Management Accounting Assistant

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Management Accounting Assistant to support divisional accounting and financial reporting. You will work with budget holders to model information and feed monthly performance reports for service meetings.

The role involves reconciling control accounts, assisting in annual budgeting, developing detailed management information in Excel, and providing data for internal and external reporting.

Qualifications

• High numeracy and accuracy in financial information
• Ability to work with spreadsheets to provide high quality financial data
• Experience supporting budget holders and clinical/non-clinical colleagues

Responsibilities

• Oversee and maintain spreadsheets and records for Directorate Accountants
• Analyse income/ Expenditure, identify variances and report findings
• Reconcile control accounts monthly and maintain documentation
• Prepare monthly budget reconciliations and related analyses
• Assist in regular budgeting and planning processes
• Provide information for internal/external reporting and meetings

Skills

Numeracy

Spreadsheets

Attention to detail

Education

AAT Technician Level 4 or equivalent

GCSE Maths & English language

Tools

Oracle General Ledger

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Management Accounting Assistant

The closing date is 16 November 2026

The post holder will provide support to the Divisional Accounting Assistant in the delivery of financial and statutory obligations of the TrustsFinancial Management function.

Responsibility for producing financial information and providing support to a group of clinical and departmentalbudget holders.

To be a key member of the Trust's Finance Department and contribute to the delivery of its overall objectives.They will be a member of the divisional team, providing financial and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues. Theywill support aspects of service area financial and business performance and financial management processes to ensure efficiency andeffectiveness.

Main duties of the job

Working with the Divisional Accounting Assistant, the post holder will develop and produce information to support accurate and timely monthlyperformance reports for presentation at service meetings and to feed into the Trusts position for internal and external corporate reporting. Therewill be a requirement to discuss this review with budget holders.

To achieve this, the post holder will be expected to work with the clinicians and budget holders within the service area to model financialinformation to enable informed decision making on business processes and plans, which improve and enhance the overall productivity of theTrust.

The post holder will provide detailed information to support the development of robust financial forecasts. They will support the annual planning process and associated work streams.

They will deputise for the Divisional Accounting Assistant as and when necessary.

About us

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.

We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.

We operate from five hospital sites:Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospitalprovide specialist services incardiothoracic surgery,cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Job responsibilities

To oversee and maintain spreadsheets and records to assist the Directorate Accountants in ensuring that income and expenditure isrecorded accurately. To discuss routine queries with internal managers and external bodies where necessary. Financial information and reportsare produced in a timely and accurate manner. Queries are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.- To take a lead role in analysing income and expenditure, identifying variances, investigating where necessary and reporting to theDirectorate Accountants. High quality information is provided to Directorate Accountants for review.- To reconcile the control accounts on a monthly basis and maintain appropriate documentation on file. All control accounts are fullyreconciled and signed off in line with the agreed timetable for completion.- To ensure that budget reconciliations are completed on a monthly basis, and that appropriate documentation and analyses are kept on file.All Budget Reconciliations are fully reconciled and signed off in line with the agreed timetable for completion.- To develop a detailed understanding of the General Ledger, to be able to use the system to ensure that data is input and informationaccessed where necessary. Confident working knowledge of Oracle General Ledger.- To develop a detailed understanding of the recharge system, assist the Directorate Accountants in setting recharge budgets and oversee themonthly input of recharge information between Directorates. To be able to respond to queries from the budget holders regarding there rechargesand resolve queries from other Trusts. To complete all necessary work in respect of recharge systems in line with the agreed timetable, torespond to all queries effectively.- To raise ad hoc requests for invoices to be raised and to ensure the income is recorded Invoices are raised within the agreed timetable- To assist in the Annual budget setting process for Directorates, develop an awareness of the Business Planning process and support theDirectorate Accountants in producing financial information relating to it. Recognition from Directorate Accountants of support provided.- To produce the budget information in Excel format from the General Ledger system on a monthly basis, ensuring that all data is reconciledand updated prior to being sent to the Directorates. Financial information is produced to a high level of quality in terms of presentation, withinagreed timescales.- Assist in the provision of reference cost and financial flows information. Develop sufficient knowledge and provide support when required.- Contribute to the smooth and efficient functioning of the finance function by performing ad hoc duties as and when required especially toensure the fulfilment of any statutory financial information requirements To be responsive and flexible when required- Provide financial information to, or answer queries from the Directorates when requested in a timely manner and when requested, attendmeetings in the absence of the Divisional Accounting Assistant. Directorates are satisfied with responses received.- Assist the Directorate Accountant where necessary in the provision of information and costs relating to specialist contracts. Developsufficient knowledge and provide support when required.- Assist the Directorate Accountants in calculating and monitoring costs of projects. Develop sufficient knowledge and provide support whenrequired- Support the training process when required, both in terms of finance and non-finance staff. Favourable feedback where training is undertaken.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• AAT Technician Level 4 or equivalent
• GCSE Maths & English language or equivalent

Knowledge

• Knowledge of NHS finance processes

Skills

• Possess a high degree of numeracy and accuracy and the ability to work with spreadsheets to provide high quality financial information.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to organize their own work and demonstrate initiative required to ensure that all tasks are completed
• Possess good communication skills in order to work effectively

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust