Trandformation Programme Accountant

My Local Authority client is looking for a Programme Transformation Accountant to join the team on a interim period for initially 6 months. Working as part of a major transformation project, as well as an ERP implementation project, your role will be to managing the full programme budget, financial governance, cost control and forecasting across all ERP lifecycle phases as well as to lead the financial planning, monitoring and reporting for the organisation's broader transformation activity, ensuring alignment and clear traceability back to the Medium Term Financial Plan.

Day to day your responsibilities will include:

• Establish and maintain budget baselines for both the ERP Programme and Transformation Portfolio.
• Maintain budget version control and phased forecasting aligned to programme plans and milestones.
• Work with PMO and Workstream Leads to refine assumptions, phasing, and cost drivers.
• Quantify financial impacts of risks, delays, scope changes or extensions.
• Produce monthly finance packs for programme board, TMO and steering group.
• Provide clear narrative explaining variances, forecast movements, risks, mitigations and decisions required.
• Reconcile actuals through council finance systems, ensuring accurate allocation to workstreams and cost categories

To be considered for the role you will need to be a fully qualified CCAB accountant and be able to demonstrate previous experience of project accounting within a Local Government and transformation setting. You will need experience of managing complex budgets as well as strong forecasting and modelling skills.

This is an interim role paying up to £650 a da (outside IR35) and for an initial period on 6 months.