Job Description

This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations. As part of your application, you will be asked to confirm that you are a current employee of The Clatterbridge Centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool Women's Hospital or The Walton Centre.

Overview

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Management Accounts Team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT). LUHFT is one of the UK's largest trusts, serving a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside and providing highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond. The Trust values collaboration, world-class financial management, and staff development.

Details

Date posted: 04 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 287-CEF-268-25

Job locations: Aintree Hospital, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and 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 formed to improve patient care and employs over 16,800 colleagues.

We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Further information about roles at Liverpool Women's can be found on their careers page.

Job responsibilities

• Provide financial information and advice to the Divisional General Manager, Clinical Directors and other managers within the relevant Directorates; meet regularly with these managers to identify potential financial problems and implement corrective action.
• Take overall responsibility for all aspects of budgetary management within the relevant directorates, monitor performance and advise on corrective action; lead in the annual budget setting process.
• Lead the implementation and monitoring of recharging mechanisms to improve budgetary control; authorize expenditure within the Directorates and the advertisement of vacant posts to ensure funding is available.
• Support the development and implementation of Divisional Business Plans in line with the Trust's strategic aims; provide financial and non-financial advice for these plans.
• Provide the Head of Management Accounts with information for corporate reporting, including explaining significant variance movements for the Trust Board Report.
• Assist Clinical Directors and Service Managers in identifying and achieving cost improvement and income generation targets; review existing practices to improve efficiency.
• Contribute to the development of new costing and budgeting methodologies for managerial and commercial purposes.
• Review Aintree costs relative to national norms and other provider units; verify significant variations.
• Monitor services provided to other Trusts under Service Level Agreements and renegotiate SLAs as necessary.
• Take financial responsibility in competitive tendering to ensure best value; prepare financial option appraisal reports for presentation to the Trust board with recommendations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: CCAB Qualified Accountant
• Essential: Evidence of commitment to continued professional development
• Desirable: Educated to degree level

Experience

• Essential: Post-qualification experience; evidence of innovative analysis of complex financial and performance data; experience of staff management/development; track record of achievement
• Desirable: NHS financial management experience; experience of working with senior managers and clinicians

Knowledge

• Essential: In-depth knowledge of financial planning, budgetary strategy & control, NHS Trust financial regime, and NHS business case processes

Skills

• Essential: Highly numerate; ability to lead and motivate staff; open and developmental leadership style; commitment to staff development; decisive with sound judgement; knowledge of HR policies
• Essential: Strategic and innovative thinking; excellent written and verbal communication across varied audiences; strong influencing and negotiation skills; proficient in Microsoft Office and financial modelling

Desirable

• Desirable: Understanding of NHS structures; knowledge of the acute hospital environment

Other

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a DBS disclosure will be required.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship will be considered alongside other applications. For information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Aintree Hospital, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool L9 7AL. Website: LiverpoolFT.nhs.uk