agile working practices. The organization values diversity and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Benefits

Access to the NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Cycle to work scheme

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience handling complex financial and non-financial information.
• Experience in managing confidential information.
• Proficient in financial systems and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing financial support to Trust Directorates.
• Ensure department meets statutory financial duties.
• Supervise day-to-day financial staff activities.

Skills

Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications including Excel

Ability to design and format spreadsheets

Excellent inter-personal and communication skills

Ability to analyse and interpret complex information

Education

Part qualified CCAB or equivalent experience

Job description

For Further Information About This Role, Please Email

Matthew Chapman - [e-mail]

Andrea Whitfield - [e-mail]

About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the award winning Finance Team at The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust as Assistant Finance Manager.

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, forwarding thinking individual to provide a first class service for the NHS. The department is looking to inspire, encourage and support individuals in their development either through on the job learning and/or through supporting more formal development.

We offer a generous study package for individuals wishing to pursue their accounting professional qualifications. This includes 100% funding for tuition, revision and exam fees with paid study leave.

We recognise the need to develop modern working practices to enable our employees to maximise their performance and productivity whilst maintaining a good work life balance and have adopted an Agile working methodology.

You will be joining a dynamic and forward thinking Finance Department with a strong emphasis on innovation and continuous improvement. We have achieved Level 2 One NHS Finance Accreditation and are looking to secure Level 3 accreditation in the near future.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!

Main duties

The post holder will assist in the provision of financial support and advice to Trust Directorates working with non-finance leaders, which include Associate Directors of Operations, Divisional Leads and Directorate managers to establish a sound basis for the planning and development of service changes.

In doing so the post will ensure the department supports the Trust in the achievement of its statutory financial duties, and helping us on our journey to make the Mid Yorkshire Finance Department a great, innovative and diverse place to work.

Key Result Areas

• Budget calculation and input to financial systems
• Costing of service and directorate based budget holder services & developments
• Investigation of expenditure and category C income financial codes
• Detailed analysis of complex service areas
• Identification and calculation of prepayments and accruals
• Attend management/budget holder meetings
• Provide financial support on business cases, value for money exercises and national returns
• Day to day Staff supervision
• Reconciliation of control accounts
• Year End Accounting

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Qualifications

Essential person specification requirements

• Part qualified CCAB or experience at the appropriate level

Experience

• Experience within a role handling, validating and processing complex financial and non-financial information
• Experience of handling confidential information
• Experience in a range of financial and non-financial areas (e.g. reconciliation and balances, finance computer systems, coding structures, spreadsheets, finance ledgers, reporting and procedures)

Specialist Knowledge/Skills

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications including Excel
• Knowledge of accounting legislation that is relevant to financial management (e.g. IFRS)
• Ability to design and format spreadsheets to meet specific requirements and handle large amounts of data

Personal Attributes

• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills using persuasion and negotiation to good effect
• Ability to analyse and interpret information which is often complex
• Ability to work to own initiative and organise own workload without supervision, both working to specified timescales and fulfilling ad hoc requests, adhering to relevant policies and procedures
• Self-aware and committed to continual professional and personal development
• Able to accept and respond positively to feedback from supervision

Other Requirements

• Committed to continual quality and service improvement

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

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 under‑represented 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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