Transition Management Accountant

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Performance Monitoring and Reporting — Provide leadership, management and delivery of complete, relevant, accurate and timely monthly financial performance reporting including intelligence based forecasting. Produce comprehensible reports that link financial and operational performance. Enable underlying financial performance and associated risks and benefits to be fully assessed and reported. Ensure financial reporting is properly aligned with other Finance Directorate services e.g. Business Intelligence and Contract Finance.

Ensure the timely completion of regular and ad‑hoc mandatory and statutory returns, including annual Program Budgeting.

Financial Review — Provide senior finance support to regular accountability meetings within CIOS ICB, including budget and locality managers. Lead and support in‑depth review of the financial position and key factors affecting performance within all major activity / expenditure areas. Clearly and effectively present financial information and concepts to non‑financial staff. Provide advice and support on appropriate mitigations and risk‑assessed actions as required.

Ensure regular feedback of recurrent/non‑recurrent issues into Operational and Financial Planning.

Business Support — Proactively acquire, interpret and disseminate national Finance guidance, agreeing and implementing necessary changes to the financial control and reporting environment in a timely manner. Provide expert financial advice and support to the planning, development and implementation of CIOS ICB projects and programmes, including business cases, QIPP and service design/redesign. Help ensure optimisation of projects and programmes by providing expert input and support into regular monitoring, reporting and evaluation.

Operational and Financial Planning and Budget Setting — Provide expert financial support and input into the development of CIOS ICB Operational and Financial Plan. Ensure ICB Financial Plan is translated into meaningful budgets which are explained and agreed with ICB budget holders. Closely monitor, reconcile and clearly evidence any year budget changes. Ensure future year’s financial plans are frequently and regularly updated and reviewed in line with current year impacts.

Team Management and Development — Provide local leadership and ensure service delivery through effective management to the team. Ensure team resilience through comprehensive forward planning, cross‑training of staff and workload balancing across the team. Encourage, support and inspire the team to develop and continually improve individual and team performance. Input ideas and share best practice with the wider Financial Directorate. Hold briefings, regular team meetings and “1:1” meetings with staff.

Ensure local policies and procedures are fit for purpose, are adhered to and that any changes are considered centrally before implementation.

Policy and Service Development — Carry responsibility for developing policy and procedure in the area the job holder is currently working on at a point in time, including briefings, commissioning, business or resources. Responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation to policies, guidelines and contractual arrangements which may impact within Department or Directorate. Proposes changes to own project and making recommendations for other projects delivery.

Transition Planning, Monitoring and Reporting — Provide senior financial support to the clustering of CIOS and NHS Devon ICB.

• Full, current membership of a CCAB (inc CIMA) recognised body.
• Evidence of post Continuing Professional Development (post qualification).
• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes, projects and services through individual effort and through teamwork, to challenging deadlines.
• Familiarity with a large and complex finance ledger system such as Oracle.
• Experience of year‑end Financial Accounting and interface with Audi.

• Specialist knowledge of NHS accounting processes and procedures, NHS financial policies, and financial aspects of current and pending NHS legislation.

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