Job Description
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Permanent , full-time
Financial Reporting – Fixed Assets
Analytical skills essential
Help shape the future of education
At the Ministry of Education, we work together to shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes.
Our organisation is made up of more than 3,000 talented and committed people around New Zealand, from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures.
While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for every child, young person and adult student in our education system.
About us
Education Infrastructure Service (EIS), a part of the Ministry of Education, creates and supports safe, healthy, inspiring and ICT enabled learning environments. EIS manages the Crown’s second largest property portfolio of around 2,500 schools with a book value of $18 billion, is responsible for the largest payroll in the country, and transports over 100,000 students to and from school each day.
The Finance and Investment group has overall responsibility for financial management and capital investment planning for EIS. We exist to systematically improve the financial planning, forecasting, analytical and reporting capability of EIS. We also manage the financial compliance function on behalf of the EIS group.
About the role
The Assistant Financial Accountant reports to the Finance Manager and contributes to the delivery of the Finance function with EIS and in conjunction with Corporate Finance. This is a key role that contributes to the financial reporting and compliance function within EIS ensuring financial transactions and obligations are correctly reported. This role requires interactions with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
The purpose of this role is to support the financial accounting/fixed assets functions within EIS, in particular processing capitalisations, disposals, depreciation, revaluation, journals, balance sheet reconciliations and all other property related accounting functions.
Please note there is further information available in the attached job description.
About you
This role requires financial experience and the capability to interpret information to support the operation of the EIS property and infrastructure functions.
You will also offer the following:
Proven accounting experience
Experience in making business decisions with financial impact
Knowledge of fixed assets and capital expenditure accounting
Experience in managing relationships and consultation with an assortment of internal and external stakeholders
Experience in systems management
If you’d like to bring your skills to a rewarding role within an organisation that’s continuously reaching goals and striving for a better future for New Zealand, we’d love to hear from you.
Are you ready to make a difference?
We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds, including Maori, Pacific and those with disabilities, who will enrich our understanding of the education system.
As a government agency, the Ministry is committed to keeping to the Treaty of Waitangi’s guiding principles in our work for and with Maori students, their whanau, hapu and iwi.
If this opportunity interests you, and you meet the requirements, apply now using the ‘Apply Online’ button.
For further information please contact Stephanie Phillips at **********
Applications close midnight on Sunday, 1 March 2020.
How to Apply
Please review the position description by copy and pasting this link into your browser: https://expressonline.haineslink.co.nz/pdfs/650030_JobDesc.pdfIf this sounds like you, please visit our website to apply for the role.Applications close midnight on Sunday, 1 March 2020.
