Deputy Divisional Business Accountant | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust; Walsall; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Walsall seeks a qualified Accountant to join its Financial Management team. You'll lead financial support for a clinical division within a £50-60m budget, ensuring effective use of finances and improving service efficiency. Key responsibilities include producing management accounts and engaging in financial advising. Strong financial analysis and budget management skills are required for this role.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Accountant or finalist.
• Proven experience in financial management.
• Ability to deal with complex financial issues.

Responsibilities

• Produce Monthly Management Accounts and present them.
• Engage in challenging conversations for efficiency.
• Oversee staff performance and development.
• Ensure awareness of financial control and stewardship.
• Support the Division in developing business cases.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budget management

Reporting skills

Communication skills

Education

Qualified Accountant or finalist

Job description

Overview

An opportunity has arisen for a qualified Accountant or finalist to join the Financial Management team at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust taking the lead with one of our key Clinical Divisions and supporting the attainment of the Trust's financial performance.

The post holder will provide financial support and advice on behalf of the Divisional Business Accountant to a Division with a budget of circa £50-60m, and the provision of support will involve dealing with complex, emotive and contentious issues. It will involve the requirement to constrain managers to ensure financial targets are met. Financial support will include advising the managers and Directors on how to make the most effective use of finance and other resources to bring about increased efficiency and service improvement. The post holder will be key to developing commercial awareness throughout the clinical divisions and will understand the linkages between financial and other performance targets.

Working as a business partner to the Division to ensure value for money, appropriate financial control, develop business cases.

Responsibilities

• Producing Monthly Management Accounts for the Services they are supporting and presenting these positions at regular meetings.
• Having challenging conversations to ensure efficiency targets are achieved.
• Taking responsibility for management, development, training, and performance of the staff accountable to them.
• Ensure Divisions are fully aware of all aspects of financial control, probity and stewardship, including standing financial instructions, standing orders.
• Ensure that the Division’s financial records represent a true and fair view and meet financial timescales and requirements of the Trust’s corporate reporting system, external statutory returns and accounts and accounting policies and legislation.
• Working as a business partner to the Division to ensure value for money, appropriate financial control, develop business cases.

About Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.

A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

Qualifications

Qualified Accountant or finalist.

Financial controls and reporting

Ensure Divisions are fully aware of all aspects of financial control, probity and stewardship, including standing financial instructions, standing orders.

This advert closes on Friday 26 Sep 2025