Main area Finance Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Flexible working with days on site and days working from home.) Job ref 370-ADM6FIN-373a
Employer Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Warrington Hospital Town Warrington Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2025 23:59
Assistant Business Accountant
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The role is to support the Senior Business Accountants within Planned Care in the provision of high quality accurate financial information. Provide analysis and advice to managers within the Trust in the most timely and effective manner, and co-ordinate the production of monthly financial information to facilitate the production of monthly financial reports.
Main duties of the job
The role will support the Senior Business Accountants 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.
In addition, as well as attending regular meetings with budget holders, you will also assist in the budget setting process and reporting systems that enable an effective financial management service to 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**The full details of the role, including main duties and responsibilities are available in the attached full Job Description and Person Specification*
Person specification
Qualifications
* CCAB or CIMA Post Graduate Diploma Level or equivalent experience.
Experience
* Minimum 3 years financial management experience of which 2 years should be in management accounts
* Experience of staff management
* Experience of NHS Finance.
Skills, knowledge and competencies
* Good knowledge of the main aspects of NHS Finance, particularly those relevant to financial management
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent analytical and reasoning skills
* Planning, monitoring and reasoning skills
* Ability to lead change and have a positive influence on others.
* Ability to be both team leader and team player
* Ability to work without supervision and to deliver to deadlines
* Evidence of past achievements and ability to deliver
* Proficient in use of current computer software e.g. Microsoft Office.
* Knowledge of computerised ledger, budgeting systems and coding structures.
Physical skills
* Significant computer use, switch tasks at short notice and unpredictable workload.
Mental effort
* Frequent requirement for concentration when inputting data, checking and reconciling information, making calculations and when answering queries from staff, managers and clinicians.
WHH hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship, there is a minimum set of criteria that must be met and not all roles are eligible. You can find more information on the Government website
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
This vacancy is due to close on the advertised date. However, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible.
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