Financial Management - Assistant Divisional AccountantNHS

Job summary

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).

As a department we strive to be a world class finance team and be the employer of choice for finance staff. The successful candidate will support the development of this vision and ensure our Trust receives the best financial services and support possible. 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

The post holder will provide support to the Finance Manager in the delivery of financial and statutory obligations of the Trusts Financial Management function.Specific responsibility for providing financial management information and support to Trust wide departmental budgets.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.

Job description

• 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.

About us

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.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. 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.