Costing Systems Analyst

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication and Relationship Skills

Use of high quality oral, written and electronic communication and inter-personal skills to analyse, provide and receive complex, confidential and sensitive information.

Required to be able to work effectively with Finance, Operational and Clinical colleagues, internal and external to the Trust and across all levels, being able to provide cover for corporate finance colleagues as required.

Interpersonal skills and ability to interact and work with colleagues at all levels.

Supportive, positive attitude and approach to work.

Good communication skills, inclusive of verbal and written.

Analytical and judgemental skills

Routinely undertakes complex analysis of data.

Strong analytical skills and inquisitive nature.

Strong process and continuous improvement skills.

Planning and organisational skills

The ability to plan and organise workload to ensure that all deadlines are met.

Able to work independently or as part of a team.

Ability to deliver quality routine and ad-hoc work to tight deadlines and to manage conflicting priorities.

Physical and Mental Skills

High level of IT skills required, including keyboard skills, along with the need for speed and accuracy, understanding and using complex spreadsheets and SQL queries and databases.

Concentration is required in the analysis and modelling of complex data and queries.

Responsibilities of the Post Holder

Ensure the completeness and accuracy of the activity data prior to inclusion in the costing model.

Analyse highly complex costing data to ensure its robustness, exercising judgement in the way that the data is delivered to maximise its use and understanding.

Contribute to benchmarking models which compare Sherwood Forest Hospitals performance internally, with the best in the UK or worldwide where appropriate and provide sufficient analysis and insight to support performance improvement.

Contribute to the development of service line and divisional PLICS reports.

Exercise judgement involving complex data which requires analysis and interpretation. In doing so this will include the exploration of new areas where there may be no or few precedents to rely upon.

Recognise patterns and inter-relationships in disparate sources of data, in order to model, interpret and appropriately advise recipients. The data itself being obtained from a variety of sources, such as financial, clinical, informatics or other systems throughout Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Adopt a pro-active approach to finding and filtering the multitude of available data sources to develop the costing system and its use, in doing so achieve best in class standards.

Support the development and administration of the costing system, including the delivery of quality standards and maintenance.

Support the development of the standard operating procedures for the costing system.

Provide training support relating to costing outputs and interfaces, to Finance and non-Finance staff.

Support the design, production and distribution of routine costing information.

Provide support and cover to the Admin & Systems team and the wider Planning team to ensure resilience.

Ensure full compliance with all financial, information governance and corporate governance procedures issued by Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Person Specification

Personal Values

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values.

Communications and Relationships Skills

Essential

• Possess good verbal & written communication skills and the ability to convey complex information to non-finance managers.
• Be able to demonstrate a commitment to quality and customer focused service.
• Demonstrate tact, diplomacy, confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information.

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• High level knowledge of IT packages, including Word, Excel and computerised finance systems including financial ledger, budgeting and costing systems.
• Good knowledge and understanding of databases and SQL.
• Understanding of finance processes, both financial and management accounting
• A broad knowledge of operational processes in the NHS
• Awareness of audit requirements

Desirable

• Knowledge of NHS National Costing Collection (previously known as Reference Costs) processes and software packages
• Excellent knowledge of databases and SQL.
• Understanding of information processes

Qualifications

Essential

• AAT member or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Degree Level qualification or equivalent experience

Further Training

Essential

• Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development and a commitment to ongoing development.
• Good knowledge in SQL and other relevant programming languages (e.g. M and Qlik)

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of working in the NHS (or similar environment), acquiring specialist knowledge relating to a financial, informatics or systems environment.
• Able to demonstrate experience of working in a customer focused manner (internal & external)
• Highly competent user of Excel
• Experienced user of MS office packages.

Desirable

• Advanced user of Excel
• Able to demonstrate using SQL for development of and querying databases.

Analytical and Judgemental Skills

Essential

• Possess numerical and analytical skills, including the ability to assimilate & interpret complex data and make resultant judgements.
• Be able to understand and interpret costing policies and implement within the costing model.
• Ability to work within policies and procedures with a high degree of autonomy.

Planning and Organisational Skills

Essential

• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a wider team.
• Ability to plan, organise and achieve objectives/tasks set within specified time frames
• Possess excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise conflicting demands.
• Capacity to concentrate to complete and demonstrates attention to detail.

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Ability to work the hours required, to ensure satisfactory performance of duties.
• Willingness to operate on-site and remotely as required.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)