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Job overview

The role has been designed specifically with the objective of providing the post holder 
with the relevant practical experience and support to progress to Senior Management 
Accounts Officer level and support them with their academic studies.
The post-holder will work within a team, assisting Accountants and Accounts Officers in 
the provision of high quality and accurate financial information to internal and external 
stakeholders. This objective will be achieved through a combination of financial systems 
work, e.g., General Ledger and ESR (Electronic Staff Record), project work and the 
utilisation of Microsoft Office products such as Excel and Word. The post-holder will also 
undertake specific directed tasks such as data entry as well as the preparation of 
spreadsheets and other financial information.
The post-holder will be required to communicate, both verbally and in writing, with 
operational staff, budget-holders and other staff within the Finance Department

Main duties of the job

Trainee Financial Management Accountant

The FPBU’s Corporate Team is looking to recruit to  new B4-6 Trainee Financial Management Accountant posts to work across all Corporate functions. Working alongside the Deputy Corporate Accountants you will have the opportunity to gain experience working across all Corporate functions including, HR, Finance, Medical Director, Informatics and IM&T within a group organisation which covers many hospitals and sites.  

Our team is innovative and continually challenges itself to provide services which support Corporate Directors to assist them manage their departments and to support them in providing high quality patient care.  Innovations such as Day 1 monthly reporting are routine and the successful candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment.

Excellent inter-personal and communication skills are essential with the ability to communicate  financial issues effectively with both non-finance and finance staff.  Strong analytical skills are also critical.

For more information and an informal chat please contact Ray Chikwale or Tehmena Ishtiaq,  [email protected] or Tehmena@[email protected].

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.