Financial Accountant

BOYLE Sports; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

BOYLE Sports is seeking a Financial Accountant to lead key month-end processes, ensure balance sheet integrity and accurate regulatory returns. You will support the Finance team, develop a Finance Business Partner model across the organisation and drive value through insightful reporting.

Based at Dundalk HQ with a hybrid working arrangement, the role requires a qualified accountant with 5+ years' experience, strong Excel skills and the ability to prioritise multiple tasks while collaborating

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA preferred).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Experience in a fast-paced, change-driven industry.

Responsibilities

• Process monthly journals for Retail and Online revenue, salaries, accruals and prepayments.
• Assist with monthly management accounts for Retail and Online; analyse variances to Budget/Prior year.
• Prepare quarterly betting duty returns and liaise with Revenue/HMRC as needed.
• Monthly/ Quarterly reconciliation of Balance Sheet accounts and schedules.
• Maintain the fixed asset register for all BOYLE Sports Group companies.
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable and Treasury to ensure costs are recorded correctly.
• Provide insight for cost optimisation and drive change culture where appropriate.
• Support statutory financial statements and year-end reporting under FRS 102.
• Coordinate with external auditors to ensure readiness and timely responses.

Skills

Finance Business Partner

Deadline oriented

Attention to detail

Communication across levels

Organisation skills

Education

ACA/ACCA preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Title: Financial Accountant

Function/Department: Finance & BI

Reporting To: Group Financial Controller

Location: Dundalk HQ - Hybrid Role

Roles and Responsibilities:

This is a key role within the Finance team, responsible for delivering accurate and timely financial reporting. The Financial Accountant will take ownership of core month-end processes, balance sheet integrity, and regulatory returns while supporting the wider Finance team.

The successful candidate will join the BOYLE Sports Finance team at a time of positive strategic growth and will become a core part of the Finance team supporting and driving that growth. You will prioritise your own and your team’s workload and tasks to ensure all deadlines are achieved. You will maintain and further develop a Finance Business Partner approach and structure within the wider organisation, supporting all Business Channels with value add informative and insightful information and reports, in a results and profit driven organisation, that has its values of Dynamic, Fearless, Excellence and Personal at its core.

Core Role Responsibilities:

• Processing of monthly journals for Retail and Online revenue, salaries, accruals and prepayments.
• Assist the Finance Managers with producing monthly management accounts for the Retail and Online business that are both accurate and timely, including identification and analysis of material variances to Budget and Prior year.
• Preparation of the quarterly betting duty returns and liaising with Revenue/HMRC where necessary.
• Monthly/ Quarterly reconciliation of all Balance Sheet accounts, including relevant schedules.
• Maintain the fixed asset register for all companies within the BOYLE Sports Group.
• Work closely with various internal departments eg. Accounts payable and Treasury to ensure all costs have been recorded correctly.
• Provide insight and analysis for cost optimisation initiatives and drive a change culture where appropriate.
• Support the preparation of statutory financial statements and year end reporting under FRS 102.
• Liase with external auditors, ensuring audit readiness and timely resolution of queries.

Core Role Requirements:

• Maintain relationships and develop a Finance Business Partner support structure within the organisation.
• Honesty, Integrity and Professionalism
• Confidentiality
• To Instill confidence in all reports and management information distributed
• Continuous Professional Development
• Continuous process improvement
• Excellent Organisational Skills

Application must have’s:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA preference)
• 5+ years’ experience in a similar position

Requirements:

• Experience of working within a fast paced ever changing industry.
• Ability to adapt.
• Ability to work with volume data.
• Deadline orientated.
• Accurate, with an eye for attention to detail
• Supervision and people development skills
• Ability to prioritise and work on multiple tasks simultaneously
• A solution focused attitude with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels within the business.
• Strong IT skills including a proficiency in Excel.
• Straight talking yet professional in their communication style.
• Flexibility with regard to working hours.

Company:

BOYLE Sports is an international sports betting and gaming company, with an extensive online business and retail portfolio. Founded by John Boyle in 1982, the Irish family-owned firm has grown to become Ireland’s largest and most successful independently-owned bookmaker and has over 390 shops across Ireland and the UK. Its Head Office is located on the outskirts of Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland and the company currently employs over 2,700 employees across Ireland, the UK and Gibraltar. BOYLE Sports offers a world class betting and gaming experience with a ‘Customer First’ approach, committed to bringing customers closer to the action. Its mission is boosted by a rich sponsorship portfolio – the company is a proud principal sponsor of West Ham United Football Club and it stays at the heart of the action all year round by backing some of sport’s most prestigious events, including the Irish Grand National, the Irish Greyhound Derby and the World Grand Prix of Darts.