Your newpany
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (Business Services Organisation – BSO) is a public sector organisation providing a range of business and support services to the Health and Social Care sector. The finance directorate plays a key role in ensuring strong financialernance, accountability, and strategic support to major programmes.
Your new role
As Project Accountant (Band 7), you will play a key role in supporting the financial management of the Equip Programme. You will lead on the preparation of detailed financial reports, forecasts, and analysis to support decision-making and ensure effective budgetary control.You will work closely with senior stakeholders including the Programme Director, Project Managers, and Finance leadership, providing financial guidance and ensuring programme expenditure is accurately recorded and tightly controlled.
Key duties include:
1. Producing timely and accurate financial and management information
2. Monitoring ie and expenditure and reporting on variances
3. Supporting statutory accounts and audit requirements
4. Developing budgets, forecasts, and business cases
5. Maintaining strong financial controls andpliance with accounting standards
6. Managing relationships with internal/external stakeholders and auditors
7. Providing leadership and line management to finance staff
What you'll need to succeedTo be successful in this role, you will:
8. Be a fully qualified accountant ( ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent) with at least 2 years’ post-qualification experience
9. Have recent experience in project or management accounting, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting
10. Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills and ability to influence at senior levels
11. Possess excellentmunication, organisational and leadership skills
12. Have advanced IT skills, particularly in Excel and financial systems
13. Ideally have experience working within the Health and Social Care (HSC) environment
What you'll get in return
14. Full-time opportunity ( hours per week)
15. Opportunity to work on a high-profile, strategic programme
16. Exposure to senior stakeholders and leadership within the public sector
17. Strong focus on professional development and continuous improvement