If you are a recently qualified Accountant either from practice or industry, this is the step up role you have been seeking. If you feel it is time to test your skills, apply your knowledge and apply your stakeholder management ability here you go. Our client is a big global business, they have been based in Belfast for just under 8 years, the calibre of professional staff they hire have made a huge impression, hence the desire to add to the team. Benefiting from local leadership and global resources, this is a position wherein you can obtain significant exposure to the commercial aspects of running a global business. THIS IS NOT a job where you plug into a PC and churn numbers, it is an interactive role Process - Analyse - Review - Check - Assess - Report - Recommendation. This post-holder will prepare and deliver financial planning and analysis to business areas enabling effective business decision making. This role will also be expected to contribute to aspects of the budgeting and forecasting cycle as part of a large team. Key Responsibilities include: Take ownership of the budget and forecasting process for a division of the business. Prepare forecast summary reporting packs for the business with analysis and commentary. Input into the annual strategic planning process through preparation of analysis and other information to enable collation of the plan. Prepare key month end management reporting packs for decision making / disclosure to market. Monthly and quarterly consolidation of management information packs across business areas and roll up to group level showing performance against budget, forecast and prior year Skills & experience required Strong accounting knowledge holding a recognised accountancy qualification ACA/ACCA/CIMA Experience of planning, budgeting and forecasting and producing management information for decision making in a complex commercial environment. Ability to apply a range of budgeting and forecasting techniques to provide the business with the relevant financial information Well developed analytical/variance analysis skills, proven ability to review and analyse financial data and explain results to senior management. Provide analysis to support decision making, including presenting economic outcomes, identifying key value drivers, benefits, risks and accounting implications Advanced user of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel (v-lookups, sum-ifs, pivot tables etc.) If you want to coast this is not the role for you, if you want to push to really see how good you are reach out for more. Skills: Qualified Accountant Management Accounting Budgeting & Forecasting Benefits: Study support, 2 days office, bonus, pension, etc