{"id":2855,"date":"2023-12-05T10:16:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/finance-news\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2023-12-05T10:16:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:16:54","slug":"management-accounting-finance-shared-services-and-r-and-i-finance-go-live-on-6th-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/finance-news\/2023\/12\/05\/management-accounting-finance-shared-services-and-r-and-i-finance-go-live-on-6th-december-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Management Accounting, Finance Shared Services and R and I Finance- Go Live on 6th December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are getting ready for the changeover to the new E&E structure which takes effect from Weds 6th<\/sup> December. \u00a0\u00a0As with any new service, many team members are new in role and we will take some time to operate at full effectiveness.\u00a0 We also have some impactful gaps in staffing across all of our services.\u00a0 We would really appreciate your support to ensure we can manage workloads and in these first few months we concentrate only on work that is absolutely essential. This post focuses on Divisions. \u00a0For PSDs now being serviced from the Finance Directorate (CSE and IS) we have separately discussed arrangements.<\/p>\n

A Roles and responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of the E&E process we have mapped out the current work performed by Divisional finance teams. This chart<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0shows which of these roles fall within the Management Accounting team, which in the Finance Shared Service team and which reside with Divisions and will help you decide which area to contact. We\u2019ll be keeping this under review and will update from time to time.<\/p>\n

B Lead contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n

For each Division we are providing a named lead contact across Management Accounting and Finance Shared Services, to help build effective working relationships.\u00a0 The list of lead contacts<\/a><\/strong> by Division is here and will change as our services settle in and provisional staff arrangements come to an end. The Management Accounting team will be located in the Registry and the Finance Shared Service in Darwin.\u00a0 Over the weeks to come they will be working more closely with you and will spend some time in your Division.<\/p>\n

The Management Accounting team is led by Romesh Wijeyekoon and the Finance Shared Service team is led by Paul Glover.<\/p>\n

C Accessing our services<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re making some changes to the way finance services can be accessed, particularly the Finance Shared Service.\u00a0 For FSS we are introducing a request management system, using Top Desk, to help provide a joined-up service, to manage and monitor workloads and to route work between team members.\u00a0 Our FSS team has been trained in Top Desk and we are looking to roll this from Go Live.<\/p>\n

When you need to email the teams after Go Live please use the following email addresses:<\/p>\n

Management Accounts:<\/strong><\/p>\n