Costing Accountant

Health Jobs UK; Grays; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service organisation in Grays seeks a full-time Costing Accountant to support financial operations. The role requires proficiency in Excel and knowledge of costing principles. You'll assist with service costings, respond to tenders, and contribute to financial submissions. Ideal for candidates seeking to broaden their finance experience within the NHS. Competitive training support for professional qualifications is provided.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent training opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Salary Sacrifice schemes, including cycle to work

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance environment preferred.
• Understanding of NHS finance regime beneficial.
• Knowledge of costing principles is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist with costing of services including PLICS.
• Support costing submissions for internal and external use.
• Help develop costs, budgets, and prices.

Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel

Good oral and written communication skills

Good time management skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Level 6 GCSE or equivalent in Maths

Level 4 GCSE or equivalent in English

Tools

Microsoft PowerBi

SQL

VBA

Job description

Overview

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk. We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care. You'll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award. We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3,500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years. We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust. We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars. Join us and you\'ll do the best work of your life - and make a difference to other people\'s lives. What we do together, matters.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Trust's Commercial, Planning and Costing team for a Costing Accountant. This is a full time Band 4 post based at Thurrock Community Hospital in Grays. The Costing Accountant will assist with the provision of financial advice, information, costings and provide support to commercial opportunities, including responding to tenders for services and acquisitions.

The post holder will have good IT skills and be proficient in the use of Excel. You should have a knowledge of costing principles and have experience of working in a finance environment. Whilst NHS finance experience is not necessary, you should have a knowledge of the NHS finance regime and awareness of current NHS issues.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop new skills and broaden your finance knowledge and experience within a small and supportive team. An attractive financial training and study package will be offered to outstanding candidates considering studying for a CCAB or CIMA qualification. This post provides an excellent opportunity for you to join a professional finance team and develop your career within NHS Finance. You will be required to travel to meet with Budget Holders as part of the provision of financial services.

We reserve the right to close this advert early

We reserve the right to close this advert early if the number of responses exceeds an appropriate level

Main duties of the job

• Assist with the costing of services, including Patient-Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) and Service Line Costing.
• This post is part of a team providing costing and financial information for internal and external purposes.
• Assist with costing of services and respond to internal and external cost submissions.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent training opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer (The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Assist with financial support for new business opportunities/bids.
• Support the production of the costing submissions, for internal and external use, including but not limited to the National Cost Collection.
• Assist in modelling activity and workforce plans to enable costing and understanding of risks.
• Support the development of costs, budgets and prices for both the short and long term across the Trust.
• Assist the development of Mental Health contract currencies through provision of patient level and service line costs.

Support the maintenance and development of the Trust\'s Costing System

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Essential criteria: Level 6 GCSE or equivalent in Maths and Level 4 GCSE or equivalent in English

• Desirable criteria: Engaged in study for AAT level 4 or CCAB or equivalent professional body, or equivalent knowledge gained through extensive experience in a similar role

Additional Qualities

• Essential criteria: Ability to travel across sites and across Trust boundaries to attend meetings, etc

• Desirable criteria: Current UK driving licence

Personal Qualities

• Essential criteria: Shares the Trust\'s Beliefs and models this in their attitude and behaviour

Knowledge

• Essential criteria: Awareness of NHS finance regime
• Awareness of current NHS issues and challenges

• Desirable criteria: Knowledge of NHS costing principles, Patient-Level Information Costing system (PLICS) and Service Line costing.

Skills/Experience

• Essential criteria: Proficient in use of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Outlook. Advanced skills in Excel. Good oral and written communication skills. Good time management skills with the ability to work to deadlines. Ability to work under pressure.

• Desirable criteria: Experience of Microsoft PowerBi. Able to use SQL and/or VBA.

Personal Qualities

• Essential criteria: High degree of accuracy and excellent attention to detail. Ability to work as part of a team and contribute to the achievement of team objectives.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

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