Higher Executive Officer: Finance

Salary: €50,848 - €64,038

Location: Dublin or regional office

The Health and Safety Authority has a wide and varied mandate which includes acting as the national body with responsibility for protecting all workers nationwide from work-related incidents, injuries and ill health. The Authority acts as the national accreditation body for Ireland through INAB.

The Authority is currently undergoing significant growth as it takes on new and expanding functions. We currently have a number of exciting opportunities to join us as we grow and transform our organisation

The following non-exhaustive list of accountabilities are those typically assigned to a Higher Executive Officer:

• Manages a team of direct reports, creating a positive working environment and supporting their professional and personal development
• Manages vendor partnerships appropriately and ensures that services are maintained and improved
• Leads on customer and stakeholder engagements and maintains appropriate correspondence and databases as appropriate
• Ensures that the Authority meets government regulations and standards
• Acts as a Subject Matter Expert (SME)
• Leads cross organisational projects, working with colleagues from across the organisation to analyse processes and ways of working, bringing solutions and ideas to gain efficiencies
• Researches and drafts proposals relating to policy issues, operations, and legislation
• Monitors and reports on delivery of programme of work and projects.

Specific accountabilities relating to the role of Higher Executive Officer: Finance will include:

• Manages the outsourced finance process ensuring a robust and rigorous approach is taken, identifying issues and opportunities and communicating the same to relevant stakeholders with the aim to develop workable solutions
• Coordinates the annual budget process by leading on creating and administering budgets that accurately forecast the financial activity of the Authority and ensuring that the processes properly engage and involve all relevant stakeholders and provide robust and fact-based challenges
• Supports the preparation of the statutory accounts and ensures payments, amounts and records are correct, liaising with third party providers, clients and suppliers as required
• Manages the process of expense requests for approval
• Supports procurement activity as required.

Please note that the final set of accountabilities will reflect the specific role the person is offered.

For further information and to apply you must complete an online application on Staffline GetGot, to find a link to this page either visit:

• Public job boards (PAS) site
• HSA website
• Staffline Ireland Website https://staffline.getgotjobs.co. uk/home
• Apply using a blank CV and we will email you a link
• https://staffline.getgotjobs.co.uk/home

The closing date for completed applications is 5.00pm, Thursday 26th May 2022. CV's will not be accepted for this role.

The Health and Safety Authority is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourages applications under the nine grounds of the Employment Equality Acts.

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