Deputy Principal Accountant– 12-month contract
Location – Belfast Monday to Friday – 9am – 5pm
Salary - £39,500 - £42,000
Main summary of role –
Are you a skilled accountant with a passion for working in a dynamic environment? If so, we have an exciting opportunity with a leading provider of scientific research and services to government bodies for a position of Deputy Principal Accountant. As the Deputy Principal accountant, you will be responsible, alongside a team of Deputy Principal Accountants for the preparation of all aspects of the Department’s consolidated resource accounts.
Main duties of role –
• Assist with accountancy-focused tasks for multiple finance systems improvement projects, in preparation for onboarding to a new finance and business management system
• Re-structure and mapping of the organisations Chart of Accounts to match that of Account NI
• Introduce and embed a No PO, No Pay policy
• Reconciliations of all control accounts
• Management and development where necessary of system interfaces (CORA, ISLAND, AFBI220, new PO requisition API)
• Manage the testing of new builds of CORA to ensure functionality of the Finance module
• Liaise with the internal CORA admin team and external CORA supplier team to report and resolve functionality issues in relation with the Finance module.
• Lead, manage and motivate staff to ensure continuous improvement of the services they provide to the organisation.
• Ensure effective management of staff including absence and performance management.
Applicants must:
Have successfully passed the final professional examinations and be a full current member of one of the professional bodies.ANDHave at least two year’s practical experience, gained within the last five years, in one of the following: Financial Planning and Budgeting; Financial Accounting/Auditing, Financial Reporting and Costing or Development/Implementation of Financial Systems.ANDDemonstrable excellent Excel skills, with practical experience of using VLOOKUPS and XLOOKUPS
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