Staff Officer Accountant

Your new company



Hays Accountancy and Finance are recruiting and working in partnership with a large public sector organisation for the appointment of a Staff Officer Accountant offering a competitive market leading salary and public benefits you on the lookout for a new role? I've got exciting and exclusive opportunities that could be of interest to you. This role is a finance post within The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.

Your new role

Your new company, Hays Accountancy and Finance, are recruiting and working in partnership with a large public sector organisation for the appointment of a Staff Officer Accountant offering a competitive market-leading salary and public benefits. Are you on the lookout for a new role? I've got exciting and exclusive opportunities that could be of interest to you. This role is a finance post within The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.

Your new role

• Internal Budget Management


• Responsible for budgeting timetables


• Delegation and profiling of opening budgets (in conjunction with DP and Grade 6)


• Prepare and review monthly management reports


• Meet with budget holders in advance of monitoring rounds and other budget holders on a monthly basis


• Distribution of budgetary reports to budget holders - start of year, monthly and in advance of monitoring rounds


• Preparation of budgetary projection (in conjunction with DP) - in advance of monitoring rounds and updated on a monthly basis for the second half of the financial year


• Prepare analysis reports for annual and strategic planning


• Prepare Journals as and when required


• Liaise with SO in a capital budgeting role


• Ad hoc exercises as required.

2. External Budget Management

• Prepare Monthly Forecast Expenditure reports for submission to DoF and Treasury by the appropriate deadlines


• CED Mapping to be reviewed and maintained weekly


• CED Reports to be reviewed and reconciled monthly


• Maintenance and updating of RBM


• To prepare Monitoring Round submissions and obtain Senior Management approval (in conjunction with DP and Grade 6)


• Manage budgetary adjustment derived from monitoring rounds - updating the AccountNI Operational and CED Budgets, advising budget holders accordingly.


• Ad hoc exercises as required

3. Business Cases

• Drafting and maintaining guidance in respect of the production of business cases


• Supporting business areas in the production of business cases


• Provision of training to key staff in the completion of business cases


• Provide the in-house challenge function to internal business cases


• Maintenance of business case log and Approvals Audit Trial

What you'll need to succeed

• Applicants must be going to be a fully qualified within 6 months or a fully qualified accountant now, having successfully completed the professional examinations, and be a full Member of one of the following bodies:


• Chartered Accountants Ireland;


• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland;


• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales;


• The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants;


• The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants;


• The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy


• The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland.

AND The post-holder should have at least one year's experience within the last 3 years within the following areas:

• Financial Accounts


• Management Accounts


• Accounting Information Systems

• It would be desirable to have previous experience in the following areas;


• Public sector

What you'll get in return Flexible working options available, hybrid working and free parking at the office.

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