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Financial Accountant

Barclay Meade
Posted 12 hours ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Belfast, County Antrim BT11 8HW

Contract type

Full Time

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  • This role within the Corporate and Capital Accounting Service focuses on ensuring compliance with capital budget reporting and year-end financial reporting.
  • The position requires a fully qualified accountant with membership in one of the five CCAB bodies and at least five years of managerial experience.
  • The post-holder will lead financial support for the capital budget, engage with budget holders, and play a key role in year-end accounting procedures.
  • A public sector background and experience in redemption asset management are essential for this role, which is based in Northern Ireland.
  • The salary for this position is competitive, reflecting the candidate's experience and qualifications.

About the job

This is a crucial role within the Corporate and Capital Accounting Service, ensuring compliance with capital budget reporting requirements, including year-end financial reporting. The post-holder will engage directly with internal teams to support statutory and compliance obligations related to capital budgeting. The role involves liaising with key stakeholders, including capital budget holders, the Corporate Working closely with the Functional Lead, the post-holder will continuously monitor and improve financial reporting processes, ensuring a high-quality service that drives efficiency and performance improvements.

Responsible For:

  • Leading financial support for aspects of the capital budget, particularly in complex areas, engaging with budget holders, and resolving issues within established guidelines.
  • Playing a key role in year-end capital budget and accounting procedures, ensuring deadlines are met through effective team collaboration.
  • Providing financial advice and technical accounting guidance on capital expenditure.
  • Developing and revising policies and procedures as necessary.
  • Strengthening relationships and partnerships across finance and other directorates.
  • Supporting service development by identifying and implementing new approaches to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Contributing to resource management within the capital team.

Key Experience:

  • Be a fully qualified accountant with current membership of one of the five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS or Chartered Accountants Ireland) (ICAI) or CIMA or equivalent
  • Must be based in Northern Ireland
  • Public Sector background
  • Demonstrate managerial experience
  • Redemption asset management (RAM) experience

If you're interested and have the relevant experience above, don't hesitate to apply and submit your CV today!

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.