Role: Transformation Programme Accountant REF 137806
Contract Length: 6 month rolling contract
Location: Hybrid/Dorchester
IR35: Outside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £550 - £650 per day
Security Clearance: BPSS
Spinwell is recruiting for a Transformation Programme Accountant for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME ACCOUNTANT
1. Budget Definition & Baseline Control
- Establish and maintain budget baselines for both the ERP Programme and Transformation Portfolio.
- Build and maintain the cost breakdown structure (CBS) including internal resources, suppliers, and contingency.
- Maintain budget version control and phased forecasting aligned to programme plans and milestones.
2. Actuals Tracking & Month-End Control
- Reconcile actuals through council finance systems, ensuring accurate allocation to workstreams and cost categories.
- Produce monthly variance analysis with clear narrative and recommended actions.
- Support the year end cycle including accruals, prepayments and recharges.
3. Forecasting (ETC / EAC)
- Own the programme and portfolio Forecast to Complete (ETC) and Estimate at Completion (EAC).
- Work with PMO and Workstream Leads to refine assumptions, phasing, and cost drivers.
- Quantify financial impacts of risks, delays, scope changes or extensions.
4. Supplier Spend Governance & Invoice Assurance
- Maintain supplier spend trackers and invoice logs for SI partners and all vendors.
- Validate invoices against contractual terms, POs, milestones, deliverables and agreed rates.
- Track commitments and remaining contract values to support forward planning.
- Maintain audit ready documentation for all approvals and spend decisions5. Change Control Financial Management
- Maintain a financial impact log for all Change Requests (CRs).
- Support the Change Control Board (CCB) with affordability analysis and funding recommendations.
- Update budgets, forecasts, POs and reporting following CR approval.
5. Programme Financial Reporting (programme board, TMO & steering group)
- Produce monthly finance packs for programme board, TMO and steering group.
- Provide clear narrative explaining variances, forecast movements, risks, mitigations and decisions required.
- Maintain dashboards and KPIs to monitor financial health.
6. Controls, Audit & Assurance
- Maintain complete audit ready evidence packs including approvals, reconciliations and spend assurance.
- Support internal/external audit requests.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, processes, and programme governance standards.
7. Benefits Tracking Support
- Provide cost evidence to support benefits realisation and business case tracking.
- Report programme spend to date and cost to achieve benefits
Key Deliverables
- ERP Programme and Transformation Portfolio Budget Baselines
- Monthly Actuals vs Budget Reports
- Forecast to Complete (ETC) and Estimate at Completion (EAC)
- Supplier Spend Tracker and Invoice Assurance Log
- Change Request Financial Impact Log
- Monthly Steering Committee Finance Pack
- Commitments Tracker
- Audit Evidence Pack
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME ACCOUNTANT
- Professionally qualified accountant (CIPFA / CIMA / ACCA or equivalent).
- Strong experience in programme or project finance (major transformation preferred).
- Proven ability to manage complex budgets across multiple workstreams.
- Strong forecasting, modelling and reconciliation skills (CAPEX & OPEX).
- Supplier invoice assurance and commercial contract spend tracking.
- Advanced Excel skills (modelling, pivot tables, lookups).
- Ability to produce clear, executive level reporting and financial insight
- High attention to detail with strong governance discipline
- mapping and modelling the benefits scorecards/framework
- transformation modelling and mapping of benefits
If you are a Transformation Programme Accountant, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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