Deputy Financial Accountant

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Grimsby; Presencial; GBP 42.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Deputy Financial Accountant to lead on balance sheet reconciliations, financial analysis, and statutory reporting. You will support the Finance function, develop and operate financial systems, and mentor junior staff as part of a dynamic finance team.

The role focuses on accuracy, governance, and robust financial control across the organisation, with opportunities to develop systems and processes and to provide trusted

Formación

• Significant financial accounting experience.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience of working in NHS finance.
• Experience with Oracle General Ledger and BI.

Responsabilidades

• Lead on complex balance sheet reconciliations.
• Provide expert financial advice to finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Support development and operation of financial systems.
• Produce statutory and regulatory financial information.

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Working under pressure

Planning and organising

Educación

NVQ level 4 / AAT

Degree level qualification or equivalent

CCAB qualification (or willing to pursue)

Herramientas

Oracle General Ledger

Business Intelligence

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Access

Descripción del empleo

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Deputy Financial Accountant

The closing date is 23 November 2026

The Deputy Financial Accountant plays a key role in maintaining the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of the Trust's financial accounts and reporting. Working within a supportive finance team, you will lead on complex balance sheet reconciliations, financial analysis, statutory reporting, and the resolution of financial issues, helping to ensure robust financial control across the organisation. You will work closely with a wide range of colleagues, providing expert financial advice and supporting the delivery of high-quality financial services. Alongside your technical accounting responsibilities, you will support the ongoing development and operation of the Trust's financial systems. This includes helping to maintain system structures, user access and reporting tools, improving financial processes, and supporting finance system developments and projects. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining technical accounting expertise with finance systems work and is looking to develop their skills in a varied and rewarding role. You will also contribute to the continuous improvement of financial processes and systems, helping to develop more efficient ways of working and supporting the Trust's wider finance objectives. You will support and develop junior colleagues through coaching, guidance, and day-to-day supervision

Main duties of the job

As Deputy Financial Accountant, you will play a key role in ensuring the Trust's financial information is accurate, reliable, and compliant. You will lead on complex balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies, analysing financial data, and providing expert advice to finance and non-finance colleagues. Your work will support strong financial governance, informed decision-making, and the production of statutory and regulatory financial information.

You will work closely with the Financial Accountant and Financial Systems Development Manager, providing support and cover where required. This will give you exposure to a broad range of financial accounting and finance systems activities, including helping to resolve system issues, supporting financial reporting processes, and contributing to ongoing developments and improvements across the Finance function.

The role requires strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with responsibility for investigating complex financial issues, interpreting data from multiple systems, and ensuring financial records remain accurate and up to date. You will use a variety of financial and reporting systems, including advanced Excel, to analyse information, identify trends, and support effective financial control.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached detailed job description and person specification for main responsibilities and requirements.

Person Specification

Our Values

• We are Kind
• We are Open
• We are Inclusive

Qualifications

• NVQ level 4 Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) with experience equivalent to Degree level qualification
• Degree level qualification or experience equivalent to Degree
• Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) professional accountancy qualification or willing to work towards

Knowledge and Experience

• Significant financial accounting experience
• Supervisory experience
• Experience of working in NHS finance
• Experience of the Oracle General Ledger System including Business Intelligence
• Experience of providing training and support to others in own specialist area
• Evidence of planning and organising tasks required to achieve a specific outcome within a specified timeframe without direction from line manager
• Experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting complex financial data, including contributing analytical information to support forecasting and expenditure monitoring
• Highly computer literate including MS Word, Excel, Access. Able to extract data, create and manipulate complex spreadsheets

Skills

• Excellent standard of written and verbal communication skills
• Acts professionally in all dealings with colleagues and in liaising with external bodies; must be able to adapt style appropriately to deal diplomatically with senior personnel
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Well organised, able to plan and prioritise own workload
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to support change
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities

Other

• Standard Keyboard Skills required
• Requirement to concentrate for long periods when inputting data and when analysing data/statistics
• Ability to undertake normal office duties, with sitting for prolonged periods

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust