Job Summary
The role will be an integral part of the wider Finance Team enabling the delivery of the wider financial position of the organisation by supporting the service lead with provision of analysis (using multiple sources of information), highlighting variation and opportunities through engagement of key stakeholders to develop, improve and disseminate business intelligence.
The Analyst will support both undertaking and continually developing the annual costing process, benchmarking, data collation and validation to support the value agenda linked to Recovery & Renewal across all areas of healthcare delivery and business intelligence provision. Support the service lead in delivering an effective business intelligence solution to enhance both data analytics and service modelling.
The post holder will also need to acquire or develop other data sources to support these duties, including both the input from and output to, other clinical and data management systems across the Health Board.
Support the service lead in managing the Costing IT infrastructure and developing and maintaining a sustainable plan for costing IT, to ensure an efficient, effective and resilient service is provided across PTHB.
Main duties of the job
Create objective reports from internal and external sources that inform evaluation of PTHB services and financial performance. Understanding, exploring and clarifying the linkages between financial, informatics and workforce data.
Develop and utilise benchmarking models that compare the Health Board’s performance internally, with the best in the UK or worldwide where appropriate and provide sufficient analysis to support performance improvement. This will include the design and maintenance of spreadsheets, databases and bespoke systems.
Work with financial, clinical and operational teams to plot and then model activities along a clinical pathway, to inform Value Based Health Care and service improvement debates, both within the Health Board and more widely across NHS Wales.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject (e.g. Accountancy/financial discipline, Information Technology, Statistics, Economics or similar) or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar leve
- Significant analytical and logical abilities in working with complex data
- Advanced level of Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Word
- Advanced SQL/Python skills
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Project Management experience
- MS Data qualifications
- Previous experience of the NHS Finance/Information Technology/Analytics
- AAT qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Experience of developing business intelligence products in a variety of mediums
- Experience of communicating effectively and confidently both verbally and in writing, across multiple stakeholders
- Extensive experience of using spreadsheet packages
Desirable
- Experience of costing and value analysis
- Demonstrated ability to critically review, appraise, and amend business processes
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Well-developed communication skills
- Strong numerical and analytical skills
- Ability to analyse and interpret wide range of financial and non-financial data
- Ability to deliver to tight timescales and under pressure
- Provide expert and professional advice to finance team and its customers
- Ability to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation but verbally and in written form
- Innovative with an ability to look for alternative ways of undertaking tasks
Desirable
- Ability to explain complex Business Intelligence and data to non-financial people
- Ability to represent the organisation at All Wales meetings
- Experience in preparation of papers for reporting to all levels within the organisation
- Ability to work autonomously
Other
Essential
- Able to work hours flexibly
- Ability to travel within geographical area
Desirable
- Ability to understand/speak basic Welsh
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.
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).
Closing Date: 29 June 2025
