Description

The closing date is 25 September 2024

Job summary

The Finance Analyst is responsible for providing accurate, timely, consistent and efficient analytical information to support management decision making. This is a key supporting role to the financial recovery programme, working at all levels and functions within the Trust providing a highly advanced information development and analysis service to the Trust boards and external partners and agencies.

Main duties of the job

Programme and project management

Contribute to major strategic programmes, projects and initiatives.

Support across Strategic Planning, Investment and Efficiency providing information and data analytics

To understand all key processes within the department so that the post-holder is able to provide business continuity in service provision, and cover for members of the team in running standard processes and reports.

Support the qualitative and quantitative analysis and project audit as part of the benefit realisation process.

Support the analytical and reporting requirements of the strategy, annual planning and business planning cycles.

Prioritisation of workload to ensure all targets and objectives are met despite diverse pressures.

Build organisation analytical capability through:

• Identifying team information and analyse required competencies
• Providing team members with coaching and training to develop data and analytical skills
• Designing and refreshing training materials

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assurance

Analyse service developments, business plans and business cases to ensure they are supported by robust financial / qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Advice on information and data analysis required to improve data recording processes where data quality issues are limited.

Responsible for regular validation of the information used to inform planning process and progress reports.

Reporting

To provide support on processes to automate regular processing and report distribution.

Ensure that all reports, internal and external are detailed, accurate and produced to schedule.

Devise new reports and provide them in a timely, accurate manner, using a range of complex, difficult data sources, drawn from across patient pathways and from multiple organisations

Provide a range of reports, outputs, reports, tables, presentation packs, forecast, data modelling and commentary on transformation indicators and other requested areas.

To present the results of any complex modelling work to non-information staff in clear and unambiguous ways.

Gather data and report on progress toward CIP programme objectives.

Data Analysis

Work with the PMO team to provide analytical support (financial, qualitative and quantitative) to continually develop and refine the CIP Programme.

Provide information analysis to support CIP and business planning process.

Maintenance of all the required trackers including adherence to version control.

Map and understand existing data available data and systems to create comprehensive change and service baselines.

Integrate quality and financial data into change and service plans in ways that make information visual and easy to understand / action.

Develop and maintain effective relationships and dialogue with providers and users of data to ensure opportunities for better information provision and usage are established.

Carry out external and internal benchmarking information and identify targets as part of CIP development.

Work across KCH, PRUH, KHP and beyond, to obtain and analyse specified data sets and to reconcile data held in different forms.

Requirements

Person Specification
Education
Essential

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
• CCAB part qualified or relevant appropriate experience of NHS Finance to postgraduate equivalent level
• Evidence of continuing personal development

Skills
Essential

• Microsoft Office skills including advanced Excel
• Accounting skills including being able to identify, articulate and evaluate key risks and assumptions in reaching conclusions

Knowledge
Essential

• Accounting skills including being able to identify, articulate and evaluate key risks and assumptions in reaching conclusions

Experience
Essential

• Experience of managing workloads with multiple priorities
• Experience of working in an NHS accounting department including experience in a management accounting role
• Track record of successfully working in a team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address
Coldharbour Works Building
245a Coldharbour Lane
London
SW9 8RR

Employer's website
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)