Senior Financial Accountant

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Urmston is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to oversee financial management and lead a diverse team. The ideal candidate will hold a Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB/CIMA), with substantial NHS experience and a master's degree. The role involves ensuring compliance with financial standards and driving business growth. Salary ranges from £55,690 to £62,682 per annum, offering a dynamic working environment focused on high standards of care.

Qualifications

• Professional Accountancy qualification with current membership registration.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant accountancy experience.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex information.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Financial Services Team and ensure compliance with standards.
• Drive business growth and improve cash flow.
• Oversee financial transactions and produce statutory accounts.

Skills

Financial management expertise

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Software proficiency

Education

Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB, CIMA)

Master's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Financial software

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Financial Accountant

The closing date is 20 October 2025

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.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

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].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

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.

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

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
• Substantial experience of working in NHS finance

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum (pro rata)