Senior Assistant Management Accountant

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Main area: Finance

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5

Contract: Permanent, fixed term and secondment opportunities available

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 409-8219597

Site: Knowsley Community College

Town: Huyton

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 06/09/2026 23:59

Job overview: An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Assistant Management Accountant, acting as a key member of the Financial Management team. The postholder will provide accurate and timely financial information and reporting to colleagues internal and external to Finance, including providing support to budget holders across the organisation. The successful candidate will have strong numeracy skills and attention to detail, alongside excellent I.T. and communication skills. The department currently has a hybrid working policy, so the successful candidate will be required to work a minimum of 3 days a week in the office. With sites at both Southport and Knowsley. Interview Date is yet to be confirmed.

Main duties of the job:

• Ensure the provision of high quality financial information and accurate advice to budget holders and other non-finance managers.
• Develop good working relationships with budget holders, regularly meeting with them to review their financial information and provide advice.
• Assist Financial Management colleagues in ensuring income and expenditure is monitored and is recorded accurately, including monitoring variances from planned income and expenditure and resolving queries with budget holders and Finance colleagues.
• Use Excel and other software to provide financial reports and conduct financial analysis, using formulae and other functionality as required.
• Complete regular tasks accurately and in line with the monthly timetable, including where relevant internal recharges between departments and updates to the ledger to reflect an accurate financial position.
• Ensure most effective use of the Trust’s financial resources, including assisting with the annual budget setting/financial planning process by updating and reviewing information for the new financial year, including staffing information.
• To liaise with budget holders as part of this process, to ensure accurate information is used.
• Proactively review regular tasks within their areas of responsibility, identifying opportunities for improvements and more efficient working to support continuous improvement of the Finance function.

Working for our organisation: 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.
• 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:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: For the main responsibilities and requirements of this position, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification:

Our Values:

• We are Kind
• We are Open
• We are Inclusive

Qualifications:

• High standard of general education (to A-Level or equivalent)
• GCSE Level C or above in Maths and English
• Qualified full member of AAT or equivalent and actively studying for CCAB or CIMA qualification or equivalent experience

Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience within a finance function of a large organisation
• Experience of providing training and support to others in own specialist area
• Evidence of planning and organising tasks required to achieve a specific outcome within a specified timeframe without direction from line manager
• Experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting complex data and producing robust forecasts
• Highly computer literate including MS Word, Excel, able to extract data, create and manipulate complex spreadsheets
• Substantial NHS Finance experience working in a provider or commissioning NHS organisation in a relevant role
• Experience of the Oracle General Ledger System including Business Intelligence
• Experience of providing financial and/or business support.