Finance Business Partner, Band 6

Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd; Belfast; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment company seeks a Management Accountant to support financial management and reporting tasks. The ideal candidate is a part qualified accountant with at least 2 years in finance, advanced Excel skills, and experience in budget reporting. This role involves liaising with budget managers and contributing to financial analysis. Candidates must have strong communication and organisational skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in an accounting/finance role, with 1 year in financial management.
• Experience in budgetary reporting to budget managers.
• Ability to work with diverse stakeholders for successful outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Management Accountant in maintaining financial control.
• Assist with the monthly Board report production.
• Assist in the annual budget setting process for the Business Unit.

Skills

Part qualified Accountant

Advanced MS Office skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Completed foundation level of professional Accountancy examinations

Tools

Excel

Computerised accounting ledger

Budgetary control system

Job description

The Management Accountant will assist the Senior Management Accountant in providing a range of business support services to individual operational Directors, senior operational managers and other budget managers in order to achieve effective financial management in line with the strategic objectives of the organisation. This will include the production of regular, meaningful financial analysis reports to facilitate effective budgetary control at Business Unit level and assisting the Senior Management Accountant in analysing and evaluating complex problems. The post-holder will assist the Senior Management Accountant in undertaking the financial aspects of budget setting, service re-profiling, service developments/retractions, financial forecasting and other ad-hoc financial costings as required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Management Accountant in maintaining effective financial control within allocated Business Units.
• Assist with the production of the monthly Board report.
• Assist with the provision of expert analysis, interpretation and evaluation of financial and non-financial data.
• Responsible for the monthly production of written assessment of the financial position for allocated Business Units.
• Assist with the production of supporting schedules for the monthly Board Finance report.
• Assist with the annual budget setting process for the Business Unit.
• Assist the Senior Management Accountant with the development and maintenance of systems and mechanisms to ensure the co-ordination of the organisation’s budgetary control systems.
• Assist in the production of regular and meaningful income and expenditure information to budget managers.
• Assist in the development of improved ways of reporting financial information in conjunction with budget managers.
• Assist in the development of cash and non-cash release efficiency savings plans for the Business Unit.
• Assist in the provision of budgetary control training for budget holders and other non- finance managers.
• Assist with the provision of management accounting information for inclusion in the final accounts.
• Liaise with internal and external audit on matters relating to the Financial Management function as appropriate.

Skills and Qualifications

• Part qualified Accountant having completed the foundation level of professional Accountancy examinations with one of the six professional accounting institutes (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, CIMA or ICAI).
• Have a minimum of 2 years’ experience working in an accounting / finance role. Please note, this should include a minimum of 1 years’ experience within a financial management / management accounts role.
• Which should include experience in regular budgetary reporting to budget managers, provision of support to budget holders and annual budget build.
• Have worked with a diverse range of stakeholders, both internal and external to the organisation, to achieve successful outcomes.
• Have advanced IT skills in relation to MS Office (in particular Excel) applications and experience of working with financial systems including a computerised accounting ledger and budgetary control system.
• High levels of organisational, communication, leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to deal with / influence other Business Units and outside agencies at senior levels.

Further Information

Please note that Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd require original certificates as proof of all qualifications listed on CV.

Area: Derry or Londonderry
Closing date: 06 Nov 2025