Finance Manager | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking an enthusiastic individual to join their Management Accounts Team. This role involves providing financial information and advice, managing budgets, and contributing to business plans. Candidates should have experience in financial management and strong analytical skills. The position offers opportunities for career development within a vibrant team.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial management or analysis.
• Ability to provide financial advice and support to managers.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial information and advice to management.
• Manage budgetary processes and performance monitoring.
• Lead the implementation of budgetary control mechanisms.

Skills

Budgetary management

Financial analysis

Cost improvement

Collaborative communication

Education

Finance or relevant field degree

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Management Accounts Team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT).

LUHFT is one of the UK’s largest trusts, serving a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside and providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond. Collaboration throughout the Trust is central to our mission and the values of the Trust are represented in our finance team with the aim to provide world class financial management and services through great people, great care, great ambition and great innovation. Core to this is our staff, their career journey and development.

The current opportunity is for an enthusiastic individual to join our friendly and talented Financial Management Team within the Corporate Division, with the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge within a large vibrant Trust and finance department that has won multiple awards in recent years for team achievement and best practice in finance skills development.

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Advert closing date: Wednesday 17 Sep 2025

Key Responsibilities

• Provide financial information and advice to the Divisional General Manager, Clinical Directors and other managers within the relevant Directorates. Meet regularly with these managers to identify potential financial problems early and take corrective action as necessary.
• Take overall responsibility for all aspects of budgetary management within the relevant directorates, including monitoring performance and advising on corrective action. Lead the Division in the annual budget setting process.
• Lead the implementation and monitoring of recharging mechanisms to improve budgetary control (e.g. Radiology). Assume responsibility for the authorization of specific expenditures within the Directorates (e.g. Works recharges) and for the advertisement of vacant posts to ensure funding is available.
• Contribute to the formulation and implementation of the Divisional Business Plans and provide financial and non-financial support and advice on these plans.
• Provide the Head of Management Accounts with information for corporate reporting, including explanations of significant variance movements for inclusion in the Trust Board Report.
• Assist Clinical Directors and Service Managers in identifying and achieving cost improvement and income generation targets, reviewing existing practices to improve efficiency.
• Participate in developing new costing and budgeting methodologies to support managerial and commercial needs.
• Review Aintree’s costs relative to national norms and other provider units for the relevant Directorates, verifying significant variations.
• Monitor service delivery by the relevant Directorates to other Trusts under Service Level Agreements; renegotiate SLAs as necessary.
• Take financial responsibility in the competitive tendering process to ensure best value; prepare financial option appraisal reports for presentation to the Trust board with recommendations.