Job summary
An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Management Accounts Team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT).
LUHFT is one of the UK's largest trusts, serving a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
Collaboration throughout the Trust is central to our mission and the values of the Trust are represented in our excellent finance team with an aim to strive to provide world class financial management and services through great people, great care, great ambition and great innovation. Core to this is our staff, their career journey and development.
The current opportunity is for an enthusiastic individual to join our friendly and talented Financial Management Team within the Corporate Division, seizing the opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge within a large vibrant Trust and finance department who have won multiple awards in recent years ranging from team of the year to the Havelock award, which recognises best practice in finance skills development.
Main duties of the job
Provide support to the Assistant Head of Finance in the delivery of a highly specialist support to the corporate decision making process in respect of the financial and statutory obligations of the Trust's Financial Management function.
Specific responsibility for providing comprehensive financial management information and support to a group of clinical and departmental budgets. To be a key member of the Trust's Financial Department and contribute to the delivery of it's overall objectives.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities - for further details, please refer to the attached job description
To provide financial information and advice to the Divisional General Manager, Clinical Directors and other managers within the relevant Directorates. To meet regularly with these managers to ensure that any potential financial problems are identified early enough for corrective action to be effective.
To have overall responsibility for all aspects of budgetary management within the relevant directorates, including monitoring of performance and providing advice on corrective action as necessary. To take a lead role in the Division in annual budget setting process.
To undertake lead responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of recharging mechanisms to improve budgetary control (e.g. Radiology). To take responsibility for the authorization of specific expenditure within the Directorates (e.g. Works recharges) and the authorization for the advertisement of vacant posts to ensure that funding is available.
To actively participate in and contribute to the formulation and implementation of the Divisional Business Plans in accordance with the Trusts strategic aims and objectives. To provide support and advice on financial and non-financial aspects of the Business Plans.
To provide the Head of Management Accounts with the information necessary to enable corporate reporting. This will include explanation of significant variance movements for inclusion in the Trust Board Report.
To assist Clinical Directors and Service Managers in identifying and achieving cost improvement and income generation targets, undertaking reviews of all existing practices with the aim of improving efficiency.
To participate in the development of new costing and budgeting methodologies to provide information for both managerial and commercial purposes.
To review, for the relevant Directorates, Aintrees costs relative to national norms and other provider units and establishing verification of significant variations.
To monitor the service provided by the relevant Directorates to other Trusts in accordance with the Service Level Agreements. To discuss and renegotiate these SLAs as necessary.
To take financial responsibility in the competitive tendering process to ensure that best value is achieved. To prepare financial option appraisal reports for presentation to the Trust board incorporating recommendations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities - for further details, please refer to the attached job description
To provide financial information and advice to the Divisional General Manager, Clinical Directors and other managers within the relevant Directorates. To meet regularly with these managers to ensure that any potential financial problems are identified early enough for corrective action to be effective.
To have overall responsibility for all aspects of budgetary management within the relevant directorates, including monitoring of performance and providing advice on corrective action as necessary. To take a lead role in the Division in annual budget setting process.
To undertake lead responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of recharging mechanisms to improve budgetary control (e.g. Radiology). To take responsibility for the authorization of specific expenditure within the Directorates (e.g. Works recharges) and the authorization for the advertisement of vacant posts to ensure that funding is available.
To actively participate in and contribute to the formulation and implementation of the Divisional Business Plans in accordance with the Trusts strategic aims and objectives. To provide support and advice on financial and non-financial aspects of the Business Plans.
To provide the Head of Management Accounts with the information necessary to enable corporate reporting. This will include explanation of significant variance movements for inclusion in the Trust Board Report.
To assist Clinical Directors and Service Managers in identifying and achieving cost improvement and income generation targets, undertaking reviews of all existing practices with the aim of improving efficiency.
To participate in the development of new costing and budgeting methodologies to provide information for both managerial and commercial purposes.
To review, for the relevant Directorates, Aintrees costs relative to national norms and other provider units and establishing verification of significant variations.
To monitor the service provided by the relevant Directorates to other Trusts in accordance with the Service Level Agreements. To discuss and renegotiate these SLAs as necessary.
To take financial responsibility in the competitive tendering process to ensure that best value is achieved. To prepare financial option appraisal reports for presentation to the Trust board incorporating recommendations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB Qualified Accountant
- Evidence of commitment to continued professional development
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Post-qualification experience
- Evidence of innovative approach in analysing and drawing conclusions from complex financial and performance data
- Experience of staff management/development
- Evidence of track record of achievement
Desirable
- NHS financial management experience
- Experience of working with senior managers and clinicians
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate In depth knowledge of: - Financial planning - Budgetary strategy & control - NHS Trust financial regime - Sound knowledge of NHS business case process
Skills
Essential
- Highly numerate
- Evidence of involvement in dealing with complex change issues
- Ability to Lead & Motivate Staff
- Open and developmental leadership style
- Demonstrate commitment to staff development.
- Decisive and able to use own Judgement
- Knowledge and understanding of HR policies.
- Strategic and innovative thinker
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills via a variety of media and forums, with a wide range of people from all levels both from within and outside of the Trust
- Well developed influencing and negotiation skills
- Proficient in use of current business software (e.g. Microsoft Office) and able to apply this to the development of complex financial models
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills supported by attention to detail
Desirable
- Understanding of structures of NHS
- Knowledge of Acute Hospital Environment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB Qualified Accountant
- Evidence of commitment to continued professional development
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Post-qualification experience
- Evidence of innovative approach in analysing and drawing conclusions from complex financial and performance data
- Experience of staff management/development
- Evidence of track record of achievement
Desirable
- NHS financial management experience
- Experience of working with senior managers and clinicians
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate In depth knowledge of: - Financial planning - Budgetary strategy & control - NHS Trust financial regime - Sound knowledge of NHS business case process
Skills
Essential
- Highly numerate
- Evidence of involvement in dealing with complex change issues
- Ability to Lead & Motivate Staff
- Open and developmental leadership style
- Demonstrate commitment to staff development.
- Decisive and able to use own Judgement
- Knowledge and understanding of HR policies.
- Strategic and innovative thinker
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills via a variety of media and forums, with a wide range of people from all levels both from within and outside of the Trust
- Well developed influencing and negotiation skills
- Proficient in use of current business software (e.g. Microsoft Office) and able to apply this to the development of complex financial models
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills supported by attention to detail
Desirable
- Understanding of structures of NHS
- Knowledge of Acute Hospital Environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
