Financial Administrator

Highland Radio; Stranorlar; Remote; EUR 10,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

Donegal Parent and Family Support Service is seeking a Financial Administrator (10 hours per week) to manage bookkeeping, prepare financial reports, and support grant-funded activities at Finn Valley Family Resource Centre in Stranorlar. The successful candidate will demonstrate advanced Excel skills, confidentiality, and a good grasp of charity accounting.

Experience with SAGE Accounts and prior finance administration in the community sector is essential; Accounting Technician qualification

Qualifications

• Experience using SAGE Accounts and finance administration in a voluntary sector context.
• At least two years in a Finance Administrator or similar role.
• Strong MS Excel skills and knowledge of bookkeeping procedures.
• Ability to maintain data confidentiality and work within a team.

Skills

SAGE Accounts

Finance administration

Grant applications

MS Excel

Bookkeeping procedures

Data confidentiality

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Time management

Education

Accounting Technician qualification

Tools

SAGE Accounts

MS Excel

Job description

Donegal Parent and Family Support Service

Job Description

Financial Administrator (10hr) – Finn Valley Family Resource Centre, Stranorlar

Donegal Parent and Family Support Service DPFSS is a charity committed to working with children and families across the county on a number of key priorities:

• Improving lives through family led, home based supports
• Delivering strengths based programme interventions to children and families in need
• Providing information, support and signposting to parents and children on a 1:1 or group basis.
• Facilitating a child led and quality based childcare service

The successful candidate will have:

• Have the last two years experience working with SAGE Accounts.
• At least two years proven work experience as a Finance Administrator, or similar role
• Good knowledge and experience of working in the Community & Voluntary Sector and
  how it operates.
• Experience in meeting conditions of grant funded applications.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel (creating spreadsheets and charts and using financial Excel functions)
• Good understanding of all bookkeeping procedures
• Good time-management and organisation skills
• Ability to always maintain data confidentiality.
• The successful candidate will have good interpersonal skills, be able to operate flexibly and work within a team environment.
• Accounting Technician Qualification (or equivalent) would be desirable but not essential.