Economic consultant for the Accounting Department in Ilulissat

Economic Consultant for the Accounting Department in Ilulissat

Avannaata Municipality is looking for an engaged and competent consultant for the Accounting Department in Ilulissat, starting on November 1, 2026, or by further agreement.

The Accounting Department is a central part of the Economic Department in Avannaata Municipality and plays an important role in the municipality's financial administration and operations.

As a consultant, you will be part of an exciting and dynamic workplace with varied tasks. The position requires that you can work in a structured and independent manner, handle tasks and cases with tight deadlines, and maintain an overview in a busy everyday life. The position aims to strengthen the coherence between daily bookkeeping, period and year-end closing, as well as the management information based on accounting data. The consultant should be a specialist and sparring partner for the Accounting Department and the municipality's decentralized units.

We place great emphasis on good collaboration and therefore expect that you can collaborate constructively and professionally with colleagues and partners across the organization.

The consultant reports to the head of accounting in the Accounting Department.

Job Description

In addition, the following tasks are included:

·Creditor bank transfer and bookkeeping.

·Account reconciliation and balance control.

·Systematic reconciliation and quality assurance of bank, intercompany, debtor, creditor, payroll, and other balance accounts.

·Contribute to the planning and execution of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closings.

·Accounting internal control

·Perform sample-based and risk-based controls of bookkeeping, coding, approval, and documentation of vouchers.

·Contribute to compliance and ongoing updates of the municipality's cash and accounting rules.

·Analyze and reduce old open items and carried forward balances from previous financial years.

·Coordinate rebooking, collection, reimbursement, documentation, or recommendation for write-off according to applicable rules.

·Prepare status overviews of significant outstanding items, risks, and pending actions for the department's management.

·Coordinate materials and responses to the audit and follow up on audit comments and action plans.

·Prepare and maintain procedures, reconciliation guidelines, and closing checklists.

·Advise employees and managers on correct coding, periodization, documentation, and use of the financial system.

·Ad hoc tasks

We expect you to be:

Professional Competencies

·Relevant higher education in accounting, economics, or public administration, for example, Financial Controller, academy education in economics and resource management, HD in accounting and financial management, finance bachelor's, bachelor's in business economics, or equivalent.

·Alternatively, relevant office education combined with solid and documented experience from accounting, financial systems, and public administration.

·Practical experience with account reconciliations, balance control, period or year-end closing, and accounting documentation.

·Good understanding of debit and credit, periodization, intercompany accounts, debtors, creditors, and payroll-related accounts.

·Experience with Excel.

·Knowledge of municipal or public finance, auditing, and internal controls is a significant advantage.

Personal Competencies

·Bilingual (Greenlandic and Danish).

·Service-minded, structured, and analytical.

·Development-oriented

·Communicative and persistent

·Good at collaborating across different levels

Salary and Employment Conditions:

· Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the collective agreement applicable at the time of commencement between Naalakkersuisut and the negotiating organization.

· No housing is provided for the position.

No housing is assigned for the position.

Contact Person:

If you have questions about the position, you can contact Head of Accounting Susie Lennert at tel. 38 76 68 email sule@avannaata.gl or Leading Coordinator Adam Maratse at tel. 38 76 17 email adam@avannaata.gl

Applications with information about education and previous employment, along with a copy of diplomas, etc., are submitted by clicking on "Apply for this position"

Application deadline: October 16, 2026