Grants and Payroll Supervisor (FTC)

at  EY

Service Role: Temporary Payroll & Grants Supervisor
Location: Dublin 2
Start: Immediate
Duration: 18 months
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: No
Business Area: EY SaT
Contract Type: FTC
Excellent flexible hybrid working options are currently in place.

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

• Ideally you will have an accounting qualification - CA or equivalent; a sound grasp of Irish GAAP and/or IFRS and financial accounting, combined with a high level of business awareness and a strong understanding of the factors that drive financial performance
• Highly numerate with a sound grasp of Excel and a natural interest in using it to help clients to better understand their business or to make better business decisions
• A track record in valuations and/or financial modelling, experience of working in a professional services environment, and exposure to high profile transactions, would all be a distinct advantage
• Familiarity with key valuation methodology and approaches and/or the ability to develop or formally review financial models is a pre-requisite
• Additional technical skills such as Visual Basis or SQL and other programming languages would be an advantage

ADDITIONAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

• Qualified with ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification
• 3 years relevant experience
• Minimum 2.1 degree, numeric subjects preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills and client focus are important, as well as attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrates organization and self management skills
• Pro-actively manage own development
  To achieve their potential, businesses must continuously improve their performance and sustain that improvement in a rapidly changing business environment. As a business advisor at EY, you’ll help many of the world’s leading businesses and governments tackle their most pressing issues. Working in multi-disciplinary teams, often directly with company leaders, you’ll help bring diverse perspectives to every challenge. We’ll help you achieve your potential by giving you professional development and experience with clients across geographies, businesses and practices.

YOUR NEW ROLE DESCRIPTION

Reporting to the Central Finance Manager and working closely with HR and an outsourced service provider, this role will primarily be backfilling the BAU aspects of Payroll and to a lesser extent, Grants Administration.

• Responsible for the processing of fortnightly Payroll and deductions for staff and pensioners (approx. 300 and growing)
• Ensuring and driving compliance and adherence to the policies set down by Revenue.
• Prepare necessary reconciliations and returns such as Pension and CSO in line with deadlines.
• Prepare high quality reports and ad-hoc returns to external stakeholders, such as the Department of
• Transport and other Freedom of Information requests.
• Providing inputs relating to Payroll for cash flow forecasting of payments
• Key point of contact for the Department of Transport, C&AG, internal and external stakeholders including HR, Revenue and external service providers providing efficient & effective support where required.
• Contribute to a strong compliance culture by ensuring robust internal controls and audit standards are achieved and maintained.
• Drive existing and new policies and procedures.
• Input into the preparation of the annual audit, financial statements, and budget process
• Staff mentoring & management where required.
• Support the grant administration process and manage any miscellaneous income streams. This will involve coordination with multiple stakeholders.
• Collaborate on projects as part of a continuous improvement program, including the utilisation of technology and financial systems to streamline business processes. Coordinate and assist in the development of Finance Systems upgrades, enhancements, and process developments both within the team and related control cycles.
• Any other duties that may be assigned to the role.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE

• Hold a minimum of a NFQ degree level 7 qualification.
• Have at least 5 years relevant (Irish Payroll) experience with three of those years in a finance role
• Strong MS Office and MS Excel skills
• A team player with strong organisational and time management skills with excellent attention to detail
• Capacity to proactively and constructively contribute to team tasks.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to build rapport, effectively communicate to various finance and non-finance personnel and maintain confidentiality and integrity.
• A ‘can-do’ and flexible approach with the ability to organise and prioritise workloads to meet deadlines.
• Strong MS Office and MS Excel skills.

PEOPLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop network of contacts (internal & external)
• Seek regular feedback on individual assignments and regular guidance from counsellor
• Manage own time to budgets and communicate progress against plan to assignment manager
• Identifying issues and drawing to attention of Partner/Director and contributing to discussions