Senior Financial Accountant - Contract

CPL

GALWAY

SENIOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT - CONTRACT. My client, a Galway based multinational, seeks to hire a new Senior Financial Accountant. This hire is due to an influx in new business. You will be responsible for month-end, updating balance sheet reconciliations, streamlining processes and report automation. This role will offer you with a breadth of responsibilities in different areas. This role will offer opportunities to grow internally. This is a contract role initially and will report to FP&R Manager, based at the client’s site. RESPONSIBILITIES : Assisting in the preparing of the monthly management accounts for the group. Assisting with the closure of the month end ledgers on the ERP system. Responsible for all trading and statutory entities. Enforce the finance policies and procedures including but not limited to. Presentation and disclosure of transactions. Dealing with statutory audit queries. Ensuring a robust system of internal controls operates over all transactions. Ensuring a comprehensive month end file is prepared and reviewed to support all balances held including detailed schedules for accruals, provisions, and prepayments. Ensuring overheads are accounted for in line with policies and procedures. Ensuring a full matrix is maintained of intercompany balances and that balances are agreed, confirmed, and reconciled monthly. Assist in the submission of monthly vat returns across all jurisdictions. Assist in the submission of CSO and regulatory authority returns. Assisting with ensuring all profit and loss account entries and balance sheet entries and accounts are posted correctly and reconciled monthly. Assisting with posting monthly payroll costs and payroll allocations across the group. Coordinating with other finance functions to ensure all transactions and balance sheet balances are appropriately supported, in line with accounting standards and group policies. Ensuring all balance sheet accounts are appropriately reconciled on a timely basis and that these reconciliations are appropriately reviewed. Providing input on the company forecast and on the annual budget processes. Reporting monthly on anomalies and specific aspects to management. Making recommendations on the correct accounting treatment for transactions. Ensuring revenue/HMRC compliance of transactions to minimise the risk of audits. Working cross functionally to deliver streamlining initiatives for the finance function. Ensure there is no manual circumvention of controls, that the delegation of authority is followed and that any instances of non-compliance are investigated, and loopholes closed. Actively identify opportunities to streamline the workflow process. Ensure all transactions are accounted for in line with frs102. REQUIREMENTS: Qualified Accountant – Big4 Trained – Essential. 3 years PQE – Experience in manufacturing environment – Desirable but not essential. Experience with large ERP’s is desirable but not essential. Advanced Excel - MAXIFS, Match, Index, Offset, Pivot Table’s, VlookUP – Essential. Interested? Please send your CV to peter.casey@Cpl.ie for consideration.

1367 days ago