Assistant Accountant

VANRATH is delighted to be working with a well known Public Sector Organisation to offer a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Accountant to become part of a growing finance team. This role is initially on an interim basis covering a period of maternity.

What You'll get

• Immediate start
• Competitive salary (£33K) + holiday pay
• Supportive team and working environment

What you'll do

The Assistant Accountant will be responsible to a team accountant for the provision of an efficient, effective, and professional management accounting service to a Directorate within the business.

This role represents a great opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their accounting knowledge, skills, experience and career opportunities within a diverse business environment with a turnover in excess of £1.2bn per annum.

• Play a key role in delivering all aspects of day-to-day management accounting and reporting requirements.
• Play a key role in the development of devolved budgetary control, supporting budget holders with the provision of reports, investigation of variances and providing advice on necessary corrective actions.
• Plan, manage and organise the day-to-day operation of the relevant Finance section to ensure all transactions and requests for information are processed within organisational targets, timescales and procedures.
• Maintain effective financial systems and records to fulfil the requirements of legislation, accounting standards, policy and financial control obligations. This will involve reaction to, and anticipation of, changes in legislation and policy.
• Develop Team KPI’s and assurances for the section, and a system for monitoring and reporting of these.
• Liaise with senior staff on finance related matters across divisions.
• Provide senior Finance staff with performance information in relation to the relevant areas of responsibility, ensuring that any issues are escalated and proposals for resolution are made.

About You

Candidates must hold one of the following qualifications:

• the final examinations of AAT or IATI; or
• the foundation papers of a CCAB body (or equivalent) or
• a relevant Bachelor’s degree (where accounting is the major component) or equivalent qualification

• Experience in budget setting, forecasting, monitoring and reporting of expenditure.
• Experience in the preparation of statutory accounts.
• Experience in the identification and implementation of business process improvements within a finance environment to drive improved performance.
• Experience in managing a team (Manager/Supervisor role) within a busy finance environment in order to ensure deadlines are achieved and procedures followed, whilst ensuring suitable arrangements for staff training, motivation, discipline and performance assessment.
• Experience in the use of an integrated financial management system, linked reporting tools and advanced spreadsheets skills.
• Experience in writing reports using SAP Business Objects/Crystal report writing tool.
• Experience in finance systems implementation projects, demonstrating experience in a key role in any of the following: project management, system testing, production of control procedure documentation, implementation support and training.

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Jamie Gault in the strictest confidence.