We are currently working with our client based in North Dublin, who are seeking a Part Qualified or Fully Qualified Accountant to join their team! The ideal candidate will have previously experience working in Public sector and people management experience.
What you will receive:
Competitive Salary
Hybrid working after 3 months
30 days annual leave
Key Responsibilities:
To ensure an effective financial function, procedures and controls and records systems, providing support to the Finance Manager, Head of Corporate Services and the Director as required.
To manage the team of assistant finance staff and support the development of the team.
To produce monthly management accounts and assist in the production of the annual financial statements to the relevant accounting and auditing standards
To assist in preparing budget estimates, to monitor expenditure and to provide reports on any variances for the senior management group and relevant committees as appropriate to conduct analysis of expenditure and reconciliation against relevant reports
To provide support in relation to the development and implementation of best practice public procurement procedures incorporating aspects of contract management, and develop policies and procedures as required
To liaise with auditors as appropriate and ensure that all relevant information is provided, following through on actions as appropriate.
To advise staff on and to implement effective financial policies and controls developing guidelines and procedures as appropriate
To support the Finance Manager and Head of Corporate Services in providing reports and analysis to the Board of Management Audit and Finance Committees as required.
To ensure financial compliance with all relevant legislation, regulations and the Code of Practice for Governance of State Bodies
Identify and/or support quality improvement projects within the finance function, includingmaximising use of existing systems and involvement in new/upgraded systems roll-out
Internal Control testing using the Finance Internal Control Framework in order to monitor and control and reporting over the stock reporting system across a variety of departments using the SAGE stock system.
Controlling purchase order system across the campus and ensuring adherence to policy
Petty Cash control and payment processing for the campus
Key Requirements:
Qualified or part-qualified accountant (Essential)
At least 3 years’ experience in managing a finance function in a comparable role ideally within a regulatory or public sector organisation (Essential)
Proven experience of financial / management, planning and budgeting (Desirable)
Strong IT skills and knowledge of IT systems including SAGE 200 (Desirable)
For more information, please apply through the link provided for the attention of Chelsea Butler or email your CV to chelsea.butler@osborne.ie or call Osborne Recruitment on 041 986 5058. Please submit your updated CV in Word Format. If you are living in Ireland and hold a valid work permit we would love to hear from you, if however you do not hold a valid work permit unfortunately we will not be in a position to assist you with your job search Osborne are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
