137806 – Transformation Programme Accountant

Main Purpose of the Role

Provide senior financial leadership across the ERP Transformation Programmed and wider Council Transformation Portfolio, managing budgets, forecasting, financial governance and reporting to support effective decision-making.

Typical Day

• Manage programme and portfolio budgets.
• Track actual spend and produce variance reports.
• Prepare ETC/EAC forecasts and financial models.
• Monitor supplier spend, invoices, POs and commitments.
• Assess the financial impact of change requests.
• Prepare finance reports and packs for programmed boards.
• Support benefits realization and business cases.
• Maintain audit-ready financial records and controls.

Key Skills & Responsibilities

• Programme and project finance
• Budget management and financial forecasting
• CAPEX & OPEX
• ETC/EAC forecasting
• Financial modelling and reconciliation
• Supplier spend and invoice assurance
• Change control
• Financial governance and audit
• Benefits realisation
• Executive-level reporting
• Advanced Excel – Pivot Tables, Lookups and modelling
• ERP finance experience – Oracle Fusion, SAP or Unit4 desirable
• Power BI desirable

Essential Requirements

• Professionally qualified accountant – CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent
• Strong programme/project finance experience
• Experience managing complex budgets across multiple workstreams
• Strong forecasting, modelling and reconciliation skills
• Supplier invoice and contract spend experience
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience producing executive-level financial reports
• Strong governance and attention to detail
• Experience with benefits tracking/mapping and transformation modelling