Divisional Accounting Assistant - Financial Management

The post holder will provide support to the Directorate Accountant in the delivery of financial and statutory

obligations of the Trusts Financial Management function. Responsibility for producing financial information

and providing support to a group of clinical and departmental budget holders. To be a key member of the

Trust’s Finance Department and contribute to the delivery of its overall objectives.

They will be a member of the divisional team, providing complex financial and business information to

clinical and non-clinical colleagues. They will support aspects of service area financial and business

performance and financial management processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

Working with the Directorate Accountant, 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

Trusts 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 the 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 support the Directorate Accountant in the preparation of robust financial forecasts to

be agreed with the Finance Manager and Head of Finance. This will include supporting the planning process

and associated work streams.

They will deputise for the Directorate Accountant as and when necessary.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

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 elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. 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 bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paul Burke Job title: Head of Finance Email address: PAUL.BURKE@liverpoolft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0151 529 3443