Finance Manager in Holywood

Reporting to: Finance Director

Location: Holywood, N. Ireland

About Ardmore:

We are a globally active performance communications Group, using data, insight, strategy and creativity to solve commercial problems and deliver significant return on marketing investment.

Our mission is to be a trusted strategic partner to each of our Clients. We are creatively restless, respectful, fearless, innovative, invested and always effective. Setting and smashing those targets we set ourselves has allowed our team to grow bigger than ever, so we need more people who will share in our goal of achieving spectacular results for every Client. 

As a fully integrated communications business, the Ardmore Group offers strategy, creative, design, digital, media planning and buying, and branding, as well as PR and event management through our sister company LK Communications, awarded PR Consultancy of the Year at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Pride Awards 2022, and eCommerce intelligence and performance marketing through our second sister company, Built For Growth Digital, awarded Best eCommerce Agency in the UK 2022 by the eCommerce Association.

Globally connected, as shareholders in Worldwide Partners Inc., the Ardmore Group has direct access to global talent with localised insight. This enables us to create impactful campaigns delivered on local, national and international scales. 

More than that, we’re all about our people. Inside our offices, you’ll find a friendly and collaborative group of highly creative professionals all striving for the same goals: to create brilliant work and exceed expectations every step of the way. 

Interested in working alongside industry experts on some of the best known International, UK & Irish brands? Enjoy a flexible, collaborative and stimulating work environment? Ready to drive your career forward with an ever-growing, innovative company? Then this is the place for you! 

Who we’re looking for:

Ardmore are looking for a Finance Manager to support the Financial Director in this leading role within the Finance Department assisting with the production of monthly management accounts and analysis of company performance.

• Work closely with our Client Services team to prioritise and manage billing to meet month end close deadlines. Take full ownership of the invoicing process from review of estimates to issuance of invoice to clients.
• Ensure that all employee time, expenses and other third part costs are accurately reflected against the appropriate projects and billed correctly.
• Develop and maintain Company’s fixed asset register.
• Process and reconcile invoices, expenses, bank statements and credit cards.
• Ensuring the timely and accurate onboarding of new clients and suppliers onto the finance system.
• Assist with the reconciliation of prepayments and accruals.
• Prepare weekly and monthly sales forecasting & utilisation reports and providing key information and insights in support of monthly board packs.
• Assist with the preparation of end of year accounts.
• Help to improve efficiency in relation to the overall financial department by identify and embracing new technology or ways of working.
• Having a working knowledge of key tasks undertaken by colleagues in the Finance Team to provide Holiday cover as required.
• Any other tasks deemed necessary by the Financial Director.

The job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the business.

What you need:

Essential

Qualifications/Attainments

Educated to at least GCSE O’ Level in English and Mathematics.

Relevant Experience

At least 2 years experience as an Accounts Assistant.

IT literate in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

Skills/Knowledge/Aptitudes/Disposition

Ability to work quickly, methodically, and logically.

Good analytical approach to work.

Able to work to rigid deadlines.

Good organisational skills.

Oral and written proficiency and

completely fluent in English.

Dependable.

Self-starter.

Confident.

Interrogative.

Helpful and courteous.

Sociable.

Circumstances/Interests

Flexible and adjustable.

Able to work additional hours if required.

Desirable

Qualifications/Attainments

Additional finance/accounts qualifications.

Relevant experience

At least 2 years’ experience working in a Sales Ledger role.

Knowledge of Adserve.

Previous Reception / front of house experience

Additional information:

Closing date: the closing date for CVs is 5pm Friday 13th September. Late CVs will not be considered. Email your CV along with your Monitoring Form to

Shortlisting: only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the essential criteria will be shortlisted. The panel reserves the right to apply all or part of the desirable criteria at the shortlisting stage.

Reserve list: a reserve list of candidates may be maintained for the purpose of any similar vacancies (temporary or permanent) that may arise within 12 months of this recruitment process.

Employment offer: any employment offer is subject to satisfactory completion of two employment references, proof of right to work in the UK and proof of any required qualifications.

Ardmore is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. All appointments will be made on the basis of merit.