Administration Division

Director - Paul Branston

The administration division is responsible for providing support in the functional areas of finance, IT, personnel and administration, to the chief executive and the operating divisions in achieving their defined business objectives. The main specific tasks of each team in the division are as follows:

Finance:

• Maintenance of systems adequate to meet all legal and internal management requirements for recording the company's financial transactions.
• Co-ordination of the business planning cycle and the monitoring and reporting of actual against planned results.
• Provision of information as may be required by the various public authorities and stakeholders in the company.
• Management of the relationships with the company's auditors, bankers and other professional advisors.

Information systems:

• Development of management information systems.
• Provision of support service for internal IT equipment.
• Production and maintenance of the systems and other documentation required to provide the MIS and IT support services.
• Monitoring and advising on the company's compliance with relevant legislation, particularly the Data Protection Acts.

Personnel:

• Provision of specialist personnel advice and assistance on personnel related matters as may be required by line management.
• Monitoring and advising on the company's compliance with relevant legislation.
• Maintenance of all personnel records.
• Co-ordination of the annual staff appraisal process.
• Reference point for staff welfare services.

Administration:

• Provision of the company secretarial function, including support to the Board and its committees, submission of statutory returns and maintenance of the members' records.
• Premises management.
• Co-ordination of health and safety matters.
• Provision of secretarial and administrative back up to the operating divisions.
• Provision of the Lumen House
  Library Avenue reception facility.

Divisional Staff