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Job role: Data Analyst Location: Newtownards Duration: 3 months min Pay rate: £15.36 Hours: Full time, Monday -Friday, 9-5pm onsite (some flexibility may be allowed once fully competent) Your role: You will assist in the provision of costing and benchmarking information to support decision making within the Trust, collating, analysing, interpreting, and presenting high quality information, considering the use of new technologies, to improve usability and accessibility of information for non-finance managers. You will be part of a small team of staff who are very experienced and will provide support and training around the financial aspects of the job. Your responsibilities: * Assist with the production of person level costs for both hospital and community sectors, required by the Department of Health/SPPG, working to ensure cost information is accurate, timely, accessible, and relevant * Support the development of the regional costing system to realise the full potential for the Trust * The post holder will provide costing information and advice to support in the development of patient level costing, supporting the Costing & Commissioning Accountant & Band 6 and other senior colleagues across the Organisation. * Assist in developing close links with service and Information staff to obtain and develop the activity information required to support costing * Support the Trust’s Elective Care Waiting List Initiatives with regards to costing, modelling and monitoring * Assist in the analysis of capital charges information * Support the production of returns to external income providers such as Supporting People * The post holder will assist in the analysis of trust RRLs and the provision of financial information to help produce the Strategic Resources Framework * Provide support to Trust departments in ad hoc costing exercises and projects * Liaise with professional managers and other senior staff in the discharge of duties and responsibilities * Assist with the analysis and presentation of business intelligence information using a range of communication and data visualisation tools * Provide support to managers across the Trust in the use of costing and benchmarking information: to improve quality, understanding and ownership of the information and to progress the productive and efficient use of resources. * Promote a continuous improvement culture within Financial Planning and the wider Finance directorate with particular focus on Information Technology developments. You will have: 4 years’ experience of extraction, analysis, and presentation of a range of data from a complex database/dataset1 using analysis and query tools in a practical work environment OR Diploma for Accounting Technicians (ATI) or equivalent (Level 5 qualification) with 2 years’ experience of extraction, analysis, and presentation of a range of data from a complex database/dataset1 using analysis and query tools in a practical work environment OR An honours degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Information Technology, or other discipline. In addition to the above you will also have: * Proficient Excel skills to cleanse and manipulate large activity datasets * Ability to work independently * Good communication skills * Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment. This criterion will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by The Organisation which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post. To apply for this role, please complete the form below by filling out your name and contact details, and attaching your CV. Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people. Skills: Data Analyst Interpreting Presenting
