Grants and Payroll Supervisor (FTC)

Service Role: Temporary Payroll & Grants Supervisor  
Location: Dublin 2 
Start: Immediate  
Duration: 18 months  

26 March 2024 

Excellent flexible hybrid working options are currently in place. 

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.