Our client is a household name charity seeking an ACA or an FCA to join the finance team as a Regional Accountant - no travel - covering NE & Midlands. The Regional Accountant has responsibility to provide professional accountant services, financial analysis, planning, forecast, budgetary control, management accounting and financial reporting in support of the charities strategic objectives.The aim is to ensure the highest standards of professional financial services, compliance, business intelligence, reporting and support for stakeholders, with best practices in terms of financial processes, procedures and controls. A key aspect of this role is to develop and progress an effective and efficient financial accounting function, increase our capability for real-time information, cost centre codes alignment on the Agresso system.The Role :The role reports to the Regional Coordinator, with line management responsibility for the Finance Officer and Treasurer Support Officer. The role will work collaboratively with the Shared Services Finance Team. This role will have a dotted line to the Regional Council where financial tasks/matters are included in responsibilities, under a Regional Council.Regional Coordinators ensure directions from Chief Financial Officer regarding Financial Functional Matters, Governance of Financial Matters, financial reporting, internal financial control, policies, procedures and practices are applied.The post holder is expected to operate with considerable autonomy. The nature of matters referred upwards are those:• Where significant resistance is experienced in the development of good practice and implementation of policy.• Where practice or proposed practice places stakeholders in a position of risk • Where decision will have a significant impact on the workload of others.• Non-compliance of an agreed policy or procedure• Action likely to adversely affect the charityAccountabilities / Responsibilities : 1. Manage the keeping of proper books of accounts, deliver financial information and reports.• To ensure directions are applied regarding regulation and compliance matters, financial risk management, internal financial controls, financial analysis, planning and reporting accountabilities and transparency, meeting deliverables and timelines• Ensure regulatory compliance with policies, Charity Act and regulations, accounting standards and other legislation, standards, or codes.• Keep proper books of accounts to SORP standards.• Implement and monitor internal financial controls.• Ensure source documents are received and retained, and that transactions are recorded, timely and accurately.• Prepare and present periodic Management Accounts.• Prepare Annual Financial Statements for audit.• Manage the audit process, through to completion.• Periodic financial reporting to Regional Council and National Council, including quarterly and annual reporting.• Deliver Regional Council Audited Financial Statements, as per annual reporting requirements.2. Accounting Workflow and Processes: Accounts Payable & Receivable, income transactions, expenditure, assets and liabilities• Ensure transactions source documents are received, retained, and recorded to ensure compliance with policies for procurement, approval matrix, and internal financial controls.• Supervise the accounts payable and receivable processes.• Supervise banking and cash processes.• Ensure fundraising function documents and record transactions regarding donations, fundraising income, Revenue reclaims and are timely and accurately recorded in accounting records.• Maintain accurate and up to date regional register of legacies and bequest.• Maintain an accurate register of property leases, and property transactions, additional, disposal and CAPEX within the region.3. Annual Reports and Financial Statements, submissions, reporting to National Consolidation.• Manage and coordinate the regions Annual Reports and Financial Statements (AR) Cycle.• Provide technical guidance to the TSO as required during the annual report cycle.• Develop and maximise the use of ‘Live Agresso’ by Council and Conferences.• Coordinate the collating of the region Annual Reports submissions.• AR input into Agresso, where council of conference not ‘Live’.• Implement quality assurance of Annual Reports.• Ensure Annual Reports are accurate and reflective of the activities of the Conference.• Maintain accurate tracking of the Annual Report cycle, follow-up on outstanding Annual Reports /issues, intershare out of balances or non-matching posting between Councils or Conferences.• Support the National Consolidation team regarding matters for the region and annual report completion process.4. Employment Cycle / Staff Pay for the Region.• Manage and coordinate employment cycle related transactions and information to ensure accurate records required for payroll processing are maintained and implemented.• Ensure the timely accurate input to payroll processing and perform quality assurance in line with payroll processing dates.• Apply Society policies, procedures, and internal controls.5. Compliance and Control Environment.• Enhance, develop and monitor internal controls, risks management and compliance.• Ensure the application of legislation, accounting standards and best practices.• Liaise with stakeholders as required.• Ensure control environment created safeguard the financial and physical assets within the Society.• Manage internal and external audit cycles.• Contribute to the risk management process.• Create and maintain a financial risk register.6. Workflow, Process and Systems: Achieving efficiencies and effectiveness. Identify and develop potential efficiencies through new and existing technology. Support the CFO function to develop, implement and sustain financial systems. Support National projects and roll-out of projects within the region.7. People Management and Stakeholder Relationship building.• Recruitment and onboarding of finance staff as required, including induction and probation management.• Management and development of finance team including processes and accountabilities.• Review and manage staff performance through regular team and one to one meetings.• Provide guidance and mentoring to finance team members and regions on accounting issues in accordance with accounting standards, policies and procedures and other requirements.• Work in collaboration with Finance National Office and take functional instructions from CFO.• Develop and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders.8. Cash Flow Management, Financial Planning and Analysis of the Region.• Manage cash position, cash flow analysis, forecasts and report as required.• Manage the restricted and unrestricted funds.• Support National Financial Planning and analysis as required.EDUCATION• Fully qualified ACA, FCA. KNOWLEDGE• Knowledge of audit, statutory accounts, management accounts, internal control and process analysis is essential.• Knowledge of financial policies and GAAP/SORP application is essential.• Knowledge of commercial / retail business operations best practice, procedures, internal controls, reporting and analytics is desirable.• Knowledge and experience with large entity financial accounting systems is desirable.EXPERIENCE• +3 years post qualification experience is essential.• Experience of annual audit, audit pre-work including audit file, working papers, advance audit analysis, annual reporting / audit is essential.• Experience of financial Statement preparation to filling/publication stage.• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience is desirable.• Experience in analysing trends and KPI’s is desirable.• Experience with presentations is desirable.• Experience of key performance metrics reporting, variance analysis for inclusion in management reports.• Experience of system implementation/systems improvement.• Development and implementation of policies, procedures and controls.SKILLS• Excellent IT skills including finance software systems, MS Office and advanced Excel skills is essential.• Excellent report writing skills with a high level of attention to detail.• Analytics and operations analysis and evaluation.• Strong people management skills.• Ability to work in a team, contribute to initiatives and continuous improvements.• Strong communication skills both written and verbally, with the ability to present ideas clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences.• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to use initiative to develop solutions.• Good organisation skills and ability to prioritise in a busy environment.Please contact Dave Riordan on 01 6377251 or dave.riordan@charteredaccountants.ie When you apply for this role via Chartered Accountants Irelands’ recruitment service, your personal data will be processed in accordance with our privacy statement (www.charteredaccountants.ie/Privacy-statement). 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