Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- 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
Employer heading
Assistant Business Accountant
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The role is to support the Senior Business Accountants within Unplanned 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 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.
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
Essential criteria
- CCAB or CIMA Post Graduate Diploma Level or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 3 years financial management experience of which 2 years should be in management accounts
- Experience of staff management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of NHS Finance.
Skills, knowledge and competencies
Essential criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- Significant computer use, switch tasks at short notice and unpredictable workload.
Mental effort
Essential criteria
- Frequent requirement for concentration when inputting data, checking and reconciling information, making calculations and when answering queries from staff, managers and clinicians.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Milburn
- Job title
- Senior Business Accountant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Paul Ellison, Business Accountant
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