Cost Analyst | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Warrington, WA2 8WA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	10 Aug 2026
Closing date:	13 Sept 2026

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Summary

To support delivery of a high-quality costing service, providing timely advice on costing methodology to clinical divisions and corporate directorates. The post holder will help maintain PLICS, manage costing data, support reporting and financial modelling, liaise with suppliers and peer Trusts, and assist the Cost and SLR Accountant as required.

Candidates will be required to complete a short Excel assessment to demonstrate their ability to use core Excel functions, manipulate and analyse data, and present information accurately. The test will assess practical Excel skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving capability in a data-driven environment.

The post holder will support the effective collection, processing and maintenance of costing data, including the PLICS system, national costing submissions, Service Line Reporting and the Trust costing manual. They will help ensure compliance with national costing guidance, support benchmarking and service reviews, develop costing and apportionment approaches, respond to queries from divisions and corporate departments, and provide costing insight, including unit costs and cost driver analysis, to support decision-making across the Trust.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

This advert closes on Sunday 16 Aug 2026

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