(Band 8a/8b depending on experience)

The Trust is looking to recruit to a Head of Costing on a 12 month temporary basis. We are seeking to appoint an ambitious, highly motivated, and enthusiastic costing practitioner. A CCAB/CIMA qualified accountant is preferred however, development opportunities are available to individuals working towards their qualifications with extensive costing experience. This would be a fantastic opportunity for anyone wanting to broaden their experience in a range of financial settings.

The Finance Directorate actively promotes training and development within the team, across the Trust and externally. We have developed a comprehensive finance education strategy and hold Level 2 accreditation in Towards Excellence and One NHS Finance, we have also scored in the top 5 finance teams staff survey results for 2 consecutive years. We are an active member of the FSD Network, One NHS Finance, and Towards Excellence scheme. As a Financial Management team we also have embedded a culture of strong teamwork and promoting change to continually work more efficiently.

Will demonstrate a proven track record in delivering results, and possess strong management and communication skills, as well as excellent analytical, technical and IT skills. This role involves interaction with a wide range of budget holders and other stakeholders, and therefore the ability to work under pressure and to manage multiple and conflicting deadlines is essential.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance and working closely with other areas of the Finance Directorate, you will provide a high quality, accurate and timely advice, monitoring and reporting service. The post will be the lead accountant for National Cost Collection, internal PLICS production and maintain the costing system with support from the Costing Accountant and Costing Analyst. You will need to link in in with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the outputs of the costing system are good quality and in line with the national standards.

The post holder will lead in implementing the costing strategy, engagement and benchmarking, the ability to present complex information in an easy-to-understand way and good communication skills are vital. A good understanding of visual display tools, such as Tableau, would be an advantage.

In addition to supporting and deputising for the Assistant Director of Finance when appropriate the post holder with have line management responsibility for the Costing Accountant this includes training and development, workload allocation and all general HR responsibilities (Appraisals, absence management, recruitment, etc.).

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

The Trust is currently operating on a hybrid office and work from home arrangement, which would also apply to this post. There are also other flexible working arrangements available in line with Trust policies and approval process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuing improvement of patient level costingthroughout the trust. This will involve formulating long term strategic plans toensure that it is successfully implemented across the whole organisation.
• Working with divisions to develop and maintain procedures for the recording andanalysis of information relating to the allocation and apportionment of bothincome and costs, thereby enabling profit margins to be measured at aspecialty/departmental level.#
• Develop the trusts understanding of service line reporting, and the implications of patient level costing information to help deliver strategic change.
• To develop and deliver an effective internal communication plan to ensure theboard of directors, management board, divisional boards and clinical forums areaware of and supportive of the patient level information and costing system
• Responsible for the production of the trusts National Cost Collection ensuringthat it is prepared in line with NHS guidance and in accordance with specifiedsubmission timetables.
• Participate in discussions at national level through membership of the PbRcosting group or the national chemotherapy and radiotherapy working groups toensure the complexity of chemotherapy and radiotherapy is adequately reflectedin the plans for developing PbR for cancer treatments.
• Lead benchmarking exercises with other cancer centres, analysing differences incosting and pricing methodologies.
• Advising the Associate Director of Finance Costing and Efficiency on the outcomes of such benchmarking processes andmaking recommendations or organisational change.
• Ensure the delivery of the statutory annual accounts information relevant to the section.
• Responsible for prioritising own work and that of the Costing team.
• To line manage the Costing team including appraisals training and development sickness absence disciplinary matters recruitment and selection decisions personal and career development and workload allocations.
• Provision of financial training to managers, clinicians and all budget holderswithin the division/directorates to ensure that staff are aware of costing systemsand the impact their decisions will have on income and costs.
• Work with the Associate Director of Finance Costing and Efficiency to agree personal objectives, and a personal development plan and keep up to dateprofessionally through mandatory continuing professional development.
• Develop the departments effectiveness in contributing to outstanding standardsand performance in the Trusts overall financial management.
• Development and updating of Trust financial procedure notes where required.
• Respond to internal and external audits and resulting recommendationsregarding issues around probity, financial control and value for money.
• Support the staff of the section in the overall management of the department todeliver key objectives. Provide direction and development opportunities for staffand their teams as appropriate and ensure that human resource management iscarried out effectively.
• This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, but reflects the mainresponsibilities of the post holder. Other duties may be required from time to time,which are commensurate with the grade of the post. This job description is subject toregular review and appropriate modification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• CCAB Qualified Accountant
• ECDL or equivalent experience
• Demonstrate Continuing Professional Development

Experience

Essential

• Post qualification experience at a strategic finance management level
• Have an advanced understanding of financial management and accounting principles
• Expert experience of Financial Management, experience of working in a multi - agency and disciplinary environment to include aspects of: Budgeting, Financial Planning, Performance Management and Costing
• Experience of business planning and implementation

Desirable

• Experience of NHS finance and the NHS financial regime
• Experience of working at an NHS Foundation Trust
• Experience of NHS costing and the National Cost Collection and CTP (Costing Transformation Programme)

Skills

Essential

• Excellent analytical and reasoning skills.
• Ability to prepare and present financial information to non financial people.
• Planning, monitoring and influencing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills to people at all levels within the organisation.
• Proficient in the use of financial systems, including spreadsheets and database packages, and have the ability to develop systems to maximum benefits to users
• Proactive self starter
• Excellent leadership skills
• Ability to lead change and have a positive influence on others
• Evidence of past achievements and ability to deliver

Knowledge

Essential

• Expert knowledge of the NHS financial regime including Payment by Results and the impact on Trust income.
• Possess a robust understanding of financial and activity systems and to be able to extract, interpret, manipulate and present information in a meaningful way
• Significant experience of leading, managing, motivating & developing a team.

Values

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours

Other

Essential

• Be able to manage time effectively, prioritise and deliver to agreed deadlines
• Enthusiasm, determination, motivated and positive.
• Confident approach, hardworking, committed and reliable.

Employer details

Employer name

The Christie NHS FT

Address

Costing - E00782

Manchester

M20 4BX

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