Collins McNicholas Recruitment is proud to be supporting a public sector organisation in the recruitment a Finance Administrator. This is a permanent position based onsite in their Portumna office in Co Galway offering hybrid working arrangements.
Key functions:
- Supervising the daily operations of the office
- Management of payroll functions and reporting
- Management of travel and subsistence functions and reporting
- Controlling payroll documentation, ensuring appropriate authorisation and filing
- Planning and organising work
- Resource management for own area of responsibility
- Supervision and development of staff
- Liaising with a wide range of individuals and organisations
- Prepare reports and briefing material for senior staff
- Assist line management in carrying out duties of the Body as required
Responsibilities:
- Supervising and allocating work to clerical staff on a daily basis to ensure deadlines are met
- Control all supporting documentation, ensuring appropriate authorisation, filing and back up retention systems in compliance with GDPR
- Management and administration of payrolls for processing and payment,
- Management of travel expenses and payment processing
- Providing reports and working time directive reports to managers and budget holders
- Produce relevant guidance notes and training for users of the accounting and payroll systems
- Assist in the development and implementation of appropriate policies and procedures in relation to all financial areas
- Checking all work thoroughly to ensure it is completed to a high standard
Person Specification:
- Leaving Certificate with a minimum of three subjects grades A-C (Honours Paper) and two grades A-C (Standard/ Ordinary Paper) or equivalent. Subjects passed must include English and Mathematics (can be demonstrated at either level), OR
- At least three years relevant experience in an Accountancy / Financial/Payroll Environment which includes at least one year experience of staff supervision.
Essential Criteria
- Competence in use of Financial packages such as Core Portal, Core Expenses, Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Ability to process payroll payments, competence in taxation calculations.
- Good working knowledge of social welfare processing.
- Be capable and competent of fulfilling the role to a high standard
- Ability to gather and analyse information to support decision making
- Effective organisational skills with the proven ability to prioritise and manage workloads to meet deadlines, including Payroll & travel processing.
- Ability to manage staff in a deadline driven environment.
Desirable Criteria
- A Level 6 qualification (National Framework of Qualifications) in an Accountancy / Finance discipline
For a confidential discussion and more information on the role, please contact Noeleen Stewart.
noeleen.stewart@collinsmcnicholas.ie
091-706712