Senior Programme Accountant

Suffolk County Council

Senior Programme Accountant enabling transformational change for Children’s Services at Norfolk County Council. Focused on shaping investment decisions and tracking the financial impacts.

Posted 7/7/2026contractNorwich • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £56,912 - £62,618 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Enable, support and drive transformational change in the public sector
Shape key investment decisions and understand and track financial impacts
Get involved in a wide array of interesting and thought-provoking pieces of work
Work closely with programme managers, service leads, and other accountants
Monitor and evaluate the financial benefits associated with changes

Requirements

What you’ll need

CCAB qualified accountant
Technical financial skills to support non-financial staff with the creation of business cases and key project documentation
Ability to balance challenge and support
Solutions focused and can remain calm under pressure
Competent with numbers and effective in communicating and influencing
Adaptable and resilient in your approach

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Generous holiday entitlement
Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
Financial benefits such as:
‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
Relocation expenses (where applicable)
An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

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Hard Skills & Tools

Financial AnalysisBusiness Case CreationProject DocumentationInvestment Decision SupportFinancial Monitoring

Soft Skills

Solutions FocusedCalm Under PressureAdaptableResilientEffective Communication

Certifications

CCAB Qualification