Senior Management Accountant – WorkWell Project
The Workwell Programme Accountant is a crucial role within the ICB, responsible for leading the financial management of the Workwell Programme, a two-year initiative valued at £3.2 million aimed at helping people with health conditions return to work. The post holder will ensure robust governance structures, accurate financial reporting, and effective budget management to maximize the programme's benefits and demonstrate value for money.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will establish criteria for applying for and awarding grants, coordinate multi-agency communication, and ensure compliance with internal audit standards. They will work with the ICB oversight team to evaluate the programme's financial benefits, liaise with other Workwell leads, and provide regular financial updates to the senior team. The role involves full budgetary management, approving invoices, establishing funding flows, and ensuring accurate month-end and year-end forecasts. Additionally, the postholder will support the System Financial Sustainability team with ad hoc projects and deputize for team members as needed.
About us
Joining our organisation means becoming part of a team dedicated to improving population health and delivering value through effective financial management and strategic planning. As a Workwell Programme Accountant, you will play a crucial role in providing financial leadership for the ICB. Operating in a flexible and demanding environment, you will need to confidently engage with stakeholders, build strong, collaborative relationships, and nurture key relationships to maintain networks internally and externally.
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will possess a strong background in financial management and extensive advanced knowledge of financial and accounting policies and procedures. They should have detailed knowledge and experience of financial strategic and operational planning, budgetary control, variance analysis, and excellent forecasting and interpretation skills. Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills are essential, along with the ability to navigate complex and potentially contentious situations with colleagues and stakeholders. The candidate should also demonstrate the ability to manage and motivate teams, build a collaborative working environment, and provide expert guidance to staff, directors, and the Board.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
* CCAB fully qualified with membership of professional body or part-qualified with 7 years' relevant experience
* Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area, preferably in the NHS
* Extensive advanced knowledge of financial and accounting policies and procedures including accounting standards, techniques, financial management principles and costing methodologies.
* Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
* Detailed knowledge and experience of financial strategic and operational planning.
* A good working knowledge of NHS Finances, and the NHS Financial regime and accounting framework, including the NHS Cash regime
* Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare and appreciate the implications of this.
* Financial system skills, including understanding the interaction of different modules and interpreting financial reports.
* Ability to think strategically and creatively with strong problem solving skills and able to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
Communication Skills
* High level of communication skills for delivering key messages (both written and oral) to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, many at very senior level.
* Ability to motivate, encourage, persuade and influence Associate Directors, lead GPs and Service Managers to make difficult financial management decisions with wider service and personnel implications.
* Good presentation skills for conveying complex concepts.
* Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others and to secure the co-operation of colleagues at all levels.
* Must be able to explain and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious financial information, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups of non-finance professionals.
* Excellent negotiating skills, able to negotiate on difficult controversial issues including performance and change.
Analytical Skills
* Ability to identify financial and other risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
* Ability to interpret and understand a broad range of highly complex information.
* Ability to create spreadsheets and manipulate and analyse complex spreadsheet data, including spreadsheet modeling.
* Good keyboard skills and an ability to concentrate throughout the working day while using a VDU for prolonged periods of time.
Autonomy
* Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
* Interpreting national policy for implementation.
* Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions with the aim of improving services and compliance to policies.
* Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales and managing conflicting deadlines.
Equality and Diversity
* Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
Financial and Physical Resources
* Involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
Other Skills
* Team working skills, including ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Planning Skills
* Evidence of planning and delivering complex programmes and projects and services on time.
* Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Management Skills
* Experience and expertise in financial management, strategic and staff leadership roles.
* Experience of NHS finance at a managerial level.
* Experience of staff management and of managing project work.
* Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
Physical Skills
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
* Good financial report writing skills using financial software, e.g. Business Objects (SQL).
* Self-motivated.
* Ability to move between details and the bigger picture.
* Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
* Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
* Able to work with all levels of staff.
* Highly motivated.
* Demonstrates an organised and methodical approach.
* Ability to assimilate new skills and knowledge and apply across a range of situations and services, including training.
* Excellent training skills with the ability to pass on knowledge to both finance and non-Finance staff.
* Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr