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Job overview
To support the Finance Business Partner to deride and recharge the Trust’s Overseas and (NCA) Non Commissioned Activity.
To provide timely and accurate management information to the Trust’s budget holders and senior management ensuring that the data is understood and used by non-finance managers allowing them to meet their own performance targets.
Main duties of the job
- Analyse the Trust patient activity and derive the Overseas and Non Commissioned Activity (NCA)/Cross Boundary Flow (XBF).
- Prepare the monthly trust accounts in line with requirements as set out by the Deputy Directors of Financial Services and Operational Finance
- Provide monthly PID data re NCA/XBD to the relevant stakeholders.
- Assisting the Finance Business Partner in the costing of business cases and service developments and service line reporting.
- Completion of ad hoc financial analyses to support the Financial Management function of the Trust.
- Support the financial systems & the management accounting teams to enable the timely and accurate provision of financial information to budget holders and the Trust board.
- To be the financial systems expert for the financial management department, and to develop and support reporting within the Department. This includes a training role for the financial systems used by the teams.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyse the Trust patient activity and derive the Overseas and Non Commissioned Activity (NCA)/Cross Boundary Flow (XBF).
- Prepare the monthly trust accounts in line with requirements as set out by the Deputy Directors of Financial Services and Operational Finance
- Provide monthly PID data re NCA/XBD to the relevant stakeholders.
- Assisting the Finance Business Partner in the costing of business cases and service developments and service line reporting.
- Completion of ad hoc financial analyses to support the Financial Management function of the Trust.
- Support the financial systems & the management accounting teams to enable the timely and accurate provision of financial information to budget holders and the Trust board.
- To be the financial systems expert for the financial management department, and to develop and support reporting within the Department. This includes a training role for the financial systems used by the teams.
- To deputise in the Finance Business Partner’s absence and provide reciprocal cover for the other Financial Analyst in his/her absence.
- Investigating and analysing variances from budget and reporting and explaining these to budget holders and other senior managers.
- Maintain adequate records for audit purposes.
- Ensure the budget is kept updated for alterations throughout the year in line with budget rules and Standing Financial Instructions.
- Work through complex financial and non-financial workloads with minimal supervision or support
- To manage stakeholder expectations and satisfaction, engaging with a range of internal and external customers with different backgrounds and sometimes competing objectives
- Assisting in other ad-hoc financial exercises as required.
- Undertake any other duties applicable to the grade/post as required.
- This post involves the use of display screen equipment as a significant part of normal works and the job holder will be a user as defined in the Health & Safety Policy on work with DSE.
Personal Specification:
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of calculating monthly accruals and deferred income
- An excellent knowledge of non commissioned activity, responsible commissioning and overseas guidance
Experience
Essential
- Experience of establishing patients responsible commissioners
- Experience of using and developing complex financial management systems
Desirable
- Experience of working in a financial management background and of analysing/interpreting variances
- Costing experience in an NHS environment
Qualifications
Essential
- AAT qualified or at management level for CIMA (50% completion) or at least 50% of exams completed for ACCA (skills level) or 50% complete CIPFA or ACA.
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This advert is for Financial Analyst with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Administrative and IT role. The contract type is Secondment: 6 months (6 month acting up opportunity). The application deadline is 10 Aug 2026.
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