Capital and General Ledger Assistant

Job Title: Capital and General Ledger Assistant

Location: Belfast

Length: Temporary - up to 12 months

Hours of work: 37.5hrs Monday - Friday

Rate of Pay: £15.31 per hour

The Client:

NI Water was set up in 2007 to provide water and wastewater services in Northern Ireland. They recognise that people are what make Northern Ireland Water a great place to work, so they are always looking for talented and passionate individuals that can help them on the journey to becoming world class.

The Role:

• Ensure application of up-to-date IFRS accounting policies when maintaining the Fixed Asset Register and Oracle with up-to-date additions, disposals and depreciation. Ensure compliance with both the statutory and regulatory requirements. Includes independently commissioning all of NI Water Operations capital projects through liaising with Management Accounts Business Partners, Operations Field Managers and Operations Business Units and also analysing Oracle transactions (accruals, receipts and payments) and budget and spend information on the CPMR system to decide if projects are ready for financial commissioning.
• Provide financial advice to Operations Field Managers on the commissioning of capital projects. Attend meetings with them to assist and provide training when required on the process of completing output sheets on CPMR for the commissioning Operations projects.
• Apply accounting knowledge to prepare and review journals on Oracle for Capital & General Ledger transactions making use of functionality of a range of software packages including but not exclusively Excel using macros, functions and formatting to ensure that Group company accounting records are updated and reviewed accurately and on a timely basis.
• Manage month end and year-end accounting and reconciliation processes. Includes carrying out various procedures including preparing/uploading/posting all capital journals, preparing and posting the monthly capitalised salaries & overheads allocations and running mass allocation. Reconcile the capital control total once all processes are complete and investigate and correct any variances in a timely manner. Ensure that reports for management are prepared to a high standard and supported by appropriate documentation for submission to external auditors.
• Ensure that the monthly Fixed Asset Note for month end is produced to agreed timetables and reconciles to the Fixed Asset Register and Oracle system for IFRS. Investigate and correct any variances found before submission for year end accounts and review by the external auditors.
• Prepare and reconcile the monthly capital spend report used to support the Capital Loan Subscription notes for return to DFI. Investigate and correct any variances before submission.

Requirements:

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• A 3rd level qualification (HNC/HND/Degree) or equivalent in a Business/Finance/Accounting related qualification AND at least One years' experience of working in a Business/Finance/Accounting environment OR Have Four years' of working in a Business/Finance/Accounting environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of monthly financial reporting processes
• Working knowledge of MS package including Excel, Word and Access
• Ability to achieve a high level of work accuracy within tight timescales.

About Staffline:
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