Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Manager role in Costing Team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
The post holder will lead the costing team at STH, promoting the use of costing and SLR data throughout the trust and ensuring we make the most of the information available.
The post holder will work closely with the Head of Costing and Contracting in driving the costing agenda, particularly in the move towards quarterly SLR reporting with a focus on increasing engagement in costing processes.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will perform a key role managing and promoting SLR and PLICs within the Trust. In particular the post-holder will:
- Lead the costing team and ensure the successful production of the Trust's submissions in the Trust National Cost Collection in line with the national guidance and approved methodologies.
- Help develop the robustness of the process of Service Line Reporting (SLR) arrangements within the Trust in order to assess the profitability of each specialty and sub-specialty.
- Drive the costing agenda at the trust including the implementation of quarterly monitoring and usage of SLR dashboards
- Promote the usage of the SLR data across the trust to both finance and non-finance colleagues
- Train and develop members of the finance team in the usage of the SLR and PLICs data
- Lead on the production of Education & Training reference costs
- Ensure costing information is available to be applied to influence and change and operational performance within the Trust.
- Work closely with the Financial Improvement section providing a wide range of analysis and information based on costing data to aid the Use of Resources agenda.
About us
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust manages the five adult hospitals and many of the Community Health Services in Sheffield and is one of the UK's busiest NHS Trusts.We employ around 18,000 staff and provide around one million patient episodes each year, making us the second largest NHS trust in England.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Relevant Postgraduate Qualification
- Honours degree
Experience
Essential
- Sufficient relevant post qualification experience
- Working Knowledge of finance and accounting practices, procedures and policies particularly pertinent to the NHS
- Knowledge of NHS Information issues and their application to Costing
- Demonstrable experience of the management, co-ordination and direction of a Team of Staff producing timely and accurate information.
- Demonstrable experience of the full range of management accounting and / or costing duties
- Experience of financial systems and in particular demonstrably good IT skills including Advanced Excel skills and Budgeting software
- Experience of promotion / engagement of non-finance staff in the use of financial information
Desirable
- NHS Finance in an Acute Hospital
- Experience of Integrated ledger systems
- SQL Skills
Skills
Essential
- Technical Competence High degree of numeracy.
- Technical Competence Understanding and interpretation skills necessary to perform technical expert adviser role
- Technical Competence Skills to concentrate for short or longer periods of time depending on the nature of the issue.
- Professional credibility - Good communication skills
- Professional credibility - Verbal reasoning
- Leadership & Management - Sound judgement and decision making based on complex facts, situations and strategic perspective
- Drive, Delivery & Motivation - Ability to work under own initiative.
Further Training
Essential
Further Training
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Relevant Postgraduate Qualification
- Honours degree
Experience
Essential
- Sufficient relevant post qualification experience
- Working Knowledge of finance and accounting practices, procedures and policies particularly pertinent to the NHS
- Knowledge of NHS Information issues and their application to Costing
- Demonstrable experience of the management, co-ordination and direction of a Team of Staff producing timely and accurate information.
- Demonstrable experience of the full range of management accounting and / or costing duties
- Experience of financial systems and in particular demonstrably good IT skills including Advanced Excel skills and Budgeting software
- Experience of promotion / engagement of non-finance staff in the use of financial information
Desirable
- NHS Finance in an Acute Hospital
- Experience of Integrated ledger systems
- SQL Skills
Skills
Essential
- Technical Competence High degree of numeracy.
- Technical Competence Understanding and interpretation skills necessary to perform technical expert adviser role
- Technical Competence Skills to concentrate for short or longer periods of time depending on the nature of the issue.
- Professional credibility - Good communication skills
- Professional credibility - Verbal reasoning
- Leadership & Management - Sound judgement and decision making based on complex facts, situations and strategic perspective
- Drive, Delivery & Motivation - Ability to work under own initiative.
Further Training
Essential
Further Training
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
