Finance Analyst- Income & Costing | The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	The Hillingdon Hospital
Salary:	£45,953 - £54,254 pa inc
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, UB8 3NN
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Jul 2026
Closing date:	30 Aug 2026

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Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and analytical Finance Analyst to join our Income and Costing team. This is a key role supporting the management of c.£400m of clinical income, ensuring activity is accurately captured, priced, and reported in line with National Tariff rules and local contractual agreements.

The post holder will lead on the preparation of monthly SLAM (Service Line Agreement Monitoring) returns, manage complex data flows, and provide detailed analysis of activity, income, and variances. Working closely with Finance, Information, Contracting, and operational teams, you will play a pivotal role in supporting performance management, resolving data quality issues, and maximising income recovery.

You will act as a subject matter expert on NHS payment systems, liaising with internal stakeholders and external commissioners to investigate queries, validate challenges, and support robust contract monitoring. The role also contributes to month-end processes, including income reporting, accruals, and trend analysis.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong analytical skills, high-level Excel (and ideally SQL), and an interest in NHS finance, contracting, and data-driven decision making.

• · Preparation of the monthly flex and freeze Service Line Monitoring files in accordance with National Tariff guidelines and local agreements. Responsible for ensuring c£400m of activity is priced correctly and Commissioners receive summary and patient level data in line with agreed timescales.

• · Preparation and maintenance of SLAM (contract and income management software)/Costing data feeds to ensure data is transformed correctly in line with system requirements

• · Help with queries relating to SLAM submissions and responsible for monitoring Commissioner Income against agreed plans.

• · Ensure the coordination across contracting, finance, information and quality functions to undertake complex information analysis to support decision making and integrated performance reporting.

• · Work closely with the Information Team to ensure systems are fit for purpose to ensure that activity is accounted for and priced correctly.

• · To lead on system design and manipulate large volumes of data using internal and external data systems ensuring charges are reflected accurately and using this data to prepare monthly contract monitoring reports.

• Working closely with Head of Income, Costing & Contracts to ensure values of contracts align with planning assumptions.

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,

community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals

provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

Please note : Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date.

Please refer to attached JD for more details

This advert closes on Monday 3 Aug 2026

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