Management Accounting Assistant (Sponsorship Available) at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The post holder will provide support to the Divisional Accounting Assistant in the delivery of the financial and statutory obligations of the Trust’s Financial Management function.

The role involves responsibility for producing financial information and providing support to a group of clinical and departmental budget holders.

The post holder will be a key member of the Trust’s Finance Department and contribute to the delivery of its overall objectives. They will also be a member of the divisional team, providing financial and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues.

The role will support aspects of service area financial and business performance and financial management processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

Job Details

• Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Job Title: Management Accounting Assistant

• Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year

• Job Type: Full-time

• Closing Date: 16 November 2026

Main Duties of the Job

Working with the Divisional Accounting Assistant, the post holder will develop and produce information to support accurate and timely monthly performance reports for presentation at service meetings and to feed into the Trust’s position for internal and external corporate reporting. There will be a requirement to discuss this review with budget holders.

To achieve this, the post holder will be expected to work with clinicians and budget holders within the service area to model financial information to enable informed decision-making on business processes and plans, which improve and enhance the overall productivity of the Trust.

The post holder will provide detailed information to support the development of robust financial forecasts. They will support the annual planning process and associated work streams.

They will deputise for the Divisional Accounting Assistant as and when necessary.

About Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care provided to local communities.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for local communities – from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, the Group is their local NHS. It provides general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.

The Group operates from five hospital sites:

• Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.

• Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.

• Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provides specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community.

• Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year.

• The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee and maintain spreadsheets and records to assist the Directorate Accountants in ensuring that income and expenditure is recorded accurately. Discuss routine queries with internal managers and external bodies where necessary. Financial information and reports are produced in a timely and accurate manner. Queries are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.

• Take a lead role in analysing income and expenditure, identifying variances, investigating where necessary and reporting to the Directorate Accountants. High-quality information is provided to Directorate Accountants for review.

• Reconcile the control accounts on a monthly basis and maintain appropriate documentation on file. All control accounts are fully reconciled and signed off in line with the agreed timetable for completion.

• Ensure that budget reconciliations are completed on a monthly basis, and that appropriate documentation and analyses are kept on file. All Budget Reconciliations are fully reconciled and signed off in line with the agreed timetable for completion.

• Develop a detailed understanding of the General Ledger, to be able to use the system to ensure that data is input and information accessed where necessary. Confident working knowledge of Oracle General Ledger.

• Develop a detailed understanding of the recharge system, assist the Directorate Accountants in setting recharge budgets and oversee the monthly input of recharge information between Directorates. Be able to respond to queries from budget holders regarding recharges and resolve queries from other Trusts. Complete all necessary work in respect of recharge systems in line with the agreed timetable, and respond to all queries effectively.

• Raise ad hoc requests for invoices to be raised and ensure the income is recorded. Invoices are raised within the agreed timetable.

• Assist in the Annual budget setting process for Directorates, develop an awareness of the Business Planning process and support the Directorate Accountants in producing financial information relating to it. Recognition from Directorate Accountants of support provided.

• Produce the budget information in Excel format from the General Ledger system on a monthly basis, ensuring that all data is reconciled and updated prior to being sent to the Directorates. Financial information is produced to a high level of quality in terms of presentation, within agreed timescales.

• Assist in the provision of reference cost and financial flows information. Develop sufficient knowledge and provide support when required.

• Contribute to the smooth and efficient functioning of the finance function by performing ad hoc duties as and when required, especially to ensure the fulfilment of any statutory financial information requirements. Be responsive and flexible when required.

• Provide financial information to, or answer queries from, the Directorates when requested in a timely manner and, when requested, attend meetings in the absence of the Divisional Accounting Assistant. Directorates are satisfied with responses received.

• Assist the Directorate Accountant where necessary in the provision of information and costs relating to specialist contracts. Develop sufficient knowledge and provide support when required.

• Assist the Directorate Accountants in calculating and monitoring costs of projects. Develop sufficient knowledge and provide support when required.

• Support the training process when required, both in terms of finance and non-finance staff. Favourable feedback where training is undertaken.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• AAT Technician Level 4 or equivalent.

• GCSE Maths and English language or equivalent.

Desirable

– Relevant degree.

Knowledge

Desirable

– Knowledge of NHS finance processes.

Skills

Essential

– Possess a high degree of numeracy and accuracy and the ability to work with spreadsheets to provide high-quality financial information.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to organize their own work and demonstrate initiative required to ensure that all tasks are completed.

• Possess good communication skills in order to work effectively.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

How to Apply

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