Company Accountant

Your new company

This is an exciting opportunity to join a long-standing family run business with a strong position within the poultry and horticultural sectors. This role will suit an experienced Senior Accountant / Finance Manager. This role will be based in Armagh and will report directly to the Managing Director.

Salary up to £50,000 depending on experience + company benefits including flexibility, career support, on-site parking, excellent company culture and a supportive and collaborative team

If you have proven experience working within an SME business and seeking a hands-on role in commercial, operational and finance management then this role would be a fantastic opportunity.

Your new role

As Finance Manager you will have a broad range of responsibilities including full management of finance function. You will also be responsible for

• Preparing and presenting regular management accounts and ad hoc financial reports on request
• Manage accounts payable incl the payment of invoices and expenses
• Oversee cash flow management and treasury management and planning review of customer credit ratings
• Prepare and complete a range of statutory submissions and ensure that they are submitted on time
• Actively challenge project costing information (past, present and forecast) to ensure its robustness and integrity is plausible
• Update and maintain product costings
• Maintain records, files and documentation thoroughly and accurately
• Assist in month-end-closing
• Manage quarterly stock-takes
• Main point of contact for external audit and legal services
• Take an active role in continuous improvement of processes and technology through identification of areas of opportunity.
• Business partnering with various internal and external stakeholders.

What you'll need to succeed

• Fully Qualified / Part Qualified (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CAI) or qualified by experience.
• Knowledge of Advanced Exchequer accounts software would be desirable
• Willingness to use own initiative to solve problems
• A proven ability to recommend, implement, improve and change processes as required to increase efficiency of the accounting function
• Must have a strong work ethic, and be well organised
• Detail oriented, professional attitude, reliable and accurate
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to change
• Good skills in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Teams and Word
• Knowledge of job costing and project accounting would be desirable.

What you need to do now

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