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Responsible for leading an efficient finance function to deliver accurate financial results while maintaining a strong control-focused environment and liaising with senior management and board executives to support decision making.

Management of all day-to-day accounting operations within the finance department, including invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll

Responsible for the completion of the financial planning cycles, overseeing the accounting, corporate reporting, financial planning, compliance and business support for the Irish business unit.

Responsible for leading the business unit’s accounting functions to include Balance Sheet, P&L and Cashflow reporting. Responsible for Governance & Control within the unit including external & internal audit management and accounting process improvement. Management of the shared accounting services the unit receives ensuring adequate service levels and.

Responsibility for planning, implementing and change management activities around finance focused projects and systems changes. Provided the Commercial Team with the necessary support to maximise business opportunities through accurate reflection of commercial terms in reporting systems. Completed in-depth financial analysis and provided solutions on.

Led the Irish end market’s adoption and deployment of an ERP redesign and implementation within the Finance, Operations and Marketing streams of the business as part of the BAT Group’s strategic review to consider its optimal design and creation of a new operating model.

Ownership of the operation and development of the company’s finance department including creating and reviewing policies, budgeting, and conducting regular assessments of financial procedures. Reported on the key business drivers and financial performance of the business. Planned and co-ordinated the financial aspects of the quarterly target and.

Delivered monthly management accounts, reporting actual costs versus target/forecast by cost centre whilst working with cost centre owners to investigate and answer queries. Prepared and reconciled tax calculations for Excise, VAT, corporation tax and PAYE/PRSI returns. Reported on daily and monthly cash flow results on in-house cash management system.

Produced monthly reports regarding the efficiency and financial impact of proposed trade marketing programmes. Built relationships with marketing teams using these relationships to achieve results. Pro-active in ‘educating’ marketing teams to better understand financial impact and pricing scenarios of new brands.

Allocated customer daily payments, reconciled monthly bank accounts, prepared and analysed journal postings. Managed outsourced payroll function and queries.

Acca Professional, Accounting

Acca Accounting Technician