Financial Management - Assistant Divisional Accountant

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the finance team as an Assistant Divisional Accountant. The role is within Corporate/Central department reporting directly to the Finance Manager and Assistant Director of Finance (Financial Management).

To do this they will; work to the highest professional standards, add value in all that they do, deliver stakeholder satisfaction and create an environment ensuring we are a great place to work, maximising staff potential.

Main duties of the job

To be a key member of the Trust’s Finance Department and contribute to the delivery of its overall objectives.

Works within a multidisciplinary team, is an integral part of the Divisional Team within finance. Discusses complex financial queries and issues with staff and budget holders. It will be necessary for the post holder to provide training where required to non-finance managers.

The post holder will be responsible to the Finance Manager and will work towards agreed objectives and deadlines. The post holder is given freedom to do this working within broad professional policies. The post holder is expected to act independently in the management of day to day work.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

• The post-holder will be expected to develop relationships across the directorates and communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders.
• The post-holder will be required to give high level advice to their colleagues in financial services on issues such as disputes over payments within Directorates. The issues are often sensitive and may require specific advice as often the disputes are with outside agencies.
• Provision to budget holders, routinely and in response to ad-hoc requests, financial information and advice.
• To support in the maintenance and reconciliation of the recurring and non-recurring budgetary position for both financial and manpower budgets on a monthly basis.
• Monitoring expenditure trends and budgetary performance, identifying their significance for budget holders.
• To play a key role development of systems to monitor and maximise income opportunities within directorates.
• Providing advice on current performance and trends, giving forecasts of future trends in the light of service options identified by budget holders and management.
• Provision of Training support to non-finance managers as part of the Trust's training and development programme. Play an active part in the training and development of staff within the finance function.
• Responsible for managing finance support staff within the Divisional Structure and across divisions, and coordinating information to enable effective management of the Directorate structure workload.
• To support the Divisional Finance Team in the provision of financial information, analysis and advice to budget holders within the Trust in the context of a comprehensive financial management service, meeting internal and external reporting requirements, in an accurate, timely, and relevant manner, enabling managers to provide an efficient and effective service within the resources available.
• Contributing also to the completion of ad hoc and monthly statutory returns.
• To support in the compilation of financial information in respect of Freedom of Information requests and managing responses within statutory and internal deadlines.
• Play a key role in the development of systems and processes within the central team.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Postgraduate diploma or equivalent
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

• Training towards CCAB professional qualification

Experience

• Previous experience in a management accounts environment
• Evidence of innovative approach in analysing and drawing conclusions from complex financial and performance data

• NHS financial management experience

Knowledge

• Demonstrate knowledge of Financial planning, Budgetary strategy & control, NHS Trust financial regime, Costing, Financial support to budget holders, Payment by Results

• Corporate Finance Reporting
• Evidence of achievement and success at a senior level in NHS finance

Skills

• Highly numerate
• Evidence of involvement in dealing with complex change issues
• Understanding of structures of NHS
• Knowledge of Acute Hospital Environment
• Ability to Lead & Motivate Staff
• Decisive and able to use own Judgement

Personal Attributes

• Knowledge and understanding of HR policies
• Willingness to work flexibly
• Demonstrates commitment to staff development
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence
• Consistent professionalism and objectivity
• Able to work effectively as part of a team

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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

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This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.