Head of Finance - Belfast, United Kingdom - Happy Jobs NI

Happy Jobs NI

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Belfast, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're looking for a Head of Finance to work for our client.

Happy Jobs NI is working alongside Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful to recruit a professional, passionate and motivated

Head of Finance

for their growing team.

Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful are an independent charity dedicated to creating a cleaner, greener and more sustainable Northern Ireland by delivering on improving environmental education in every school in Northern Ireland, increasing public engagement for communities in need and raising environmental standards for the places where people spend time: where they live, work and relax.

The Head of Finance will play an important role in managing the organisation ensuring it remains high performing and delivers on broader organisational goals

If you can demonstrate experience of managing the day-to-day financial operations and general administration of an organisation then you could be perfect for our client and we'd love to see your CV

The Role:

The Head of Finance will manage all matters related to financial operations of the organisation, administrative duties, and managing the members of the finance team

Responsibilities:

Manage the organisation's financial operations, ensuring that accurate information is provided to support and inform the financial decision making processes at Senior Management level
Prepare yearly budgeting for the organisation
Manage the month end and year end processes preparing any requirements for auditors and for annual accounts
Support the Board, its sub committees and the CEO in preparing necessary information to assist strategic decision making and governance requirements
Process all income and oversee the processing of all expenditure, journals and accruals/prepayments using SAGE accounting software
Process pension payments ensuring monthly reconciliations
Ensure amounts payable for goods and services are paid in accordance with current policy
Requirements:
Accounting Technician qualification or three years equivalent experience running the finance functions of an organisation
Two years' experience using an accounting software package, preferably SAGE Accounts 50
Previous experience of assisting in preparation of financial information
Strong working knowledge of processing income, expenditure, journals and accruals
Strong staff management skills, preferably 2 years experience in managing a wider team
Proficient in the use of Microsoft office Suite including Excel, Outlook and Word
Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field would be desirable
Can perform duties unassisted, accurately, under pressure and to strict deadlines
Ability to follow set procedures
Ability to be agile and support others
The Package:
Basic salary: £40,500 per annum
Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful operates a blended working policy allowing some flexibility to work between home and an office in Belfast
IT equipment and support is provided for all staff to enable them to be efficient and effective in their workThink that this Head of Finance role is the perfect job for you? Then we'd love to hear from you.

You could be right for this Head of Finance position if you've previously worked as any of the following:
Financial Accounting Manager, Senior Finance Analyst or as a Finance And Administration Manager.