*Office based - candidates must live within a daily commutable distance to be considered.
Park Recruit are delighted to be working with a highly successful and well-established hotel in Clogher, Co Tyrone, as they seek to appoint an experienced Accountant / Bookkeeper to oversee their day-to-day finance function.
The hotel has built an excellent reputation as a leading venue for weddings, corporate events, overnight stays and spa experiences. With a workforce of up to 100 employees and ambitious plans for continued growth, this is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys taking ownership of the accounts function while contributing to wider business decisions.
This role will suit someone who is equally comfortable managing the hands-on bookkeeping and payroll responsibilities as they are analysing financial performance, identifying opportunities to improve margins and supporting future growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Take full responsibility for the day-to-day finance function, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Manage all bookkeeping duties, including sales and purchase ledgers, invoicing, payments and bank reconciliations.
- Process and oversee payroll for up to 100 employees, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Prepare accounts to trial balance stage and produce accurate monthly management accounts.
- Manage VAT returns, financial reconciliations and statutory reporting requirements.
- Monitor cash flow, expenditure, budgets and financial performance.
- Analyse revenue, costs and profit margins across the hotel's various departments, including accommodation, weddings, events, food and beverage, and spa services.
- Work closely with senior management to identify cost savings, improve profitability and support commercial decision-making.
- Provide financial insight, forecasting and recommendations to support the hotel's continued growth.
Experience & Requirements
- Strong bookkeeping and accounting experience, ideally within hospitality or a similarly busy commercial environment.
- Proven ability to prepare accounts to trial balance stage and produce monthly management accounts.
- Experience managing payroll for a sizeable workforce.
- Strong working knowledge of Sage accounting software.
- Excellent understanding of financial controls, reconciliations and reporting.
- Commercially astute, with the ability to analyse margins, identify trends and recommend improvements.
- Highly organised, accurate and comfortable managing a busy finance function independently.
- Confident communicating financial information to senior management.
- A relevant accounting qualification would be advantageous; however, strong practical experience is equally valued.
- Complimentary gym membership
- Free on-site parking
- Employee hotel discounts
- Opportunity to work within a successful and established hospitality business
- Autonomy to manage and develop the finance function
- Opportunity to play a key role in the hotel's future growth and commercial success