At Forvis Mazars, we are a leading professional services firm with ambitious growth plans and over 900 staff based in Cork, Dublin, Galway, and Limerick. We are an integral part of the Forvis Mazars Group, an internationally integrated partnership with over 50,000 professionals operating in over 100 countries and territories around the world.
Our strategic framework drives positive and meaningful impact for our people, the environment, and local communities while delivering unmatched client experience to our clients.
Why Join Us
We have a bold entrepreneurial spirit that empowers us to shape the future of our industry and the communities within which we serve. We empower and develop our teams to become professionals of the highest calibre in technical and client excellence.
Our people-first approach offers our teams a caring work environment that promotes belonging and inclusivity of all cultures and perspectives.
The Position
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced accountant with a strong financial background to join our leading international firm and specifically our award-winning Financial Accounting and Outsourcing Services Division.
The successful candidate will be managing department resources to ensure appropriate utilisation in managing a portfolio of clients. Working collaboratively with the management team to ensure client satisfaction.
About the Role
Our Financial Accounting and Outsourcing team supports our clients to better run their finance functions, understand their financial position and performance, and to ensure they are compliant with changing accounting and tax legislation.
The successful candidate will work with a diverse range of clients across various industries, assisting with all aspects of their accounting lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
1. Managing departmental resources with a portfolio of clients resourced from a combined pool of staff to achieve client service and quality.
2. Developing staff in areas of mentoring, training, and ongoing support.
3. Ensuring adherence to client and filing deadlines through planning, scheduling, and overseeing individual client projects.
4. Managing a diverse portfolio of clients.
5. Preparing management accounts, VAT returns (inc VAT, VIES, and Intrastat Returns), statutory financial statements, complete reconciliations, and lead bookkeeping projects, secondment roles, forecasting, and budgeting, and other ad-hoc department projects.
6. Oversight of billing and fees including budgeting and the timely preparation of invoices.
7. Driving high-quality service delivery within expected timeframes and on budget.
8. Bringing technical expertise and a strong knowledge and application of various accounting standards, primarily FRS 102.
9. Ensuring appropriate maintenance of financial information for a broad range of clients using various accounting software packages including Xero and Sage 50.
10. Creating and updating financial statements as required and in conjunction with the team using accounts production software.
11. Liaising with various external stakeholders providing support as required, including external auditors as part of the year-end audit process for individual clients.
12. Building strong relationships with client representatives.
13. Manage expectations of client service delivery.
14. Measurement against collective (departmental) targets for chargeable time, billing, net fee income, and cash collection as well as personal and firm-wide goals.
15. Fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment and playing an active role in mentoring junior team members within the organisation.
Ideal Candidate
* Qualified ACA/ACCA.
* Experienced senior accountant in a professional services or industry environment (3+ years).
* An ambitious individual with a desire to deliver strong client services and grow and develop a team.
* Proven ability in leading a team and engagements.
* Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel with a willingness to learn new systems.
* Meticulous attention to detail, accuracy, and the ability to manage multiple engagements.
* Excellent time management skills with an ability to work effectively to deadlines.
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
* A self-motivated individual with an ability to work on their own initiative with an awareness for when to seek assistance and work collaboratively.
* Excellent interpersonal skills, particularly communication skills, both written and verbal.
* Energy, enthusiasm, and passion for a new challenge.
* Ability to learn quickly with an interest in legislative developments including local GAAP, IFRS, and US GAAP, VAT changes, etc.