Financial Management Trainee

Job summary

This is a rotational role, and the successful candidate will gain key experience in Income, Management Accounts and Financial services positions over a 3 year period.

Key Character Traits are:

• Willingness to learn and adapt to different roles
• Strong Analytical skills and ability to interpret information
• Clear and Effective Communication skills
• Resilient, Ambitious and Dedicated
• Time Management and ability to deal with conflicting demands

Despite being a small trust, you will gain a wide range of exposure and there are a number of exciting projects underway at Liverpool Women's. This role represents an excellent personal and career development opportunity for the right candidate. Upon completion of the 3-year period the candidate will have extensive experience across valuable roles in the finance department and ready to take the next step in their career.

LWH positively welcomes diversity and aims to be a truly inclusive place to work. We are looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic people from all backgrounds that care about making a difference. Informal visits/chats are welcomed, and our Inclusion and Diversity manager is available for support and to answer any questions that you may have. Being the largest employer in Europe the NHS is a world-renowned institution and an exciting place to work, full of challenges, opportunities and the perfect place to start your fledgling finance career.

Main duties of the job

This is a rotational role to enable the post holder to experience all aspects of finance, with a focus on management accounting.This will include1. Management accounting placements (approximately 12 months). This will cover assisting the management accounting team in variance analysis and month end procedures including journals and accruals. Involvement in budget setting, forecasting and costing will be required.2. Income placement (approximately 12 months). The post holder will assist with service line reporting and the annual Reference Costs return, as well as providing support through the contract round and in tariff development.3. Financial services placements (approximately 12 months). The post holder will work in at least one of either Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable to obtain transactional financial services experience.4. Other Areas. The post holder will also have theopportunity to work in another area of finance, such as Patient Level Costing/ServiceLine Reporting, financial planning or project work.? Study support to obtain a professional qualification will be provided. Whilst the post holder may not have any professional qualifications at the beginning of the programme, it is expected that by the end of it he or she will have achieved part qualified status.It is expected that the post holder will progress into a part-qualified role after 36 months

About us

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and families. Each year we deliver over 7,000 babies, carry out over 10,000 gynaecological procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly & preterm newborns, and perform around 1,000 IVF cycles. We believe that this along with a strong dedication to research & innovation makes usthe specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, which has been showcased on national TV and news, making our teams famous across the world for professionalism, skill & compassion.

The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving its services to provide the most cutting edge and modern care possible. As well as developing services on our current site we have long-term aspirations for the future. We have recently launched a number of new strategies which provide a detailed long-term plan for our services. https://vimeo.com/556197652