Accountant

Kane Group are an established, and successful multi-disciplinary building services engineering contractor, with our Head Office based in Banbridge, Northern Ireland.

We're an innovative, forward-thinking company with continued steady growth serving residential, hospitality, education, commercial and healthcare sectors with offices in Northern Ireland, London, Birmingham, Glasgow and the Republic of Ireland.

We are actively looking for an Accountant to join our team!

Key Responsibilities

• Monthly management accounts preparation including full reconciliation of all Balance Sheet accounts
• Monitoring and reporting on job performance
• Business Partnering with Department managers
• Departmental reviews to include Risk and Opportunity Reporting and Budget reviews
• System development to incorporate process refinement and review
• Responsible for daily bank administration including bank reconciliations, weekly and monthly payment processing and cash flow forecasting
• Administration of IR35 / VAT / CIS including returns
• Financial Accounting activity including journal entries, Profit and Loss Account reconciliations, financial analysis and Audit preparation
• Responsible for Sales invoice processing, cash collection and liaising with Clients
• Assisting with grant submissions including liaising with external and internal stakeholders
• Develop, recommend and implement process improvements
• Preparation of government statistical returns
• Development of company templates using advanced MS Excel formulae, Power BI and Jet reporting
• Any other duties required to fulfil the requirements of the position

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential :

• To be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA or equivalent) but part qualified may also be considered with extensive experience

Experience and Knowledge
Essential:

• Relevant experience for a minimum of 2 years in the recent past
• Strong IT skills particularly with MS office

Desirable:

• Experience in working in Construction Sector
• Experience in payroll processing / review.
• Systems implementation experience.

Abilities & Skills
Essential:

• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise own workload. Developed problem solving skills, including the ability to manage conflicting work demands
• Capacity to work independently with limited supervision. A “can do” attitude with a strong work ethic and execution skills
• Excellent team player
• Be able to undertake a continuous review of procedures to achieve and maintain best practice
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to liaise and advise staff at all levels, both in written and verbal
• Excellent problem solver with the ability to deliver high quality and practical solutions
• Adaptive and resilient, responding positively to changes in deadlines and processes

Desirable:

• Experience in using Microsoft Dynamics

Company Benefits

• Cash Health Plan to include Employee Assistance Programme.
• 4 x Salary Death in Service cover.
• Auto Enrolment Company Pension scheme (Salary Sacrifice).
• Company Sick Pay Scheme, which is available upon successful completion of probation, and increases with service.
• Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits .
• Paid professional subscriptions .
• Variety of employee discounts.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Corporate Gym discount for Kane employees.
• Subsided gym membership.
• Branded clothing.
• Active Social and Wellbeing Committees.
• Annual Health Checks.
• Awards for long service.
• Additional annual leave based on length of service.
• Training and development opportunities.

Kane is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.