Management Accounting Assistant

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group is seeking a Finance Officer to support the Divisional Accounting Assistant in delivering financial and statutory obligations across the Trust's Financial Management function.

The post holder will provide financial and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues, developing timely monthly performance reports and contributing to internal and external reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting divisional finance and budgeting activities.
• Ability to compile and present financial information for budget holders.

Responsibilities

• Support the Divisional Accounting Assistant in delivering financial and statutory obligations.
• Produce financial information for a group of clinical and departmental budget holders.
• Develop and produce information to support accurate and timely monthly performance reports.
• Model financial information with clinicians and budget holders to enable informed decision making.
• Support development of robust financial forecasts and annual planning processes.

Job description

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

Responsibility for producing financial information and providing support to a group of clinical and departmental budget 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. They

will support aspects of service area financial and business performance and financial management processes to ensure efficiency and

effectiveness.

Working with the Divisional Accounting Assistant, the post holder will develop and produce information to support accurate and timely monthly performance reports for presentation at service meetings and to feed into the Trusts position for internal and external corporate reporting. There will 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 financial

information to enable informed decision making on business processes and plans, which improve and enhance the overall productivity of the

Trust.

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.

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 Hospital is 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 Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Peter Wright Job title: Finance Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0151 529 2240