Accountant – Adult Social Care Full Time NEW

An opportunity has arisen for an interim Accountant to join a London Borough supporting a busy Adult Social Care finance team. This is a stakeholder-facing role supporting frontline service delivery, so prior Adult Social Care finance experience is essential.

The role

You’ll provide day-to-day finance support across Adult Social Care, with a focus on budget monitoring, reporting, and insight to help operational managers and senior leaders make decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Budget monitoring, forecasting support, and financial reporting for Adult Social Care budgets
• Producing monthly management information and reports for senior leadership / SMT forums
• Supporting corporate reporting requirements and government returns
• Quarterly and statutory reporting cycle support
• Analysing client/service-related financial data and turning it into clear insight for non-finance stakeholders
• Building and maintaining dashboards / reporting outputs (Power BI) where required
• Working closely with operational managers and liaising with external stakeholders (e.g., partner organisations)

What we’re looking for (essential)

• Recent Adult Social Care finance experience (understanding ASC structures, service-user categories, reporting classifications, and how the service operates)
• Strong reporting and analysis capability (comfortable working at pace and independently)
• Confident, professional communication style with the ability to challenge and support stakeholders
• Able to work on-site at least 2 days per week

Highly desirable

• Power BI (dashboard creation and reporting)
• Experience with ASC case management / reporting systems (e.g., Mosaic)
• Local authority finance system experience (e.g., Agresso/Unit4)
• Wider local government finance background

Contract & working arrangements

• Initial contract: 3 months (extension possible, subject to service need and permanent recruitment progress)
• IR35: Inside
• Working pattern: Hybrid – minimum 2 days per week on-site (preferred days typically Monday and Wednesday)
• Start: Targeting early July

How to apply

If you have Adult Social Care finance experience in a local authority and can start at short notice, please apply. I will be in touch in order of receipt.