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Accountant Level 3

Employer
BCP Council
Location
Bournemouth, Dorset
Salary
£48,474 - £51,515
Closing date
3 Oct 2024
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Job Introduction

BCP Council has an ambitious plan to make our area a place where residents, visitors and businesses thrive, against the backdrop of an increasingly challenging economic environment.

We are seeking an individual with strong financial acumen and professional expertise to become a part of the Adult Social Care, Commissioning and Public Health Finance Team, which oversees services with gross budgets totaling £268 million.     

Role Purpose 

The main purpose of the role is to undertake management accounting activities for adult social care commissioning services for people requiring help with their care, such as residential and home care packages for older people. The role includes liaison with NHS colleagues in joint working arrangements such as for hospital discharge schemes or continuing health care assessments.      

Main Responsibilities

The role reports to the Finance Manager for Adult Social Care, Commissioning and Public Health.

In liaison with senior officers and budget holders, the work includes budget setting, monitoring, and reporting, external grant bids, project work and providing general financial advice.    

The Ideal Candidate

In addition to being a fully qualified accountant, with strong technical skills ideally developed from a local government background in a demand led service area, you will have sound business partnering skills and be proficient in data analysis. 

Some experience in supervising junior staff is desirable. 
  
If you are positive, motivated and share our goals and vision, then we want to hear from you. For an informal discussion about this role, please call Nicola Webb, Assistant Chief Finance Officer on 01202 128 764 or Pawel Berg, Finance Manager Adult Social Care, Commissioning and Public Health on 01202 128913

About BCP Council

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world- renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation and colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. This is expected to be in place by March 2025.

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