25.07.2025
Vacancies in Finance Department of the Representative Church Body
Systems Accountant – Representative Church Body
Closing date: 08/08/2025
The RCB seeks to appoint a Systems Accountant to its Finance & IT Department. The core management information systems include Agresso Milestone 7.10 which supports financial reporting and accounting and ResourceLink which supports pension administration and payroll management. The Finance Department has significant project work to complete over the next 1–2 years. The system accountant role seeks to appoint someone who has the project management and IT skills to work alongside the current team in three primary areas: the transfer of financial systems to cloud, the implementation of Charity SORP accounting and the development of the Trust and Investment ledgers which are entirely bespoke to the RCB. The work involved will be a combination of running the above projects and at peak times (such as external audit) supporting the Finance team with BAU workload. In addition, the system accountant will become an application specialist with the ability to work across the department on continuous system development and improvement.
For information on the role and how to apply see the full job description here.
Governance and Compliance Officer – Representative Church Body
Closing date: 08/08/2025
The RCB seeks to appoint a Governance and Compliance Officer to support the smaller entities within the wider Church of Ireland with their governance and financial reporting. These entities include but are not limited to the Church of Ireland Youth Department, Pioneer Ministry, Bishop’s Appeal, Priorities Fund and other Synod committees and support for Parishes via the Parish Resources pages on the Church of Ireland website and annual presentations to Parishes. The work involved will be a combination of working with the entities to improve their processes, to ensure their financial governance meets required standards, to review information received by the Finance Department who do all their bookkeeping and to improve the management information which is generated for each entity. At peak times (such as external audit) supporting the Finance team with BAU workload will be part of the role (including assistance in the Financial reporting for the various entities).
For information on the role and how to apply see the full job description here.