Job overview

Are you passionate about improving patient care and making a difference? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and hard-working individual to fill the post of Management Accounts Assistant.

We are interested in people who are keen to develop their skills in management accounts.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional looking to take their career to the next level. We are looking to recruit to a Band 3, which will progress to a Band 4 upon satisfactory completion of set out training, competences, and experience, or to Band 4 if all competencies and experience have been achieved.

Main duties of the job

The role will support the Assistant Business Accountant in the provision of financial information, analysis, and advice to budget holders.

You will support with the production of monthly financial management information, completing variance analysis and forecasting.

You will report to the Assistant Business Accountant and aid with costings.
You will also assist in the budget setting process and reporting systems that enable an effective financial management service to Planned Care/Unplanned Care.

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff.  We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system.  Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.