Senior Management Accountant – Mental Health

The Senior Management Accountant sits in the Financial Management team at South West London Integrated Care Board and reports to the Head of Financial Management for All Age Continuing Care and Mental Health. The core of the work is producing monthly budget reports and forecasts for named commissioning managers, flagging financial risk, and supporting budget setting. The post sits in a small team and includes training non-financial managers in financial processes and policies.

Fit will depend on handling complex, sensitive information and negotiating with senior stakeholders.

• Provide monthly budget reports and financial forecasts to specified commissioning managers, in line with the financial reporting timetable
• Provide a professional, timely financial reporting service that meets budget holders' needs
• Identify key financial risks in areas of responsibility and communicate them to budget holders and the Head of Financial Management
• Prepare budget information for specified commissioning managers
• Assist in the process of setting the ICB's budgets
• Ensure budget holders are aware of and comply with the ICB's Prime Financial Policies
• Respond to audit reports for areas of responsibility and assist in implementing audit recommendations
• Provide financial training and support to non-financial managers
• Help the ICB achieve its financial targets and value for money in commissioning activities

• Extensive specialist knowledge, through a postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience or training, plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent

• Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
• Negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues
• Present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden, unexpected demands
• Previous responsibility for a budget, with involvement in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing individual performance

• Analyse complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• Numerate, with understanding of complex financial issues and deep analytical skills
• Prepare concise communications for a broad range of stakeholders
• Work as part of a team and flex to support other departments when needed

• Outer HCAS included in the salary