Senior Financial Accountant

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Urmston; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Urmston is seeking an experienced finance professional to lead their Financial Services Team. You will promote high standards in financial practices to enhance patient outcomes and drive business growth. Candidates must have a Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB/CIMA) and significant management experience. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within one of the largest NHS Trusts in England, fostering collaborative work and innovation.

Qualifications

• Significant management experience required.
• Ability to set compliance standards and expectations.
• Experience in driving business growth and improving cash flow.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Financial Services Team.
• Ensure compliance with accountancy standards.
• Promote high-quality financial practices to improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Leadership

Innovative thinking

Education

Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB/CIMA)

Master's degree or equivalent

Job description

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.

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.

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.

For further details or informal visits, please contact Tracey Reay, Deputy Operational Finance Director, on 01617016742.