Sorry in advance for my lack of understanding and any clumsiness in explaining the situation, but I would really appreciate the thoughts/suggestions of this group as it's hard to find information around my companies situation.

I co-own a young training/virtual events company with about 8 employees based in Ireland and the UK (with our customers being virtually all over the world). We get money from ticket sales, membership, sponsorship and more.

Currently we work with an accountancy firm to do our accounts with our team doing some basic bookkeeping and accounts for them. They're not great at communication, very slow, and we have a number of issues arising from (I think) us being too small a customer for them.

We'd much rather work with a freelance accountant or hire a part-time finance person, but we're not sure this is a single role or where we'd find that person. And we've struggled to find a single person who could handle both our UK taxes and Irish taxes.

Ideally the person would handle (and this is where we're feeling ignorant...is this a role?):

- Bookkeeping
- Monthly and Annual Tax returns (identifying opportunities)
- Payroll
- Invoicing (and light credit control)
- Management accounts/reporting to senior team
- Perhaps sourcing funding opportunities (grants, rebates, etc.)

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We think it'd be a good role for a self-starter perhaps part qualified who wants to grow with us. But I feel like with our gaps in knowledge of finance/accountancy means we're struggling to even grasp what our next steps should be. You choose your own hours and work from anywhere - but you'd need to be paid to UK or Ireland if employed (but I guess global if acting as self-employed)

I would welcome and love any constructive feedback and thoughts. Thank you!