Job Description
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Fixed-term – 12 months – full-time
An exciting opportunity to join a great Finance team in a dynamic organisation!
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 $17.8 billion, is responsible for the largest payroll in the country, and transports over 100,000 students to and from school each day.
About the role
The Senior Project Accountant is responsible for providing financial management expertise to the Capital Works Programme. As a group with hundreds of active projects underway at any one time, totalling hundreds of millions of dollars of capital expenditure in any given year, Capital Works requires an independent financial voice in the decision-making process. This role will have a close working relationship with the Programme Managers of the Capital Works Regions and the Regional Infrastructure Managers.
Please note that there is further information in the attached job description.
About you
You will have a Bachelors’ degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a similar business discipline and experience in an asset/capital intensive organisation, ideally in the construction industry.
You will also offer the following:
Effective communication and relationship management skills
A minimum of two years experience in a project accounting role
Experience of working with multiple data sources and systems to compile and generate management reports
The ability to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles/can get messages across with the desired effect
This opportunity will provide the right candidate with interesting and challenging work and the ability to develop and grow their career.
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.
How to Apply
Please review the job description and 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 **********ease review the position description by copy and pasting this link into your browser: https://expressonline.haineslink.co.nz/pdfs/650167_JobDesc.pdfIf this sounds like you, please visit our website to apply for the role.Applications close midnight on Sunday, 1 March 2020.
