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You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailJWR Employment Specialists are working with a growing manufacturing company in Mayo to recruit a Financial Accountant to join their team.
This role reporting to the Financial Controller will work as part of a larger finance team and will take a handson role in the accounting and operations and financial reporting of the Mayo facility. This role is for a motivated selfstarter with strong accounting technical skills excellent organisational skills and has the ability to work independently as well as collaborate with different departments within the organisation. In return the role is offering an attractive salary as well as health insurance and pension. This role is based onsite in Castlebar Mayo.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
General Ledger & Fixed Assets
Contribute to monthend close and related duties.
Bank reconciliations.
Debt analysis and reconciliation.
Maintain intercompany schedule and related interest charges.
Analyse G&A allocations to other cost centers.
General account analysis investigation and reconciliation as required.
Prepare journal entries for approval and posting.
Maintain fixed asset master reconciliation to GL and prepare depreciation expense.
Provide and review inventory cost reports and assist in the inventory cycle counting process and related reconciliation back to the general ledger.
Provide support for other corporate entity transactions.
Financials & Internal Controls
Facilitate the preparation of monthly financial statements in accordance with Accounting Standards.
Coordinate with FP&A and assist on forecast budget preparation and analysis.
Perform monthly financial statement analysis and change causal investigations and communicate on such matters as needed.
Collaborate in financial consolidation file maintenance and enhancements.
Continuously assess the accounting system effectiveness and drive improvements.
Create test and maintain internal controls and related documentation.
Liaise with financial statement auditors prepare client schedules and provide requested supporting documentation.
Tax Reporting
Facilitate preparation of tax returns.
Provide external tax accountants with tax return supporting documentation as requested.
Purchasing & Other
Review purchase requisitions to ensure appropriate GL coding and verify larger purchases have been accessed by Senior Management.
Ad hoc projects and reporting as required.
Prepare and submit grant applications.
Prepare and submit CSO returns & other required returns.
Qualifications Education & Experience
Qualified ACCA/ACA/CPA.
Ideally 35 years post qualified experience in a manufacturing industry related role.
Financial and Management Accounting background.
Experience in analysing financial data and report preparation & presentation knowledge of Irish GAAP.
Intermediate to advance Excel skills.
Strong accounting knowledge of AP AR Inventory & GL and monthend close.
Critical and effective problem solving and decisionmaking skills with the ability to work on one s own initiative to resolve competing priorities and with minimum supervision.
Excellent verbal & written communication and organizational skills.
Excellent attention to detail and ability to adapt to change are key to this role.
Be a strong team member with the ability to identify and drive efficiency improvements.
Experience in D365 would be an advantage.
Full Time