Management Accounts Assistant (Sponsorship Available) at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Employer: The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Job Title: Management Accounts Assistant
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Salary: £27,485 to £30,162 per annum
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 11 March 2026

Job Summary

To provide an effective, high quality Financial Management service to managers and clinicians.

Provide monthly financial management reports, provide support and advice for managers, undertake financial analyses and investigate queries.

Ensure that all relevant financial procedures and guidance are adhered to.

Main Duties of the Job

• In conjunction with Management Accountants provide accurate and timely financial information to non-financial managers, incorporating both financial and non-financial data.

• Responsible for producing draft budget statements for review by Finance Manager.

• Maintain and update information in the finance systems, including the calculation of accruals and prepayments, reviewing interfaces from other systems such as payroll and NHS Supplies and the calculation of recharge invoices.

• Calculate pay costs for both existing staff establishments and proposed developments. Work with managers to ensure that non-pay budgets reflect the current activity within relevant service areas.

• Organise and undertake monthly meetings with budget holders where appropriate, to review the financial statements and associated reports. Ensure that variances are highlighted to budget managers, where necessary advising on the causes.

• Help ensure the full commitment of expenditure within the relevant accounting periods and assist in the month end financial reporting process.

• Act independently and show initiative under the supervision of the Deputy Head of Finance.

• Provide administrative support to the Management Accounts team as well as the Deputy Chief Finance Officer.

• Assist in the sending out of budget statements and nominal rolls as required by the financial reporting timetable.

About The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for Investors in People. The Trust invests in people and wellbeing standards and has been awarded Gold status for both.

The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything it does. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services, the Trust is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and champions change throughout the field of neuroscience.

Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. Teams across the site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified to AAT Level 3 (or equivalent) or nearing completion.

• Willing to work towards AAT Level 4 (or equivalent).

• 5 GCSE passes (Grade C+) incl. Maths / English.

• Willing to undertake further training as applicable to the post.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience in a relevant finance environment.

• Ability to analyse, interpret and communicate useful finance information from large volumes of data in accordance with strict timetables.

• Experience of working to strict deadlines.

• Knowledge and understanding of fundamental accounting principles.

• Ability to plan own workload in order to meet strict weekly, monthly and annual deadlines and reassess workload for changing priorities.

• Ability to work under pressure with constant interruptions at the same time as using considerable prolonged concentration.

Desirable

• Knowledge of NHS Financial procedures.

• Knowledge of budgeting and planning.

• Knowledge and understanding of financial transactions and accounting procedures.

Skills & Attributes

Essential

• Good written and verbal communication and numeracy skills.

• High professional standards.

• IT literate, including knowledge of spreadsheets and word packages and computerised finance systems.

• High level of numeracy, literacy and legibility.

• Reliability, speed and accuracy of information produced.

• Confident approach.

Additional Information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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.

How to Apply

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