Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for the role of Management Accountant, playing a key role in managing and reporting the financial position of the organisation. We are looking to recruit a motivated and an enthusiastic individual who is ready to develop their career in an acute healthcare provider with strong track record of delivering five star quality care for its patients.
The post holder will provide expert financial advice to operational colleagues and play a key role in providing an effective financial management and reporting service. They will support and work closely with the Senior Financial Management team to generate, analyse and report financial information to stakeholders internal and external to the Trust.
The successful candidate will hold a CCAB or CIMA qualification, with financial management experience in a large organisation and knowledge of the NHS finance regime. They will have excellent I.T. and communication skills and experience of managing and developing staff. They will have demonstrated the ability to deliver timely and accurate financial reporting.
Please note the Job Description and Person Specification are subject to AfC review
Main duties of the job
The Management Accountant's main duties will be to:
- Provide expert financial advice and oversight of financial management for their areas of responsibility
- Lead aspects of the month end reporting process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting of the monthly financial position both internally and externally to the organisation.
- Monitor financial performance against agreed budgets, analysing and reporting on variances and assisting in formulating corrective actions.
- Co-ordinate the budget setting and forecasting processes for their areas of responsibility.
- Ensure the provision of high quality financial reporting to budget holders and other non-finance managers in order to support delivery of the Trust's strategic, corporate and financial objectives, including delivery of Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) efficiencies.
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships to enable effective working. The post holder will be expected to liaise with both internal departments and external bodies.
- Manage and develop staff
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 10th April 2026
Closing date: 23rd April 2026
Shortlisting date: 27th April 2026
Proposed Interview date: TBC
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 10th April 2026
Closing date: 23rd April 2026
Shortlisting date: 27th April 2026
Proposed Interview date: TBC
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB/CIMA Qualified
- Demonstrable evidence of continuous personal and professional development
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert theoretical knowledge of accounting, NHS accounting and Public Sector accounting policy.
- Significant Financial Management experience
- Knowledge and experience of strategic and business planning and investment appraisal process
- Experience within a finance function of a large organisation
- Knowledge and experience of performance management techniques
- Specialist knowledge of capital, expenditure and revenue budgets
- Experience of budget setting to prepare plans for financial and human resources
Desirable
- Experience of managing and developing finance staff
- Experience of formulating and developing long term strategic plans, often involving uncertainty that may impact on the whole organisation
- NHS Finance experience
- Experience of contract monitoring and reporting
- Experience of the Oracle General Ledger System
Skills
Essential
- Ability to analyse, investigate and interpret financial information and queries
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to report and present financial information to both finance and non-finance individuals (internal and external)
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information
- Well organised, able to prioritise own workload to deliver tight deadlines
- To be able to carry out business ensuring all accounting treatments are adhering to Generally Agreed Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Accounting Standards (IAS)
- High level of ability in designing, developing, managing and maintaining complex computerised financial systems, spreadsheets and databases
- Proven high level of communication skills using a range of methods e.g. Written, verbal presentation to Executive Management Team as well as budget holders of all levels
- The ability to manage conflicting priorities
- The ability to formulate arguments and express them clearly to lay people and to persuade clinicians and senior management over a course of action
- The ability to deal with highly complex facts or situations including those relating to business case development
- The ability to make judgements where there is no precedent and where other leading opinions conflict
- Ability to influence, command respect and establish credibility quickly. Ability to work effectively with directors. To display good negotiation skills
- Ability to plan and organise a broad range of highly complex plans and adjust these through time
- ECDL or equivalent is essential - i.e. experienced in the use of financial systems/spreadsheets/databases/word processing. Advanced keyboard skills essential
Other
Essential
- Team Player
- The ability get on with others and build good relationships with a wide variety of both internal and external to the organisation
- Evidence of continued professional and personal development and learning through the PDR process
- Willingness to travel. Self motivated and able to work to tight deadlines
- Concentration required for effectively multi-tasking, analysing data, writing detailed reports etc.
- The post holder has to be able to work successfully under pressure of time and resources
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB/CIMA Qualified
- Demonstrable evidence of continuous personal and professional development
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert theoretical knowledge of accounting, NHS accounting and Public Sector accounting policy.
- Significant Financial Management experience
- Knowledge and experience of strategic and business planning and investment appraisal process
- Experience within a finance function of a large organisation
- Knowledge and experience of performance management techniques
- Specialist knowledge of capital, expenditure and revenue budgets
- Experience of budget setting to prepare plans for financial and human resources
Desirable
- Experience of managing and developing finance staff
- Experience of formulating and developing long term strategic plans, often involving uncertainty that may impact on the whole organisation
- NHS Finance experience
- Experience of contract monitoring and reporting
- Experience of the Oracle General Ledger System
Skills
Essential
- Ability to analyse, investigate and interpret financial information and queries
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to report and present financial information to both finance and non-finance individuals (internal and external)
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information
- Well organised, able to prioritise own workload to deliver tight deadlines
- To be able to carry out business ensuring all accounting treatments are adhering to Generally Agreed Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Accounting Standards (IAS)
- High level of ability in designing, developing, managing and maintaining complex computerised financial systems, spreadsheets and databases
- Proven high level of communication skills using a range of methods e.g. Written, verbal presentation to Executive Management Team as well as budget holders of all levels
- The ability to manage conflicting priorities
- The ability to formulate arguments and express them clearly to lay people and to persuade clinicians and senior management over a course of action
- The ability to deal with highly complex facts or situations including those relating to business case development
- The ability to make judgements where there is no precedent and where other leading opinions conflict
- Ability to influence, command respect and establish credibility quickly. Ability to work effectively with directors. To display good negotiation skills
- Ability to plan and organise a broad range of highly complex plans and adjust these through time
- ECDL or equivalent is essential - i.e. experienced in the use of financial systems/spreadsheets/databases/word processing. Advanced keyboard skills essential
Other
Essential
- Team Player
- The ability get on with others and build good relationships with a wide variety of both internal and external to the organisation
- Evidence of continued professional and personal development and learning through the PDR process
- Willingness to travel. Self motivated and able to work to tight deadlines
- Concentration required for effectively multi-tasking, analysing data, writing detailed reports etc.
- The post holder has to be able to work successfully under pressure of time and resources
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).
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).
