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Job description

Contracting Authority: Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) The overall purpose of the role is to lead, manage and develop the corporate accounting requirements "In applying for this role you acknowledge the following; this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment, and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different."

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that service delivery is focused on meeting the financial accounting requirements of the organisation, annual accounts reporting, identifying efficiencies and making improvements in year end processes.
• Through the provision of excellent services the Corporate Accountant will support the organisation in meeting the needs of children and young people.
• The Senior Principal Officer Corporate Accounting will work with the Functional Leads and Head of Service to ensure that high quality effective and efficient services are in place.
• The Senior Principal Officer Corporate Accounting will be responsible for working in partnership across the directorate and wider organisation to ensure that objectives are met.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Demonstrable experience of successfully delivering statutory and/or financial reporting requirements.
• Proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressurised environment against challenging deadlines and through engaging team members
• Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Good Excel skills

Desirable Skills

• Experience of leading, managing and developing a team.
• CCAB, or equivalent,