Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AC136-0625
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Unit G1 The Willowford, Main Avenue
- Town
- Pontypridd
- Salary
- £30,420 - £37,030 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Finance Analyst NWJCC
Band 5
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
Join Our Team at NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Following the establishment of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) on 1st April 2024 and a recent organisational restructure, we are seeking a Finance Analyst to support our journey as a newly formed organisation.
The NWJCC is a joint committee of the seven health boards in Wales, with a Chair and Lay Members. We support collaborative commissioning across Wales, with around 120 staff based in Mold and Nantgarw/Treforest.
Our mission to be The Centre of Excellence for Collaborative Commissioning, improving health and care outcomes across Wales. We commission around 220 services, from NHS 111 and ambulance services to specialised rare disease services, and mental health, operating a £1.14bn budget.
In this role, you will join a supportive, inclusive team, working with NHS Wales, Welsh Government, and UK provider organisations. We are seeking individuals who reflect our values of respect, trust, collaboration, and excellence—those who put patients and quality at the centre of everything they do.
If you're passionate about improving lives and want to be part of a forward-thinking, ambitious team, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
This role provides support and advice to all the Finance and Value functions, with a focus on information management, activity reporting systems and data flows, alongside general financial management of the NWJCC healthcare contracts with tertiary providers, and other payments, including Individual Patient Funding Requests.
This role includes the analysis of the contract monitoring files and associated patient datasets.
Welsh language Skills need to be learnt when appointed to the post.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Degree, actively studying towards CCAB professional qualification.
- Appropriate knowledge and understanding of management accountancy and NHS Finance.
- Understanding of the financial issues within a commissioning context.
- Computerised financial management systems.
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of the Payment by Results (PbR) funding mechanism.
- Knowledge of VBA/SQL.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within an NHS Finance Function.
- Contracting /Commissioning Information management experience.
- Demonstrable experience of delivering to strict deadlines.
- Experience working with, and managing complex information and data from a variety of sources through spreadsheets and databases.
Desirable criteria
- Track record in working with other health professionals.
- Experience of working with private sector healthcare providers.
- Experience of working with Foundation Trusts in England.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate complex financial information to a diverse audience.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Setting and achieving tight deadlines.
- Time management.
- Ability to think laterally.
- Advanced Excel and Access skills.
Desirable criteria
- Efficient in the use of Oracle, ESR, BIS.
Values
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated, proactive and innovative.
- Commitment to team-working.
- Logical and organised.
- Can work effectively with people of diverse skills, abilities and experience.
- Professional approach to work.
- Flexible and adaptable approach.
Other
Essential criteria
- Little requirement for physical effort, but must be able to visit other sites in Wales or the UK in a timely manner.
- Able to undertake the remit of the role.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh Language (Level 1) or willingness to work towards upon appointment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Welsh language skills need to be learnt when appointed to the post
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Craig Ingleson
- Job title
- Finance Business Partner Accontant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443443443
- Additional information
Should you wish to make informal enquiries, please contact Craig Ingleson (via email [email protected]) or Alexander Watts (via email [email protected]
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