Finance Analyst Band 5

This role’s primary focus will be the monitoring, analysis and reporting of financial information relating to the Trust’s Waiting List Initiatives.

The candidate will be working with a small team of 3 staff who are very experienced and will provide support to the successful candidate.

The postholder will assist in the monitoring and reporting of financial information, and provision of costing and benchmarking, to support decision making within the Trust: collating, analysing, interpreting and presenting high quality information, considering the use of new technologies, in particular to improve usability and accessibility of information for non-finance managers. This post will have a special responsibility for Elective Care, in particular, Waiting List Initiatives.

• Operational Delivery
• Support the Trust’s Elective Care Waiting List Initiatives with regards to costing, modelling and monitoring. Assist with the production of person level costs for both hospital and community sectors, required by the Department of Health/SPPG, work
• Support the development of the regional costing system to realise the full potential for the Trust
• The post holder will provide costing information and advice to support in the development of patient level costing, supporting the Band 6 Finance Officer and other senior colleagues across the Organisation
• Assist in developing close links with service and Information staff to obtain and develop the activity information required to support costing
• Support the production of returns to external income providers such as Supporting People
• The post holder will assist in the analysis of trust Revenue allocations and assist in the completion of post project evaluations
• Provide support to Trust departments in ad hoc costing exercises and projects
• Liaise with professional managers and other senior staff in the discharge of duties and responsibilities
• Benchmarking, Productivity and Efficiency
• Assist with the analysis and presentation of business intelligence information using a range of communication and data visualisation tools
• Provide support to managers across the Trust in the use of costing and benchmarking information: to improve quality, understanding and ownership of the information and to progress the productive and efficient use of resources
• Innovation and Quality Improvement
• Promote a continuous improvement culture within Financial Planning and the wider Finance directorate with particular focus on Information Technology developments

• (Please note that Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd require original certificates as proof of all qualifications listed on CV)
• 4 years’ experience of extraction, analysis and presentation of a range of data from a complex database/dataset1 using analysis and query tools in a practical work environment
• OR
• Diploma for Accounting Technicians (ATI) or equivalent (Level 5 qualification) with 2 years’ experience of extraction, analysis and presentation of a range of data from a complex database/dataset1 using analysis and query tools in a practical work
• OR
• An honours degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Information Technology or other discipline
• Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment
• (This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved)
• Ability to extract data from complex databases/datasets1 using analysis and query tools
• Ability to analyse, interpret and present complex statistical information from a range of systems/sources
• Be proficient in the use Microsoft Office suite of programmes i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Teams
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Effective planning and organisational skills
• Ability to use own initiative to identify problems and solutions
• A complex database/dataset is defined as multi-table/file database with numerous linkages or a dataset across multiple databases/sources
• Knowledge of structure and function of the Trust.
• Knowledge and understanding of the key finance issues within Health and Social Care.