Accounts Assistant - Co. Sligo

We are seeking an Accounts Assistant in Co. Sligo

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that all employees with financial policies
• Provide all relevant financial data to the Management Committee, commercial team and other employees
• Ownership of month-end and year end accounts preparation including account reconciliations and co-ordinate audit and financial statement preparation with the auditors
• Ensure all financial transactions are recorded on a prompt basis for all income and cost items to ensure management accounts accuracy
• Ownership of weekly payroll calculation and processing
• Work with commercial team to ensure invoicing is generated on a prompt basis
• Ownership of credit control process and ensuring that overdue debts are addressed with appropriate senior management engagement as necessary
• Managing all master data elements of the finance function including the set-up of new suppliers and debtors
• Coding of supplier invoices, accounting for costs on a prompt basis and arranging supplier payments
• Ensure the company is complying with all submissions, filings and payment obligations with relevant authorities
• Be the primary point of contact for queries received relevant authorities including the Revenue, CSO, FAI, UEFA and other regulatory bodies
• Tracking of income and costs and providing explanations for variances versus Budget and prior year
• Provide administrative support to the management team
• Conduct ad hoc analysis to identify areas for profit improvement and negotiate with suppliers
• Work as part of a team and perform ad hoc duties as required

Key Requirements

• Qualified accounting technician or part-qualified accountant preferred
• Experience in preparing monthly management accounts
• Experience in payroll processing
• Experience in dealing with all Revenue (tax) submissions and dealing with associated queries
• Experience in Sage accounting system is preferred
• Experience in creating trackers and analysing financial information
• Ability to work cross functionally
• Dedicated to providing user friendly and useful information
• Strong work ethic