Caron Coffey

Signbase Ltd is a well established sign manufacturing company, servicing many well known retailers such as Subway, Flyefit and Eir.

• Produced accurate general ledger entries with Sage
• Managed payroll by tracking employee hours and entitlements. Payroll was then produced with Thesaurus payroll.
• Input sales, purchase and cash transactions.
• Met deadlines by managing workload independently.
• Preparation of management accounts and end-month duties.
• Kept and updated digital and physical financial records.
• Assisted in preparation of annual accounts and annual budgets. This was then passed to our external accountants Crowleys to produce the financial statements.
• Completed daily and monthly bank reconciliations and noted any discrepancies.
• Monitored accounts payable and receivable statuses, keeping financial records up-to-date.
• Calculated bills owed by customers, prepared invoices and distributed statements.
• Totalled up revenue from different sources to create full picture of income.
• Supported analysis of balance sheets and income statements.
• Verified figures with cross-checking of different accounts and documentation.
• Generated account statements outlining payments and balances.
• Followed accounting regulations, tax legislation, health and safety compliance to maximise external compliance.
• Prepared balance sheets and trial accounting balances.

The National sign company was a sign manufacturing company servicing Ireland and the UK with one of the main customers being Smyths Toys.

• Prepared Excel spreadsheets to track banking transactions and financial performance.
• Responded to 50+ customer enquiries per day via phone and email.
• Input sales, purchase and cash transactions.
• Reconciled all company accounts, including credit cards and expenses.
• Kept and updated digital and physical financial records.
• Processed expense requests for accountant to approve.
• Verified items billed against items received, following up with vendors to reconcile variances.
• Maintained nominal and subsidiary ledgers.