Management Accounts Assistant

Integrated Care System; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Warrington is seeking a Management Accounts Assistant to support financial management and reporting. This role requires NVQ level 3 in accounting and strong skills in Microsoft Excel, enthusiasm, and good communication. The position offers a flexible full-time contract with opportunities for progression.

Qualifications

• Good written and verbal communication skills and proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel.
• Experience in finance and financial management or management accounts.
• Enthusiastic, determined, motivated, positive, open, honest and approachable.

Responsibilities

• Support the Assistant Business Accountant in providing financial information.
• Assist in budget setting process and reporting systems.
• Produce monthly financial management information, complete variance analysis.

Skills

Good communication skills

Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Good analytical skills

Education

NVQ level 3 in accountancy/finance

AAT qualified

Job description

Go back Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT

Management Accounts Assistant

The closing date is 03 August 2025

Are you passionate about improving patient care and making a difference? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and hard-working individual to fill the post of Management Accounts Assistant.

We are interested in people who are keen to develop their skills in management accounts.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional looking to take their career to the next level. We are looking to recruit to a Band 3, which will progress to a Band 4 upon satisfactory completion of set out training, competences, and experience, or to Band 4 if all competencies and experience have been achieved.

Main duties of the job

The role will support the Assistant Business Accountant in the provision of financial information, analysis, and advice to budget holders.

You will support with the production of monthly financial management information, completing variance analysis and forecasting.

You will report to the Assistant Business Accountant and aid with costings.You will also assist in the budget setting process and reporting systems that enable an effective financial management service to Planned Care/Unplanned Care.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

Job responsibilities

To support the Assistant Business Accountant in the provision of financial information, analysis and advice to budget holders in the most timely and effective manner. To assist in the budget setting process and reporting systems that enable an effective financial management service to Planned Care/Unplanned Care.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 in accountancy/finance (AAT Level 3 Diploma, BTEC Level 3 Diploma, Apprenticeship in Accounting or A-levels) or equivalent experience. ICDL or equivalent computer experience.
• AAT qualified or equivalent experience.

Experience

• Some finance experience
• Some financial management or management accounts experience

Skills, knowledge and competencies

• Good written and verbal communication skills and proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to organise own work load and to work with limited supervision.
• Good analytical skills with knowledge of computerised ledger systems and coding structures.
• Knowledge of financial management and budget setting.

Specific role requirements

• Enthusiastic, determined, motivated, positive, open, honest and approachable.
• Confident, hardworking, committed, reliable and able to work on your own or as part of a team.

Physical effort

• Significant computer use, switch tasks at short notice and unpredictable workload.

Mental effort

• Work under pressure to meet tight deadlines and have a high level of concentration especially when making calculations.

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.

Employer name

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT

Depending on experienceEither a Band 4 or development Band 3

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working