Directorate Accountant | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual to join the AUH Medicine Financial Management Team within Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The role of the Directorate Accountant is to support and advise Managers and budget holders on all aspects of financial management in the provision of a comprehensive financial management service, meeting internal and external reporting requirements, in an accurate, timely, and relevant manner, enabling managers to provide an efficient and effective service within the resources available. Contributing significantly to the completion of statutory returns such as final accounts.

Support the AUH Medicine Financial Management Team and assist and deputise for the Deputy and Head of Finance for AUH Medicine.

To support and advise Directors and other budget holders on all financial management matters in the provision of a comprehensive financial management service, meeting internal and external reporting requirements, in an accurate, timely and relevant manner, enabling managers to provide an efficient and effective service within the resources available. Contributing significantly to the completion of statutory returns such as final accounts, monitoring returns, the eric return and reference costs

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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The postholder will support individual directorates in all aspects of decision making.

The post holder is expected to act independently whilst taking decisions and only seeks help on matters of clarification.

Taking the lead in all financial issues and reporting to the Divisional Accountant.

Works to agreed, usually demanding, deadlines and works autonomously in achieving this.

Represents the Divisional Accountant and on occasion the Assistant Director of Finance.

Works within a multidisciplinary team, in an integral part of the senior management team within finance.

Discusses complex financial queries with staff and budget holders.

Discusses financial issues with budget holders which may be contentious, for example, Cash Releasing Efficiency Saving, month end overspends.

Provides advice and interpretation on complex financial issues to non-finance managers.