Financial Accountant

Multinational organisation in North Dublin are looking to recruit an experienced Financial Accountant to join its Finance team on a contract with a view to permanency.

Your new role

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will take ownership of key financial accounting and reporting activities, with a particular focus on month-end reporting, balance sheet integrity and regulatory requirements.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Processing monthly journals relating to revenue, salaries, accruals and prepayments.
• Assisting with the preparation of accurate and timely monthly management accounts.
• Identifying and analysing material variances against budget and prior-year results.
• Preparing quarterly regulatory returns and liaising with the relevant authorities where required.
• Completing monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Maintaining the fixed asset register across multiple entities.
• Working closely with Accounts Payable, Treasury and other internal teams to ensure costs are accurately recorded.
• Providing analysis and insight to support cost optimisation initiatives.
• Supporting statutory financial statement preparation and year-end reporting
• Liaising with external auditors and ensuring queries are addressed efficiently.
• Developing effective Finance Business Partner relationships across the organisation.
• Supporting continuous improvement across financial processes, controls and reporting.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in this position, you will be a qualified or Finalist accountant, ideally ACA or ACCA, with 5+ years' experience in a similar financial accounting will also bring:

• Strong financial reporting and month-end experience.
• SAP Experience is essential
• Excellent attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• The ability to work effectively with large volumes of financial data.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Experience managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong Excel and general IT skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at different levels of the business.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic organisation based in North County Dublin