North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our minimum selection criteria at each stage of the selection process. We will not tolerate discrimination on any of the following: gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, religion, age, disability, working pattern, caring responsibilities trade union activity or political beliefs-or any other grounds.
In October 2025 we published our Anti-racist Statement, which sets out our key commitments to becoming an anti-racist organisation. These commitments underpin our recruitment practices and reflect our dedication to creating a diverse, inclusive, and representative workforce.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of staff from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. We encourage applications from all backgrounds to improve the diversity of our workforce and to better reflect the communities we serve to provide the right care, at the right time, in the right place; every time.
The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a large number of applications are received.
We also offers a range of excellent benefits including a pension scheme, up to 33 days Annual leave (exclusive of bank holidays), training and development opportunities, access to NHS discounts, Car Lease Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, NHS Mortgages and Childcare Vouchers.
Job overview
Do you have the passion, motivation and enthusiasm to work in the NHS and contribute towards ensuring that NHS financial resources are optimised, accurately reported and achieve the very best value for money for taxpayers and service users? Are you a qualified accountant? Can you support Trusts capital programme? Do you want to work in a small, professional, experienced, and friendly team with the opportunity to learn new skills? If the answer to these questions is yes, then we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join the Finance Directorate. This role is ideal to develop, or further develop, a career within NHS Finance.
The role will provide support to Chief Financial Accountant to monitor Trust’s capital programme. It requires strong interpersonal skills and experience working collaboratively across different teams. The chosen candidate will question, investigate, and ensure high financial standards whilst answering ad hoc queries from various members of finance team and operational managers. As this role requires sifting through large amount of data IT skills are essential, particular in Microsoft Excel. In addition, the post holder will contribute to reporting of the Trust level capital position, providing a great development opportunity for the successful candidate.
Main duties of the job
As Capital Accountant, you will support Chief Financial Accountant in respect of all financial accounting aspects of the Trusts capital programme, fixed assets and leases, ensuring the Trust’s monthly financial position and annual statutory accounts can be reported in line with accounting standards and guidance, and within allocated limits.
* provides accurate and timely monthly monitoring information in respect of expenditure against the Trust’s capital programme.
* Maintains the Trust’s fixed assets register
* Leads accounting for leases under IFRS16 by maintaining the Trust’s register of leases and monthly leases reconciliations.
The finance team operates agile working with staff working from home and the office, which is based in Ladybridge Hall, Bolton. The office is open Monday to Friday. Ability to travel across the Northwest is required for occasional face to face meetings if needed.
Benefits include: 27 days annual leave, plus general public holidays, rising to 29 days after five years’ NHS service and then 33 days after 10 years’ NHS service; NHS pension scheme; Access to extensive learning and development; Blue Light Card, NHS discounts; Salary sacrifice schemes - car scheme, childcare vouchers, cycle to work and home electronics; and Salary finance.
NWAS is committed to employing compassionate, inclusive and adaptive leaders.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English (grade C or above)
Experience
* Substantial experience of working in an NHS finance function, ideally within a Trust (min 3 years).
* Technical experience of Capital accounting and Capital asset management.
* Experience of supporting the development of complex business cases for significant investments.
* Experience of investment appraisal and supporting methodologies.
* Experience of completing Capital statutory returns.
* Experience of financial modelling and business planning.
Values and behaviours
* Working together – demonstrate collaborative and inclusive working and challenge behaviour that is not inclusive or acceptable
Any offer of employment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information, provide false or misleading information.
A valid right to work and identity check
Reference checks - This will cover a minimum of a three year period and will include a request for the number of days and occasions of sickness absence covering a minimum two year period. In line with equality legislation, the earliest point at which we will ask health related questions is when an offer of employment has been made. Absences related to disability may be excluded from these considerations; consideration would be given as to what would be a reasonable attendance level, based on the information available. Absences related to pregnancy, maternity and/or gender reassignment will be excluded from these considerations. Detailed information on the NHS Employment Checks Standards is available on the NHS Employers website; search ‘employment checks’.
DBS Checks - If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made for this disclosure.
Occupational Health - You will require satisfactory medical clearance.
Whilst not a condition of employment, all staff are encouraged to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best lined of defence against COVID-19.
From 1st September 2018, Section 2 of the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions will automatically apply to the calculation of unsocial hours for all appointments that commence in post from this date (except secondments).
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