Senior Financial Accountant

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Manchester is looking for a highly skilled Financial Manager. You will be responsible for leading the Financial Services Team, ensuring compliance with professional accountancy standards, and driving improvements in financial management. The ideal candidate has a Professional Accountancy qualification and significant experience in NHS finance. This is a full-time, permanent role offering a salary of £55,690 to £62,682 per annum.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB/CIMA) with current membership registration.
• Minimum 5 years relevant accountancy experience in a large, complex organisation.
• Ability to lead and motivate a diverse team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Financial Services Team in ensuring compliance with accountancy standards.
• Analyze complex financial information and determine effective solutions.
• Drive business growth and improve cash flow.

Skills

Financial management expertise

Analytical skills

Leadership

Education

Master's degree or equivalent professional qualification

Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB/CIMA)

Tools

Financial software packages

Job description

Job summary: We are particularly proud of our exceptional and highly-skilled staff - and they in turn are passionate about the contribution they make within the Trust. Therefore you will focus on quality, promoting high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes in a financial capacity, whilst using evidence to make improvements and seeking out innovative ways of working to develop financial solutions. Inevitably, you'll also be commercially astute and able to drive business growth and improve cash flow. It is essential for you to hold a Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB/CIMA) with current membership registration and be educated to master's degree level or an equivalent professional qualification and possess significant management experience.

Main duties of the job: You will play a key part in setting clear standards and expectations ensuring compliance with professional accountancy standards and practices are met consistently and effectively. You will lead the Financial Services Team in the FBU and also work closely with colleagues in the Charities, Accounts Receivable, Tax and Capital teams.

About us: MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

Job Details

Date posted: 06 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 349-COR-7530215-RL4

Job locations: FBU, Trafford General Hospital, Davyhulme, Manchester, M41 5SL

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications:

• Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB, CIMA) with current membership registration
• Demonstrable post qualification development and continued achievement of CPD
• Study to master's degree in a relevant technical, scientific or information systems discipline or equivalent job-related experience.

Essential Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge, experience and expertise in all aspects of financial management at a management level in a large, complex organisation
• Thorough understanding of current NHS accounting principles and procedures including audit requirements
• Sound understanding of software packages

Essential Experience:

• Minimum 5 years relevant accountancy experience.
• Ability to analyse complex information and determine solutions
• Significant experience in a large, complex NHS organisation
• Substantial experience in the implementation and development of financial systems and processes
• Ability to lead and motivate a team whose roles are quite diverse
• Ensures the function processes financial transactions and produces statutory accounts and financial returns
• Experience in a complex partnership-dependent environment

Desirable:

• Substantial experience of working in NHS finance

Diversity and Inclusion

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.

As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].