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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.This Staff Officer Accountant role will be in the Department for Communities- Housing Finance Branch, apart of the Housing & Sustainability Group.
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The key duties and responsibilities of this post include but are not restricted to the following-

Provide in-year budget management and monitoring, including preparation of monthly reports for the HSG senior management team and input to the monthly Departmental Management Board Stewardship Report.
Prepare the HSG (NIHE) monthly Outturn Forecast Outturn return and HSG (NIHE) Monitoring Round returns.
Engage and work alongside budgeting & accounts colleagues, NIHE finance, Central Budgeting, and other stakeholders to ensure value for money in the use of DfC resources and capital budgets.
Business case review as part of the Five Case Model business case approach.
Review and appraisal, the NIHE Budget Submission.
Review and provide comments on information included by NIHE in board papers, monthly performance meeting papers etc.
Review and appraisal of NIHE Pay Remits.
Manage the NIHE monthly Cash Drawdown.
Review of NIHE consolatory payments, losses and write-off cases.
Assist with external and internal audit queries, Assembly Questions, NIHE Accountability updates, and Freedom of Information requests as required.
Attending meetings and deputising as required.
Other ad hoc finance returns and duties.What you'll need to succeed
The candidate must be a professionally qualified accountant and have at least one year's experience gained in the last five years, in a finance related environment, in one or more areas detailed below:Financial planning and budgeting;Financial accounting/auditing;Forensic accounting/insolvency-related work;Management accounting and cost analysis;Investment finance;Treasury management; and/orDevelopment/implementation of financial systems.

What you'll get in return
Flexible working, hybrid working 1-2 days in an office.
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