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Financial Accountant

  • Location:

    Kilkenny

  • Sector:

    Accounting & Taxation

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    Negotiable

  • Contact:

    Clodagh Ryan

  • Contact email:

    clodagh@phoenixsearch.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH2984_1683562068

  • Published:

    12 months ago

  • Expiry date:

    2023-06-07


Opportunity
Phoenix has teamed up with the growing Irish Healthcare subsidiary of a large US parent. The local business is undergoing significant growth and is seeking an ambitious, dynamic financial accountant to support this.
Responsibilities

  • Provide timely and accurate financial reporting to local & international stakeholders, managing the month-end processes and supporting finance projects
  • Complete the business's month-end process and identify process improvements if required.
  • Support the delivery of the annual statutory financial statements, including liaising with our external auditors
  • Prepare manual journals for uploading (accruals etc.), review the journal uploads prior to posting, monitor automated journal uploads and correcting errors in automated journals
  • Perform reconciliations in line with period close deadlines, such as balance sheet reconciliations within the approved timeline
  • Work with the business to ensure the accuracy of inputs to the general ledger
  • Constantly looking for ways to improve processes and add value to the function


Requirements

  • Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA), education and experience are required.
  • Strong understanding of Irish GAAP
  • Strong systems capability an advantage, especially Excel and Data
  • Experience with SAP an advantage
  • Excellent communications & stakeholder management
  • Experience in accounting, audit and/or medicine preferred
  • Flexible, with the capability to manage to change priorities
  • Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively
  • A flexible/ hybrid working model