Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Phone Number: 03448920900
Email: recruit@nihe.gov.uk
Web: https://www.nihe.gov.uk/working-with-us/careers

Job description

The Management Accountant will be responsible to a Finance Business Partner (Senior Accountant) and will lead a small team of staff in the provision of an efficient, effective, and professional management accounting service to a Directorate within the business. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• Have responsibility for the management of a small team of staff in delivering all aspects of day to day management accounting and reporting requirements etc.
• Work with budget holders, senior Finance staff to provide a comprehensive budgetary control service including agreeing annual budgetary requirements, monitoring in-year progress, expenditure forecasting, preparing management reports.
• Analyse costs, ensuring that they are being managed, controlled and are necessary. Opportunities for cost savings should be identified and discussed with the relevant managers within the business.
• Analyse income, ensuring that all opportunities to maximise income are highlighted, and work with the frontline business to ensure these opportunities are considered and implemented.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Possess a recognised professional accountancy qualification (CCAB or equivalent) for example ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CPFA.
• Have at least one years’ post qualification experience in a senior financial role.
• Can demonstrate at least 2 years’ experience in each of the following:
• Budgetary control including setting budgets, analysing expenditure, reporting on variances, forecasting, and liaison with budget holders.
• The use of an integrated financial management system and linked reporting tools (e.g. Business Objects, Crystal, Cognos, etc).

Further Information

Location: Belfast with peripatetic travel to Twickenham House, Ballymena.