Assistant Finance Manager - Costing

Job summary

The Assistant Finance Manager - Costing is a key member of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust's costing team with a focus on the following areas:

Undertaking the costing of services including National Cost Collection returns, patient level costing (PLICS) submissions and Service Line Reporting.

Producing timely and accurate management information which requires both technical knowledge of accounting procedures and an understanding of the business of the Trust.

Providing costing and financial information for internal and external purposes.

You will:

• Produce patient level costing (PLICS) data.
• ProduceTrust mandatory national cost collection returns.
• Liaise with Clinical Informatics, IT system administrators and Clinical Departments to obtain and understand data to be used in the production of costing, service line reporting and other returns.
• Work with Clinicians and managers in the Trust to understand how services are delivered and reflect this in costing and reporting systems.
• Deputise for the Project Accountant as required.

Main duties of the job

• Developing and preparing high quality costing information to support the annual costing returns cycle, the development of Patient Level Costing (PLICS), value based healthcare, benchmarking and service improvements.
• Submitting costing returns to tight deadlines and in accordance with costing guidance.
• Responsible for the administration of the costing system and to be integral to developments, including the incorporation of new data sources.
• Managing an end to end process of developing cost methodologies and reporting cost data, where there is no precedent.
• Develop areas of expertise and act as a point of contact.
• Proactively work to continuously improve current costing methodologies with internal and external stakeholders. Identifying potential costing developments to enhance the quality and accuracy of the information.
• Handle large volumes of cost data from a multitude of sources and be responsible for converting into meaningful intelligence and clear messages for internal and external use.
• Be an expert in costing intelligence and data analytics (including Power BI and SQL), developing analytical tools to assist in data interrogation and presentation of data both internally and externally.
• Work in a customer focused manner with a range of internal and external stakeholders, including finance colleagues, service managers and clinicians to provide costing advice on complex costing data and queries.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.