Accounting Technician

Financial Accounting Technician (Public Sector)

Salary: £19.04 per hour 

Employment: 3 months temporary assignment, full-time (30 hrs per week)

Reed Accountancy is partnered with an established and highly reputable Public Body in Ballymena in the appointment of an experienced Financial Accounting Technician to work full-time on a temporary and initial 3-month basis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist the Financial Accountant with the development and review of finance procedures
• Review, on a continuing basis, the procedures within the department including the development of suitable training programmes for new and existing staff for the dissemination of these procedures.
• Provide initial systems training to Finance Team, budget holders and other staff.
• Act as line manager for the Accounts Payable Officer, Accounts Receivable Officer, Credit Control Officer, Cashier and Purchasing Officer
• Ensure that the work of the finance department is adequately planned, supervised and performed at a high level of efficiency and effectiveness.
• Maintenance of the transfer/withdrawal/cancellations table and associated paperwork
• Processing all credits and refunds for students
• Liaison with Accounts Receivable Officer and Credit Control Officer with respect to all other error corrections required and processing these on a timely basis
• Review of accounts payable payment runs
• Submission of all BACS and DD files for the finance department
• Month-end close off procedures for the accounting system and control account reconciliations for accounts receivable and accounts payable
• VAT Returns
• Liaise with the internal auditor in the continuous review of accounting procedures and matters of good practice.
• To undertake other appropriate duties as required by the Financial Accountant

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Applicants must have successfully completed the professional examinations and have full membership of one of the following Accountancy Bodies:
• The Institute of Accounting Technicians in Ireland;
• Association of Accounting Technicians;
• or equivalent.
• OR Applicants must have had two years’ experience in the last five years of working within a finance office. Experience must include at least two of the following:
• General ledger
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Purchasing
• Payroll
• AND Applicants must have held a post of responsibility supervising staff (at least one person) within a finance office within the last three years. (To include full range of supervision – work planning, discipline, training.

For a full job description or more information, please contact Mary at Reed Belfast, apply via this advert, or contact me confidentially on LinkedIn.