SLR & Costing Finance Manager - Band 7
Full-time
Manager
Bristol, BS10 5NB, England
7 months ago
The Costing Finance Manager is key to calculating and reporting the Trusts patient level costs to the Finance Business Partners a.....
The Costing Finance Manager is key to calculating and reporting the Trusts patient level costs to the Finance Business Partners and external organisations.You will be managed by the Costing Business Partner and have managerial responsibility for the Cost Analyst as well as working closely with other members of the Income and Productivity Team.You will support the Costing Business Partner in the preparation and submission of the National Cost Collection dataset as well as any further national or regional requirements. You will provide assurance to the Finance Business Partners of the quality of historic and estimated costing information through completion of a comprehensive analytical review process.You will provide analytical support throughout the Trust to support effective management of resources. This will require meeting with relevant stakeholders including Medical Staff, Nurses, Administrative staff, and Management.You will lead on the quarterly service line reporting and alert the Costing Business Partner of development requirements.You will provide a high quality analytical service to the Finance Business Partners and Divisions.You will work directly with staff at all levels within the Trust to develop accurate and detailed patient level costing information and accessible reporting.You will be accountable to the Costing Business Partner for the adherence to Trust financial policies and procedures, statutory requirements, and requirements from Department of Health, Monitor and the Trust Development Agency.Ideally the postholder will be qualified with a CCAB or equivalent qualification and have significant experience within finance and be fully committed to Continuous Professional Development. Applicants who are not fully qualified and fulfil all other criteria may be shortlisted, however would be paid at a non-qualified pay rate until full qualification is achieved. Key Result Areas: Productivity & EfficiencyClinical EngagementFinance & Business PlanningReportingExpert Advice & TrainingPatient Level CostingInformation ManagementDecision SupportIncome, Activity & CapacityAnalysis and Data QualityLine Management Main Tasks and Responsibilities: 1. Productivity & Efficiency 1.1 Provide costing and productivity information and support business partners, other members of the finance team and clinical teams to utilise this information. 1.2 To maintain monthly unit cost calculations with year-on-year comparisons and distinguish between cost increase / reduction and decreased / increased levels of activity. 2. Clinical Engagement 2.1 To work collaboratively with clinicians using Service Line Reporting and the Patient Level Costing applications to support the development of effective and efficient clinical pathways. 3. Finance & Business Planning 3.1 To maintain the Service Line Reporting and National Cost Collection models and co-ordinate the review and approval process within the Divisions. 3.2 To assist the Costing Business Partner with the Business planning process. 3.3 To record and maintain a record of non-recurring items in order to understand the Divisions underlying financial position. 3.4 To understand and report on key variances between annual financial performance. 4. Reporting 4.1 To develop and maintain a suite of Service Line Reports using the patient level cost information on a quarterly basis. 4.2 To provide and narrate a general variance analysis of quarterly service line performance. 4.3 To prepare presentations in a format suitable for the audience to be used by the Finance Business Partners to present to Senior Management. 4.4 To develop a collaborative and visual style of presenting financial and business information to Divisional colleagues. 5. Expert Advice & Training 5.1 To provide expert advice to the Divisional stake holders on costing policies and systems. 6. Patient Level Costing 6.1 To operate the costing engine to process activity and financial data feeds to calculate complete patient level costs for the whole Trust on a quarterly basis. 6.2 To maintain fixed overhead apportionment tables within the costing engine by updating them with the latest information available to ensure accurate apportionment of overhead costs. 6.3 To continually work towards improving the accuracy of matching loops, allocations and cost drivers within the cost engine to ensure accurate allocation of direct and indirect costs. 7. Information Management 7.1 To maintain a good working relationship with members of the Business Intelligence team, keeping them informed of required changes to PLICS data feeds and work with them to pull in new datasets as required. 8. Decision Support 8.1 To provide appropriate financial information in order to facilitate decision making. 9. Income, Activity & Capacity 9.1 With the support of the Commissioning Income team, co-ordinate reporting within the Service Line Reports of NHS Clinical Income including any anomalies and areas for improvement. 10. Analysis and Data Quality 10.1 Use Excel and SQL to analyse costing datasets to answer queries and identify data quality issues. 10.2 Work with the Business Intelligence and Finance teams to identify data quality issues, their implications for accurate costing calculations and develop workstreams for short and long term solutions. 11. Line Management * 11.1 To deputise for the Costing Business Partner with line management responsibility for the Cost Analyst, incorporating both day to day management as necessary and annual appraisals. * Banding and line management responsibility will depend on experience and qualification status.
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