Accounting Consultant

Qeqqata Municipality is seeking 1 accounting consultant for the Accounting Department, who, together with the accounting manager, will be responsible for improving the quality of the municipality's accounts by actively working to identify errors in the postings and assisting the individual administrations in setting up their bookkeeping.

We are looking for innovative and collaboration-oriented accounting consultants who, reporting to the head of accounting, can contribute to improving coding and workflows in the municipality, and in the long term participate in the budgeting and reporting processes in the municipality as well as actively engage in the further development of financial management in the municipality and the reporting solution we use in PBI.

Qeqqata Municipality is actively working on the implementation of various BI tools and currently has a well-functioning reporting solution based on PowerBi. Other systems are on the way: new accounting workflows, a new ERP solution, a new payroll system, and finally time registration and ESDH systems.

Work and areas of responsibility:

The new accounting consultants will, together with the municipality's 2 controllers and the accounting staff of the administrations, participate in the tasks below:

• Assist the municipality's administrations with the use of BI tools and be sparring partners in connection with budget planning;
• Check the administrations' use of accounting dimensions;
• Carry out reclassifications, correct erroneous postings, and assist the administrations in coding correctly going forward.
• Control and monitor the administrations' use of economic management supervision;
• Perform various ad-hoc reports for the accounting and finance manager, typically for the use of the executive board or municipal council;
• Contact point for the administrations when there is a need for assistance regarding the administrations' financial reporting;
• In addition, it is the task of the accounting consultants to perform:
• Administration of the municipality's loans to private citizens
• Administration of the municipality's insurances

Qualifications:

You will be employed in a department that is rapidly developing and will have the opportunity to influence the work and plan your own workday.

• You have a bachelor's degree in economics, accounting, and/or management, or alternatively, you have 10 plus years of experience in an accounting department or as a financial controller;
• You have experience working in an accounting function;
• You are good at communication and find it exciting to learn and further develop your knowledge in the areas of BI and general economic understanding;
• You know your Excel and have experience using PIVOT tables;
• You are preferably multilingual, Greenlandic, Danish, and English.

Salary and employment conditions:

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the agreements and collective agreements in force at any given time between the Government of Greenland and your negotiating organization.

Further information can be obtained from the Chief Accountant Jonna Petersen jopx@qeqqata.gl

Qeqqata Municipality's focus areas The municipality's way of carrying out its work, meeting citizens, businesses, and external partners should continue to be characterized by Interdisciplinarity, Citizen Involvement, Voluntarism, Internationalization, and Employee Well-being.

Application:

Applications with relevant exam papers, CV, statements, and references must be uploaded before the deadline.

How to apply:

Applications must be submitted electronically via the link at the bottom of this page, where you can attach your application, CV, etc.