An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Costing Team, within the Finance Department at West London NHS Trust, as Business Support and Costing Accountant on a full time basis.

This role is key to the production, management and communication of costing data within the Trust.

The role supports the Trust's operational teams and managers as well as the finance team. The role will also support the Trust's submission to NHSE's annual National Costing Collection, the annual NHS Benchmarking framework return and the quarterly SLR production.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual. You will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have significant analytical and logical abilities in working with complex data. We are looking for a highly organised individual who is able to contribute to projects on a day-to-day basis. You should be confident, self-motivated and be able to assist in data manipulation of large volumes of data.

Previous NHS finance knowledge would be advantageous but not essential.

The finance department has a strong culture of personal and professional development with a track record of developing team members to progress their career internally within the department. The department is accredited for training and CPD with CIMA, ACCA, and AAT and has recently achieved FFF level 2 accreditation.

Main duties of the job

The role will contribute to the Trust's annual comprehensive National Cost Collection (NCC) submission, be instrumental in sharing with clinical areas their costs, providing training to finance and non-finance staff where necessary and maintaining the monthly production of SLR and various reports that inform Trust Management of the performance of their areas.

The post holder will work closely with the Business Intelligence team and is responsible for ensuring that data received is in the required format with acceptable data quality, and successfully imports into the Trust's costing system. The post holder will also work closely with the Management Accountants to ensure that expenditure and income is correctly coded and linked to the chart of accounts.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is �426m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified at diploma level in an accounting based qualification e.g. AAT, degree level
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Working towards a professional qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience and knowledge of costing services within the NHS
• Experience and knowledge of costing services within the NHS
• Experience of using computerised financial systems
• NHS experience
• Ability to analyse, investigate, summarise and present complex data appropriately to a range of audiences

Desirable

• Experience of Integra and CostMaster
• Experience of using Microsoft SQL
• Experience of using PowerBI
• An understanding of the information flows within the NHS

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of Microsoft and Powerpoint
• Sound knowledge of NHS statutory reporting, finance policy and NHS legislation
• Knowledge of the Approved Costing Guidance (ACG)

Desirable

• Knowledge of PowerBI

Skills

Essential

• Ability to interpret data and present it as clear information
• Able to work on own initiative and plan daily workload and priorities
• Proactive approach in the development of ideas, initiatives and data quality
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to work under pressure and in a flexible manner to meet the current demand
• Highly methodical and organised
• High level of numeracy with good problem solving and attention to detail

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Trust HQ

Southall

UB2 4SD

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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