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Employer: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Job Title: Lead Costing Accountant
Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 29 September 2026
Job Summary
Responsible for ensuring the objectives and targets of the Trust costing team are defined and met in both the short and medium term alongside the Associate Director of Finance.
Responsible for management and work of the costing team on a day to day basis to ensure national and local deadlines are met.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will work as part of the finance team ensuring:
- the accurate and timely completion of the National Cost Collection in line with national requirements.
- development of the costing function in line with national ambitions
- production and dissemination of service line reports
- engagement of clinical and operational staff in the use of information from the National Cost Collection.
About North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
At NCIC, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust has an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout the county.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust’s 5 key principles demonstrate the belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of the Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing the money well
As an organisation, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects the local community and is very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is working together to deliver the ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job Description
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see the Policy for eligible vacancies.
Job Responsibilities
Disclosure and Barring Service
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.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Benefits
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
- 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
- Flexible working Scheme
- NHS Discounts*
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
- Excellent opportunities for development*
- Competitive NHS Pension scheme
- Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB, CIMA or overseas equivalent qualification (full member of a Professional Accounting Institute), or demonstrable and evidenced experience of successfully performing a substantially similar role.
- Evidence of ongoing Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Managerial/Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of interpreting and applying complex finance standards and guidance
- Demonstrable extensive experience of developing and implementing systems and processes to deliver the requirements of national standards and guidance
- Financial analysis
- Working effectively in a team and on own initiative
- Preparing detailed written reports.
- Developing and delivering formal, complex financial presentations to large groups of non finance managers conveying concepts clearly and persuasively
- Experience of designing and implementing processes and process improvements
- Working with and advising senior members of staff.
- Experience of year end processes.
- Working effectively and constructively with a range of staff disciplines.
- Staff management
Desirable
- Experience of working in finance in the NHS or similar sized complex organisations with responsibility for substantial finance functions.
- Experience of Department of Health Reference Cost and Education and Training return processes
- Project Management
Knowledge
Essential
- Continuing professional development with portfolio
- Expert specialist knowledge of service and activity costing principles and methodologies
- Knowledge of national benchmarking initiatives (eg Carter Reivew, Model Hospital)
- Knowledge of general ledger and budgetary systems
- Understanding of internal financial control systems
- Advanced IT and spreadsheet skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of relevant NHS costing requirements, standards and guidance
- Knowledge of process improvement methodologies.
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- High degree of accuracy and analytical skills.
- Self motivated, proactive and flexible.
- Self motivated, proactive and flexible.
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex data (both quantitative and qualitative)
- Work as a team member
- Use initiative appropriately
- Prioritise self and workload to meet deadlines.
- Deal with departmental staff, other staff, managers and patients with tact and diplomacy
- Manage conflicting demands from within and outside the finance department
- Analyse, manipulate and present highly complex information using a range of analytical and IT skills.
- Manage conflict or contentious situations
- Concentrate for long periods of time on data input and complex analytical tasks.
- Make judgements on financial decisions and financial risk where there is no precedent
- Interpret and apply complex finance standards and guidance
- Frequently switch between tasks as priorities and deadlines change.
Desirable
- Project Management
Other Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours when there are heavy workloads
- Must be able to travel independently of public transport to enable attendance at meetings throughout Cumbria and occasionally out of area.
- Act in ways that support equality and value diversity
Desirable
- Driving license
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).
How to Apply
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