Job Description

As Finance Officer in the Corporate and Reporting team the postholder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting budget holders, business managers and wider colleagues across the North West Region to ensure the delivery of the regional finance function in line with both regional and national reporting requirements.
In particular the post holder will:

• Provide high quality project, service, initiative and administrative support including information and analysis.
• Undertake reporting and analysis of information to support delivery.
• Work with colleagues to deliver an efficient and effective financial support function.
• Be a key member of the team, whose overarching goal is to enable, promote and support the effective use of data, information, knowledge and technology to deliver reporting requirements and improve, inform and support a portfolio of projects, services, and initiatives.

Main duties of the job

• To assist the Senior Finance Manager in the provision of financial management and financial reporting to support the delivery of national and local priorities and outcomes both in the short and long term.
• Ensure financial information is processed timely, accurately and in accordance with procedures to support internal reporting to managers, directors, staff and clinicians.
• Investigate queries accordingly.

About us
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We lead the NHS in England by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where people can develop and make a difference
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money

Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and waste.
If successful at interview, and where relevant, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Details
Date posted
04 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
31,049 to 37,796 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
10 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
990-NW-432-E
Job locations
Regatta Place
Summers Road
Liverpool
L3 4BL
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached and other supporting documents. Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application. Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached and other supporting documents. Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Minimum Association Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualified
• ed to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Experience in the use of finance systems (ideally Oracle) as part of month end procedures

Desirable

• Previously worked in similar position within the public sector

Skills, capabilities, attributes
Essential

• Skills for manipulating information
• Skills for communication of complex information to non-finance colleagues

Values and behaviours
Essential

• Commitment to and focused on quality promotes, high standards in all they do

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Minimum Association Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualified
• ed to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Experience in the use of finance systems (ideally Oracle) as part of month end procedures

Desirable

• Previously worked in similar position within the public sector

Skills, capabilities, attributes
Essential

• Skills for manipulating information
• Skills for communication of complex information to non-finance colleagues

Values and behaviours
Essential

• Commitment to and focused on quality promotes, high standards in all they do

Skills Required