Grade 7 Accountant (Civil Service, Contract)

Grade 7 Accountant (NICS ALB) VANRATH are pleased to be recruiting for a Grade 7 Accountant to join an NICS ALB to assist with an urgent project. Our client are a smaller public sector body based in the City Centre. This role is to assist and direct and urgent project and the successful candidate should have experience in public sector, specifically in preparing pay remits and budgeting/forecast profiling. The Role: Responsibility for providing senior management with relevant and timely financial and management information, e.g. management accounts, cost centre reports and budget / forecast reports. Responsibility for the preparation of realistic budgets both at organisational and cost centre level and monthly forecasts Responsibility for the production of financial information in particular as required for monthly financial reporting, quarterly monitoring reports and budget re-profiles and other returns to the Department and for meeting the requirement to provide other ad hoc financial reports to various stakeholders / third parties. Responsibilities for the procurement function within the Office including supporting the development of business cases and the provision of advice to managers. Responsibility for the preparation of the annual statutory accounts for audit and ensuring compliance with all other relevant guidance, and for completing the Whole of Government Accounts. Liaison with the NI Audit Office, the Office's Internal Auditors. The Ideal Person: Professional qualification with a relevant accountancy body A minimum of five years' relevant post qualification experience in a leadership capacity. A minimum of three years' management experience at a relevant senior and strategic level including leading the development, implementation and monitoring of the finance function. Remuneration: Grade 7 Civil Service Pay Scale For further information on this vacancy, or any other Senior Finance vacancies in Northern Ireland, please apply via the link provided or contact Robbie Lemon in the strictest confidence. Skills: Head of Finance Financial Controller Interim Head of Finance Interim Financial Controller Belfast