Grade 7 - Offers and Claims

VANRATH; Belfast City District; Híbrido; GBP 62.000 - 64.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Enhanced pension

Holiday entitlement: 25 days rising to

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working

Wellness and inclusion schemes

Family-friendly policies

Resumo da vaga

Vanrath is partnering with Invest NI to recruit a Senior Accountant on a permanent basis in Northern Ireland. The role centers on developing and overseeing audit procedures, training the team, and managing workflow for auditing financial assistance claims.

You will advise internal and external stakeholders, lead process improvements, and contribute to corporate governance projects within a hybrid working environment.

Qualificações

• Fully qualified Accountant with minimum 5 years PQE and current membership of one of the listed bodies.
• Experience in developing audit procedures and leading audit teams with strong control frameworks.
• Experience in delivering process improvements while upholding high corporate governance standards.
• Experience drafting/interpreting legal contracts, financial structuring and practical financial arrangements.
• Experience providing advice based on detailed analysis to inform senior stakeholder decisions.
• Strong leadership and staff management with resource planning responsibilities.

Responsabilidades

• Lead a team responsible for auditing claims for financial assistance.
• Design, implement and evaluate auditing procedures per governance and best practice.
• Ensure delivery of objectives within timeframes and maintain high standards.
• Draft/advise on robust contracts and commercial clauses.
• Identify and drive system/process improvements for efficiency and governance.
• Deliver high-quality training to the team.
• Engage with stakeholders, clients and internal teams to provide guidance on audits and grant offers.
• Coordinate with internal audit and NI Audit Office as needed.
• Provide timely financial information and reports to internal users.
• Support risk management and corporate governance objectives.
• Take on agency-wide projects as required.

Conhecimentos

Audit leadership

Corporate governance

Contract drafting

Stakeholder advisory

PQE 5+ years

Finance contracts

Team management

Audit procedures

Formação

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland

Descrição da vaga

Are you a Senior Accountant with a desire to join an organisation at the heart of Northern Ireland's economic development?

What's in it for you?

• £61,673 - £64,469 salary banding
• Enhanced pension
• 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 30 days following 5 years service
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working
• Wellness and inclusion schemes
• Family-friend policies

About your next employer

VANRATH are delighted to be exclusively partnered with Invest NI in their recruitment of an Senior Accountant, on a permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Accountant to join one of Northern Ireland's most recognisable public sector employers. Invest NI is recognised as a leading economic development agency, driving a balanced, sustainable, productive, and prosperous Northern Ireland economy through unlocking the potential of businesses across the region.

The Senior Accountant will be responsible for all areas of the team's activities including the development, implementation and review of audit procedures, team training, resource planning and workflow management. As a fully Qualified Accountant, the post holder will provide guidance, and expert advice on auditing and other matters to internal and external stakeholders, building long-term, effective working relationships throughout the organisation. The role will provide significant opportunities for the post holder to participate in and contribute to team and wider organisational continuous improvement projects.

If successful in this process, you will be a key member of the team responsible for assisting Northern Ireland businesses grow, compete internationally, and to attract new foreign direct investment to NI. This is a rewarding role with the ability to provide high levels of personal satisfactions and to make a positive contribution to the local economy.

Closing date for completed application forms Monday 16th November 2026

About you

• A fully qualified Accountant with a minimum of 5 years PQE, having completed the professional examinations and be a full, current member of one of the bodies listed below:

1. a) Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
2. b) Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
3. c) Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
4. d) Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
5. e) Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
6. f) Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland

• Experience in developing audit procedures and leading audit teams and ensuring effective control mechanisms are in place
• Experience of management and delivering process improvements while adhering to high standards of corporate governance
• Experience in drafting and/or interpreting legal contracts, financial structuring and implementing practical financial arrangements
• Experience of providing advice, based on detailed analysis to facilitate evidenced based decision making by senior level stakeholders
• Strong leadership and staff management experience with responsibility to plan, allocate and monitor resources

What you'll do

• Leading a team of people responsible for the effective and efficient auditing of claims for financial assistance.
• Designing, implementing and evaluating auditing procedures in accordance with relevant corporate governance and auditing best practice.
• Ensuring the team delivers key objectives, within optimal timeframes and to a high standard.
• Inputting into the drafting of legally and financially robust contracts, advising on commercial clauses and conditions.
• Identifying areas for and to take the lead on developing and improving systems and processes to deliver efficiencies and enhance corporate governance.
• Designing and delivering high quality and relevant training to the team.
• Engaging with key stakeholders, clients and internal staff, providing high quality advice and guidance in relation to the auditing of claims and the structuring of grant offers.
• Liaising with internal audit and the Northern Ireland Audit Office as required.
• Delivering high quality, accurate and timely financial information and reports to meet the needs of internal users.
• Inputting into the delivery of risk management and corporate governance objectives.
• Taking on key roles in other agency wide projects being undertaken as required.