Staff Officer Accountant - Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited : Job Details

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.Are you on the lookout for a new role? I've got exciting and exclusive opportunities that could be of interest to you. This role is a finance post within The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.Your new roleYour new company, Hays 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. Are you on the lookout for a new role? I've got exciting and exclusive opportunities that could be of interest to you. This role is a finance post within The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.Your new role

• Internal Budget Management
• Responsible for budgeting timetables
• Delegation and profiling of opening budgets (in conjunction with DP and Grade 6)
• Prepare and review monthly management reports
• Meet with budget holders in advance of monitoring rounds and other budget holders on a monthly basis
• Distribution of budgetary reports to budget holders - start of year, monthly and in advance of monitoring rounds
• Preparation of budgetary projection (in conjunction with DP) - in advance of monitoring rounds and updated on a monthly basis for the second half of the financial year
• Prepare analysis reports for annual and strategic planning
• Prepare Journals as and when required
• Liaise with SO in a capital budgeting role
• Ad hoc exercises as required.

2. External Budget Management

• Prepare Monthly Forecast Expenditure reports for submission to DoF and Treasury by the appropriate deadlines
• CED Mapping to be reviewed and maintained weekly
• CED Reports to be reviewed and reconciled monthly
• Maintenance and updating of RBM
• To prepare Monitoring Round submissions and obtain Senior Management approval (in conjunction with DP and Grade 6)
• Manage budgetary adjustment derived from monitoring rounds - updating the AccountNI Operational and CED Budgets, advising budget holders accordingly.
• Ad hoc exercises as required

3. Business Cases

• Drafting and maintaining guidance in respect of the production of business cases
• Supporting business areas in the production of business cases
• Provision of training to key staff in the completion of business cases
• Provide the in-house challenge function to internal business cases
• Maintenance of business case log and Approvals Audit Trial

What you'll need to succeed

• Applicants must be going to be a fully qualified within 6 months or a fully qualified accountant now, having successfully completed the professional examinations, and be a full Member of one of the following bodies:
• Chartered Accountants Ireland;
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland;
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales;
• The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants;
• The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants;
• The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
• The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland.

AND The post-holder should have at least one year's experience within the last 3 years within the following areas:

• Financial Accounts
• Management Accounts
• Accounting Information Systems

• It would be desirable to have previous experience in the following areas;
• Public sector

What you'll get in return Flexible working options available, hybrid working and free parking at the office.What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Anna McAllister on +. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk