Staff Officer Accountant

Your new companyHays Accountancy and Finance are recruiting and working in partnership with a large public sector organisation for the appointment of a Staff Officer Accountant offering a competitive market leading salary and public benefits.This Staff Officer Accountant role will be in the Department for Communities- Housing Finance Branch, apart of the Housing & Sustainability Group.Your new roleThe key duties and responsibilities of this post include but are not restricted to the following-

• Provide in-year budget management and monitoring, including preparation of monthly reports for the HSG senior management team and input to the monthly Departmental Management Board Stewardship Report.
• Prepare the HSG (NIHE) monthly Outturn Forecast Outturn return and HSG (NIHE) Monitoring Round returns.
• Engage and work alongside budgeting & accounts colleagues, NIHE finance, Central Budgeting, and other stakeholders to ensure value for money in the use of DfC resources and capital budgets.
• Business case review as part of the Five Case Model business case approach.
• Review and appraisal, the NIHE Budget Submission.
• Review and provide comments on information included by NIHE in board papers, monthly performance meeting papers etc.
• Review and appraisal of NIHE Pay Remits.
• Manage the NIHE monthly Cash Drawdown.
• Review of NIHE consolatory payments, losses and write-off cases.
• Assist with external and internal audit queries, Assembly Questions, NIHE Accountability updates, and Freedom of Information requests as required.
• Attending meetings and deputising as required.
• Other ad hoc finance returns and duties.

What you'll need to succeedThe candidate must be a professionally qualified accountant and have at least one year's experience gained in the last five years, in a finance related environment, in one or more areas detailed below:Financial planning and budgeting;Financial accounting/auditing;Forensic accounting/insolvency-related work;Management accounting and cost analysis;Investment finance;Treasury management; and/orDevelopment/implementation of financial systems.What you'll get in returnFlexible working, hybrid working 1-2 days in an office.What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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