2019 Winners

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WINNER: Financial Services Centre, Transport for London

Judge’s comments: “The winner was a very high-quality submission demonstrating strong delivery, comprehensively supported by stakeholders.”

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Finance Team, North Yorkshire County Council

SHORTLIST:

• Adult Social Care Finance Team, Middlesbrough Council
• Gilbert Stowe, Dennis Robinson, Rashmi Shetty, Vladyslav Atamanyuk, Elaine Geeves, Luke Morton, Jeff Pinkham, Dermot Deegan, London Borough of Hackney
• Lambeth Council Oracle Cloud Project team bringing together Finance, Procurement, HR and Payroll
• LGSS Pensions
• Middlesbrough Council Estates Team, Middlesbrough Council
• The WMCA Finance Team, West Midlands Combined Authority

WINNER: Finance Team, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust

Judge’s comments: “The winner impressed us by the evidence of the impact, the ability to share experience and the way that ethics was embedded in the initiative.”

SHORTLIST:

• Contract Finance Team, Mid and South Essex CCGs
• Finance Team, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust
• Finance Team, NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
• Finance Team, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
• Richard McCallum, Alasdair Black, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate Working in Partnership with NHS Boards, Integration Authorities for Health and Social Care and Local Government

WINNER: Ralph Bryan, Josephine Burchell, Ann Dattani, Rachel Hull, Susan Martin, Pauline Moore, James Porter, Carmala Rajasooriyer, Lynne Stannard, The National Archives

Judge’s comments: “National Archives emerged as our winner because of the way they managed their resource restraints by building empowering relationships with the rest of the organisation.”

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Finance Team, Public Health England

SHORTLIST:

• Finance Shared Services and Technology (FSST), Government Finance Function
• Finance Team, University of Edinburgh
• Richard McCallum, Alasdair Black, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate Working in Partnership with NHS Boards, Integration Authorities for Health and Social Care and Local Government

Sponsored by: Oxygen Finance

WINNER: Sonia Virdee, Chief Accountant, Kent Police

Judge’s comments: “Sonia Virdee had outstanding nominations endorsed by senior police leadership of the organisation. Sonia demonstrated inspiring leadership skills and the ability to adapt to new environments.”

SHORTLIST:

• Ben Barlow, Pensions Services Financial Manager, LGSS Pensions
• Sharon Binning, Project Manager, Financial Services Centre, Transport for London
• Martin Blessing, Payroll Manager, Financial Services Centre, Transport for London

Sponsored by: CIPFA-Penna

WINNER : Brian Davey, Head of Financial Services Centre, Transport for London

Judge’s comments: “Brian Davey has clearly had a major impact on Transport for London on culture as much as process, with an impressive commitments to investing in professional development.”

SHORTLIST:

• Gerry Cox, Chief Executive, SWAP Internal Audit Services
• David Enticott, Finance Director and Company Secretary, Derby Homes

WINNER : The Corporate Core Team, Manchester City Council

Judge’s comments: “The winner showed great use of integrated reporting, making maximum use of the digital technology for residents’ ease of access.”

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Finance Team, University of Edinburgh

SHORTLIST:

• Cameron Fox, Julia Beck, Muhammad Swaleh, Peter Holly, Jamie Hart, UK Export Finance (Export Credit Guarantees Department)
• Finance and Customer Communications Teams, Derby Homes
• Finance Team, Northern Ireland Water
• Finance Team, Winchester City Council
• Kent Corporate Finance Team, Kent Police
• Kite Finance Team, Kite Academy Trust

WINNER:  Cartrefi Conwy and Creating Enterprise

Judge’s comments: “An innovative and comprehensive approach that is making a real difference to people’s lives – ticks all of the boxes in terms of alternative service delivery.”

SHORTLIST:

• Adult Social Services, Richmond and Wandsworth Shared Staffing Arrangement
• Delt Shared Services, Plymouth City Council
• Katy Bourne, Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex, Micha Dawes, Commissioning Officer and Iain McCulloch, Chief Finance Officer, Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner
• PSProcure Working on behalf of the London Borough of Redbridge and the London Borough of Waltham Forest
• Publica Group, Cotswold District Council, Forest of Dean District Council, West Oxfordshire District Council and Cheltenham Borough Council
• Scottish Government sponsoring the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme
• Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

WINNER:  Logistics 2017 Programme, Department for Work & Pensions

Judge’s comments: “This was a strong entry about a change to an under-discussed, but important, end of business. There was a strong commitment to, and evidence of, social value.”

SHORTLIST:

• On-site Surgical and Medical Capacity Solutions, The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Police National Commercial Board Programme, Police National Commercial Board
• Procurement & Supply Chain Team, London Borough of Waltham Forest
• Procurement Services Team, Kent Police & Essex Police (Collaborative Shared Services)
• Real Time Healthcare Tracking and Patient Flow Systems, The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

WINNER:  NHS Wales Finance Academy

Judge’s comments: “In a time of constraint, this winner’s ambition increased rather than diminished. It developed a widely applicable initiative, attracting the attention of industry giants.”

SHORTLIST:

• Finance Professionalism and Capability Team, Ministry of Justice
• Finance Team, Allerdale Borough Council
• Finance Team, North Yorkshire County Council – Future Finance Leaders Programme
• Financial Services Centre, Transport for London
• Gua Duong, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Services

WINNER: Assurance Lincolnshire Internal Audit Team, Lincolnshire County Council

Judge’s comments: “There was a lot of evidence of proactive planning and putting in place resilient processes to monitor and mitigate risk. We were impressed by the focus on ethics, acting in the public interest and sharing the work with other groups.”

SHORTLIST:

• Balance Sheet Analysis Team, HM Treasury
• Business Change & Innovation, South Yorkshire Police
• Corporate Governance Team within Finance and Regulation Directorate, Northern Ireland Water
• Financial Services Centre, Transport for London
• Northern Care Alliance NHS Group and MIAA

WINNER: Northern Care Alliance NHS Group and MIAA

Judge’s comments: “All the entrants demonstrated the value of internal audit. With the winner, audit was at the front end of change within the NHS. It’s a group model that involved some real collaborative working, allowing the sharing of good practice across partners.”

HIGHLY COMMENDED: St. Albans District Council – Internal Audit

SHORTLIST:

• Government Internal Audit Agency at Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Management Team, SWAP Internal Audit Services

WINNER:  London Borough of Bromley

Judge’s comments: “Bromley demonstrated its breadth of use of alternative investments to optimise returns for the benefi t of fund holders in a transparent and engaged manner.”

SHORTLIST:

• Barnsley MBC in partnership with Ashmore Financial
• LGSS Pensions

WINNER:  Independent Living Fund Scotland

Judge’s comments: “The winner was a good example of co-production and good engagement with the community, together with targeted activities and lots of ideas for the future.”

SHORTLIST:

• Home First Service, NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
• Plan for Libraries, Plymouth City Council

WINNER: Help to Live at Home Digital Improvements, Liverpool City Council

Judge’s comments: “The winning team’s enterprising use of technology helped really deliver for the end user, and employed the best of the public and private sectors working together.”

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Turas People, NHS Education for Scotland

SHORTLIST:

• Celonis, Financial Services Centre, Transport for London
• Finance Activity and Performance Reporting System, Bradford Council
• Income Collection Transformation, Hackney Council
• WWL Devolved Financial Management and PlanTrack Apps – supporting the business through digital finance, Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

WINNER: Oxygen Finance and Warwickshire County Council

Judge’s comments: “This is a great example of public-private collaboration to maximise each efficiency, clearly demonstrating benefits for service users. It amplifies the local authority in delivering social value and supporting new and local small businesses.”

SHORTLIST:

• Destin Solutions and Kent Intelligence Network (KIN)
• Evolutionary Systems Company (Evosys) and London Borough of Lambeth