Deputy Management Accountant | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Employer:

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Chester, CH2 1BQ

Pay:

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

Yes

Closing Date:

05/03/2026

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity to join the Finance team as a Band 5 Deputy Management Accountant.

This role provides an excellent platform for an ambitious professional looking to develop their finance career within a strong team.

The team structure provides a clear route of progression in a rewarding and challenging environment.

The Deputy Management Accountant will play a key role in the Management Accounting Team and provide support in providing timely, relevant and accurate financial information to clinical and non-clinical services.

This role will involve remote working/hybrid working however there will be a requirement to work from the office on certain days.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 13/02/2026 and the proposed interview date is 24/02/2026. The successful candidate will be CCAB certificate level or AAT qualified, or with equivalent experience in a busy finance office environment, preferably within the NHS, and will possess excellent communication and organisational skills and a real commitment to excellent service delivery.

This is a key role in supporting the regular monthly processes carried out by the department, as well as supporting the production of annual accounts and the annual planning process.

The post holder must be capable of working to tight deadlines whilst ensuring consistency and accuracy.

You will also be expected to prioritise your workload and demonstrate initiative whilst working alone, and as part of the wider team.

The post holder will take day to day responsibility for a range of budget areas, providing high quality financial monitoring information and offering advice and support to budget holders, as well as being responsible for the supervision of junior members of staff on a rotational basis.

If you feel this is the role for you and you would be interested in joining the Finance team at this exciting time then we would encourage and welcome candidates to make contact with us.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do.

We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date.

P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you ase download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews,…