# Finance Analyst - Costing > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/finance-analyst-costing/e5d6f642-9d16-4b37-8447-4c4e3fbc131b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/finance-analyst-costing/e5d6f642-9d16-4b37-8447-4c4e3fbc131b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust - **Town:** Stevenage - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-16T09:21:57.227Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Finance_Costing/Finance_Costing-v8001653 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8001653?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting for a Finance Analyst  - Costing who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. An exciting opportunity has arisen in the trust’s Financial Planning & Costing team for a Costing finance analyst. The successful candidate will join an enthusiastic team and will help shape the future of our costing services as a key part of the trust’s decision-making framework. This is an exciting and varied role with opportunity to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders, developing service line reporting and patient level information & costing (PLICS) to inform decision making and improve patient care. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. ### Main duties of the job Reporting to the Costing Finance Manager you will support the preparation and presentation of the trust’s service line reporting and patient level information and cost reports, support the transition to cost-based funding mechanisms and contribute to the trust’s transformation agenda through the identification of productivity and efficiency opportunities. You will use your strong financial management and accounting knowledge and experience to lead the collection and validation of financial and activity data and assist with the development of processes and methodologies to improve the Costing outputs This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring individual join a high performing finance team, committed to excellence with a focus on enabling delivery of the best care to our patients. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. ## Job Details We are recruiting for a Finance Analyst - Costing who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. An exciting opportunity has arisen in the trust’s Financial Planning & Costing team for a Costing finance analyst. The successful candidate will join an enthusiastic team and will help shape the future of our costing services as a key part of the trust’s decision-making framework. This is an exciting and varied role with opportunity to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders, developing service line reporting and patient level information & costing (PLICS) to inform decision making and improve patient care. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. ## Job Description Reporting to the Costing Finance Manager you will support the preparation and presentation of the trust’s service line reporting and patient level information and cost reports, support the transition to cost-based funding mechanisms and contribute to the trust’s transformation agenda through the identification of productivity and efficiency opportunities. You will use your strong financial management and accounting knowledge and experience to lead the collection and validation of financial and activity data and assist with the development of processes and methodologies to improve the Costing outputs This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring individual join a high performing finance team, committed to excellence with a focus on enabling delivery of the best care to our patients. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - IT literate & proficient in Microsoft packages including Excel, Word and advanced keyboard skills - Ability to apply knowledge to workload and demonstrate analytical skills **Desirable** - Advanced Excel skills - Good SQL query writing skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of accounting procedures, financial systems and general ledger - Understanding of NHS finance regime and environment **Desirable** - Knowledge of NHS costing standards and principles - Understanding of NHS SUS & HES activity reporting ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion - Role model our Trust values every day - Ability to manage own time - Ability to work as a team - Flexible and Adaptable - Good communication & liaising skills ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Experience working in NHS financial management or costing - Experience working with and analysing large complex datasets - Familiar with presenting complex information to a range of stakeholders, including non-finance professionals **Desirable** - Experience working with acute provider NHS costing data; service line reporting (SLR) and/or patient level information & cost systems (PLICs) - Experience of using SQL Server management studio - Experience of building and maintaining reports in Power BI ### Qualifications/Training **Essential** - Completed AAT Technician Stage or be part way through studying for a CCAB/CIMA qualification **Desirable** - CCAB qualified - Degree or equivalent ## Documents - [finance analyst applicant pack (pdf, 960.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10291566) - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549) - [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551) - [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748) - [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.