Senior Business Accountant

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Business Accountant to join their award-winning finance team. The role requires a CCAB qualified accountant with strong analytical and communication skills. You will provide expert advice to clinical and operational staff to ensure financial stability. Responsibilities include supporting budgeting, managing financial reports, and contributing to financial policies. This position offers an exciting challenge in a dynamic healthcare environment and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• CCAB qualified accountant with significant senior level experience in financial management.
• Experience in producing business cases and involvement in business planning.
• Strong proficiency in NHS Finance and staff management.

Responsibilities

• Provide sound financial advice and information to the Care Group Management Team.
• Liaise with senior management teams to complete financial performance reports.
• Contribute to the development of financial policies to meet business objectives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Financial management

Leadership

Change management

Education

CCAB Qualified Accountant

ECDL or equivalent experience

Job description

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Business Accountant

Closing date: 07 December 2025

Our award winning HFMA Finance Team of the Year 2020 is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Senior Business Accountant to join our team.

We are looking for an individual with strong analytical and communication skills to provide expert business and finance knowledge and advice to clinical and operational staff to help ensure long term financial stability and viability.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on a challenge, is highly motivated and with the drive, enthusiasm and ability to work in a strategically challenging and rewarding healthcare environment.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with the Unplanned Care Group playing a significant role in supporting delivery of the Trust's objectives in providing a high quality and patient focused finance service including assisting in managing budgets, planning service developments, identifying and achieving CIP targets and supporting revenue requests. We are keen to support innovation and build upon recent initiatives such as Working Day 1 and using Power BI dashboards.

You will be a team player with a keen eye for detail. You will be proficient in influencing others, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate clearly and concisely at all levels.

You will be a registered qualified accountant who is an active member of CCAB or CIMA.

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

The post holder will be responsible for providing sound financial advice and information to the Care Group Management Team and a number of Clinical Business Units and ensuring that accurate and timely financial information is provided when required and within pre agreed departmental timeframes. The post holder will liaise with senior management teams to ensure satisfactory completion of financial performance reports, analysing and interpreting complex information where necessary. The post holder will be part of the Care Group senior management team in making decisions affecting service delivery. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the development and implementation of financial policies which facilitate the achievement of the Trusts business objectives and statutory duties.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• CCAB Qualified Accountant
• Continuing Professional Development (mandatory to retain qualification)
• ECDL or equivalent experience

Experience

• Significant senior level experience in financial management
• Experience in producing business cases and involvement in business planning
• Experience in staff Management
• Experience of NHS Finance

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to lead change and have a positive influence on others
• Evidence of past achievements and ability to deliver significant financial improvements

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.

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust