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Job summary

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Accountant
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
370-ADM8aFIN-1708
Employer
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Warrington and Halton Hospitals
Town
Warrington
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/06/2025 23:59
Interview date
16/07/2025

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Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Corporate Accountant

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Due to a retirement within the team, our award winning HFMA Finance Team of the Year 2020 is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Corporate Accountant to join our team.

We are looking for individuals with strong analytical and communication skills to provide expert business and finance knowledge and advice to corporate, clinical and operational staff to help ensure long term financial stability and viability.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on challenge, is highly motivated and with the drive, enthusiasm, and ability to work in a strategically challenging and rewarding healthcare environment. 

The interview process will consist of an interview including a 10-minute presentation.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with a range of Corporate Services, playing a significant role in supporting delivery of the Trust’s objectives in providing a high quality and patient focused finance service including assisting in managing budgets, planning service developments, identifying and achieving CIP targets and supporting revenue requests. We are keen to support innovation and build upon recent initiatives such as implementing Working Day 1 and using Power BI dashboards.

You will be a team player with a keen eye for detail.  You will be proficient in influencing others, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate clearly and concisely at all levels. 

You will be a fully qualified CCAB accountant. 

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

To provide high quality financial information, support and advice to managers and clinicians in a range of corporate divisions.  Responsible for a team of management accounts staff to ensure that budgets are set correctly, updated as necessary and monitored continually during the year producing accurate and regular management reports and financial information.

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • CCAB Qualified Accountant
  • Continuing Professional Development (mandatory to retain qualification)
  • ECDL or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant senior level experience in financial management
  • Significant senior level post qualification experience
  • Experience in producing business cases and involvement in business planning
  • Experience of staff management
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of NHS Finance
  • Experience of producing training plans

Skills & knowledge

Essential criteria
  • In depth 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
  • Ability to lead change and have a positive influence on others
  • Evidence of past achievements and ability to deliver
  • Motivated and positive

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lynn Simpson
Job title
Head of Management Accounts
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01925 662354
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