Accounting Technician

• Accounting Technician

   

  This is a full-time hybrid role: 2 days in our office at City Quays and 3 days from home.

   

  If you don’t know much about us, we’re a five-year old technology company here in Northern Ireland and part of a Fortune 500 company in the US. Aflac’s supplemental insurance products help people cover their medical expenses and so when they come to us, they really need us. In Belfast, we are building great technology to support those customers in their time of need.

   

  We have grown significantly since we launched in October 2019 and now have a team of 170! We’ve moved into our brand-new office space in City Quays 3 and we’re looking for someone to help our Head of Operations & ESG ensure that Aflac Northern Ireland operates efficiently, sustainably and with good financial health.This is an exciting opportunity for someone with the enthusiasm and vision to reimagine and run our finance operation. Supporting our team in their development is very important to us so we will also do what we can to support the successful candidate in their professional certification journey.

   

  What you’ll be doing:

   

  • Full oversight and responsibility for all aspects of purchase ledger and sales ledger
  • Bank entries and reconciliation
  • Purchase order processing
  • Preparing monthly management reports with supporting information
  • Assisting with R&D and training claims
  • Assisting with preparation of statutory returns
  • Working with US colleagues at month-end and to facilitate inter-company transactions and reporting
  • Assisting with monthly forecast and annual budgeting activities
  • Processing monthly payroll including P11D and pension admin

   

   

  What you should have

   

  Essential

  • Third level qualification in a business or finance related subject
  • Part-qualified accountant or accounting technician with a recognised professional body
  • A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar environment. Preference will be given to those candidates who have worked in a similar international subsidiary environment
  • Strong technical skills with extensive experience using IT financial systems and excel
  • Good working knowledge of Quickbooks
  • Experience of FX accounting
  • Experience of collation and monitoring of both financial and non-financial information and follow-up action as required
  • Cash-flow management
  • Budgeting & forecasting experience
  • Strong communication skills with proven experience in presenting finance information to non-finance colleague and senior leaders
  • Ability to adopt a best practice approach to reporting
  • Data analysis and modelling experience
  • Ability to present data in a modern, easily digestible format
  • Proficient in UK payroll processing

   

  Desirable

  • Working knowledge of Analysis for Excel
  • Experience of working in a young IT business
  • Process (re)design and implementation experience

   

  Aflac NI is an equal opportunities employer. This application will include two questions that are used for monitoring purposes only and will help us continue to provide equal opportunities in our business. Your answers to these questions are highly confidential and will not be viewed by anyone in the selection process for this role.