Senior Management Accountant | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust; Walsall; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Walsall is seeking a Management Accountant to join their Financial Management team. This role involves supporting a budget of £50-60 million, ensuring financial efficiency and providing expert financial advice to managers. The ideal candidate will have strong financial analysis skills, relevant qualifications, and experience in budget management. This role offers an opportunity to enhance the financial operations within a critical healthcare environment, balancing complex issues to meet targets.

Qualifications

• Experience managing budgets over £50 million.
• Ability to handle complex financial issues.
• Strong communication skills for engaging with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as a business partner to ensure financial control.
• Produce Monthly Management Accounts and present findings.
• Lead and develop a team of finance staff.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budget management

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial awareness

Education

Relevant degree or qualification in finance

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Overview

An opportunity has arisen for Management Accountant to join the Financial Management team at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, taking the lead with one of our key Clinical Divisions and supporting the attainment of the Trust's financial performance.

The post holder will provide financial support and advice on behalf of the Deputy Divisional Business Accountant to a Division with a budget of circa £50-60m. The role involves dealing with complex, emotive and contentious issues and may require constraining managers to ensure financial targets are met. It will involve advising managers and Directors on how to make the most effective use of finance and other resources to bring about increased efficiency and service improvement. The post holder will be key to developing commercial awareness throughout the clinical divisions and will understand the linkages between financial and other performance targets.

Note: We may close this vacancy early if we receive high numbers of applications.

Responsibilities

• Act as a business partner to the Division to ensure value for money, appropriate financial control, and development of business cases.
• Produce Monthly Management Accounts for the Services supported and present these positions at regular meetings.
• Engage in challenging conversations to ensure efficiency targets are achieved.
• Take responsibility for management, development, training, and performance of the staff accountable to them.
• Ensure Divisions are fully aware of all aspects of financial control, probity and stewardship, including standing financial instructions and standing orders.
• Ensure the Division’s financial records represent a true and fair view and meet the financial timescales and requirements of the Trust’s corporate reporting system, external statutory returns and accounts, accounting policies and legislation.

About Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. The Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and an Integrated Assessment Unit. A newly opened Urgent and Emergency Care Centre has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity.

Financial and Compliance

Ensure Divisions are fully aware of all aspects of financial control, probity and stewardship, including standing financial instructions and standing orders. Ensure that the Division’s financial records represent a true and fair view and meet financial timescales and the Trust’s corporate reporting system, external statutory returns, and accounting policies and legislation.

This advert closes on Monday 6 Oct 2025.