Accounts Administrator, Property, Dublin 24

Our client is a property organisation based in Dublin 24. Due to expansion, they are currently looking to recruit an Accounts Assistant to join their team. Job Description:

• Ensuring payments and receipts and associated records are correct
• Working with and inputting into to the accounting system, sales and purchase ledgers and journals together with working with Excel spreadsheets
• Controlling credit and issuing chasing notices and statements on unpaid debtors
• Invoice processing and filing
• Processing expense requests for approval
• Performing Bank reconciliations
• VAT returns
• Month end updates and reports
• Preparing monthly management accounts updates and progress against budgets
• Preparing data for statutory accounts
• Liaising with third party providers, clients and suppliers
• Updating and maintaining procedural documentation
• Monitoring daily communications, telephone answering and handling queries
• Other duties as directed from time to time

Requirements/Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a team and take direction accurately
• Analytical thinker and problem solver
• Excellent working knowledge of Sage or similar package
• Competent IT skills, particular proficiency with Excel spreadsheets
• High level of accuracy
• Extremely organised in a manner that is easily seen by others
• Trustworthy and discreet when dealing with confidential information
• Excellent administrative skills

Qualifications It is not necessary to have a degree in accounting, business or finance.  The applicant should be able to demonstrate specialist training on Sage, training with a professional body such as Accounting Technician or FETAC Level 5 or Level 6 Bookkeeping, Administration, Finance.