Accounting Manager

We are looking for a skilled accounting manager for our Payroll and Accounting department in Municipality Qeqertalik. You will play a significant role in developing our administrative processes and ensuring the operation of the accounting department. Responsibilities include preparing budgets, financial management, and participating in IT development projects.

Specifically, the administration is responsible for:

·the organization of the municipality's risk and financial management as well as the administration of the necessary data foundation

·payroll administration

·preparation of budget, budget follow-up and accounts

·implementation of economic analyses and opportunity catalogs as well as risk and economic impact analyses of proposals for measures

In our finance department, there is plenty of room for creativity with a strong focus on the individual institutions/departments as well as our overall municipality. We emphasize a broad and good working community, with an informal tone where well-being and good spirits are important in daily work.

Work tasks:

The accounting department must ensure that the accounts develop in a direction that provides increasingly better management information. There are thus requirements that the quality of the records in the accounting system is of good quality. Information from the accounting system must help ensure that we achieve our goals with new initiatives and maintain the ongoing development of the entire Municipality of Qeqertalik, which includes all the municipality's towns and settlements. As the head of accounting, you will prepare monthly accounts and ensure that the annual report is generally ready immediately after the end of the year. The area of responsibility will focus on ensuring correct bookkeeping on the used dimensions, including direct responsibility for participation in IT development projects.

Your tasks could be, for example:

·Develop business processes and tools that ensure continuous quality improvement of data.

·Assist in the preparation of the budget and budget follow-up

·Focus on better financial management and engage in the streamlining of administrative routines and workflows in specific case areas.

·Participate in a cross-functional network

·Assist with financial statements and annual accounts for institutions

Coordinate the financial guidance and advice for managers.

Participation in project and ad hoc tasks assigned by INUA's management

We expect you to have and be able to:

·Relevant education

·Robustness and engaged and self-leading

Sense for detail without losing the whole.

Good mood

·Speaks and writes well in both Greenlandic and Danish

·Can think in contexts, you are innovative and can see innovative solutions in the field.

·Work structured

Collaboration – also across disciplinary boundaries

You have an eye for where you as a finance manager can make a difference.

·A flair for working in a politically led organization

·Develop sustainable solutions

·Good communication skills, overview, and analytical strength

Good at engaging in a community where tasks and challenges are solved through collaboration with other colleagues.

We offer:

A versatile and developing job where you are an active participant. We place great emphasis on mutual flexibility regarding the planning of tasks and the workday. The tone is informal, and we strive to make it fun and pleasant to go to work, even when we are busy. There is an opportunity for significant influence and personal development.

Exciting travel activities for the Municipality's various towns and villages.

Criminal record:

This position is subject to the law requiring the collection of a criminal record. According to the law, employment can only begin once the municipality has received a criminal record. We would therefore like to point out that the start date can only be agreed upon once the municipality has received the criminal record from the police.

Salary and employment conditions:

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between the Government of Greenland or another relevant negotiating organization.

The employment will be subject to a 3-month probation period.

Housing:

A staff housing option will be available for the position, for which a deposit and rent, utilities, etc. will be paid according to the current rules for rent payments in the properties of the Greenland Self-Government and the municipality in Greenland. For further information about rent, including utilities, please refer to the information at: www.ini@ini.gl.

If a permanent staff residence cannot be made available immediately upon commencement, employees entitled to a vacant residence will be offered a temporary vacant residence, for which A-tax will be paid for benefits in kind according to applicable legislation.

OR The start date is dependent on when a staff housing is available. A relocation travel allowance and moving of personal belongings will be provided in accordance with applicable regulations.

A staff residence must be vacated upon the termination of the employment relationship.

Further information about the position can be obtained from the former Chief Accountant Ole Albinus at email

olal@qeqertalik.gl

Application:

We do not accept applications via email or mail.

Submit your application, CV, education and course certificates, as well as other relevant documents by clicking "Apply for this position."

If you have problems uploading files, contact hr@qeqertalik.gl

We look forward to receiving your application.

Application deadline: February 16, 2026

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Employer Details

Qeqertalik Kommune

Niels Egedes Plads 1

3950 Aasiaat , Grønland

Email: Olal@qeqertalik.gl

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Job Title

Accounting Manager

Job Type

Full Time

Application Deadline

Feb 16, 2026

Contact Person

Ole Albinus
Olal@qeqertalik.gl

Job category

Office and Finance /
Economics and Accounting

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