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Jobs at NAMA

NAMA Ireland – the National Asset Management Agency is part of the   National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)

The latest NAMA job vacancy

Job Title NAMA Finance – Management Reporting Accountant

Job Type Contract – Fixed Term

Location Dublin 2

Salary Not disclosed

The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) was established by legislation in November 2009. It operates under the aegis of the NTMA.

Capita Asset Services (“Capita”) was appointed by the Agency as “Master Servicer” in March 2010. In accordance with its contract, Capita provides the Agency with financial information on the Agency’s acquired loans, based on data provided to it by the five Participating Institutions.

The NTMA Finance Directorate has established a specialist NAMA Finance Unit to support the development of NAMA.

The NAMA Finance Unit is responsible in conjunction with NAMA’s Master Servicer for financial reporting and accounting in respect of NAMA and its related Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).

The NAMA Finance Unit is also responsible for the development and analysis of management information. Such information includes information provided to the Minister for Finance, the NAMA Board, the CEO of NAMA, the senior executive team in NAMA.

NAMA are seeking to appoint a Management Reporting Accountant to join the specialist management reporting team for NAMA on a 6 month fixed term contract.

The ideal candidate will :

* Be a qualified or partly qualified accountant

* Have a background in financial services, gained through a professional auditing firm, or a through an accounting role in a financial services organisation. Experience of banking and commercial lending, would be advantageous.

* Have experience in the development of management information, budgeting and performance analysis.

* Have excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills

* Have initiative and good organisational skills.

* Have the ability to adapt to the position quickly and demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team.

* Have excellent computer skills and competency in office applications (MS Office, Excel)

* Have experience of data warehouses and business intelligence reporting tools.

* Have experience in systems implementations, including definition and specification of business requirements and specification of systems changes and user acceptance testing.

See all the latest  NAMA vacancies here

April Budget 2009 effects.

Both workers and unemployed have been affected by the latest Budget changes. The main losers will be workers – due to increased levies.
New under 20 Jobseekers allowance claimants will see benefit rates halved – but all others remain untouched.
Workers will get a drop in income – yet most unemployed people will see income remaining the same. The Christmas bonus of 1 extra week’s welfare benefit has been scrapped though.
Budget April 2009 more details.

There was some help for people looking to retrain or reskill.

The Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) will be changed to allow earlier eligibility to the scheme.To qualify for the second level option, the length of time you must be getting a qualifying social welfare payment will be reduced from 6 months to 3 months. You must also be a jobseeker and out of the formal education system for at least 2 years.

To qualify for the third level option, the length of time you must be getting a qualifying social welfare payment will be reduced from 12 months to 9 months .

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) and the Department of Education and Science (DES) say they will  will provide from within existing resources an additional 23,435 places on training schemes and education programmes .