Job Reference: 17766
Job Type: Permanent
Location: South Dublin
The Role
3 Days per Week in the Office
Key areas of responsibility:
1. Monthly P&L/Balance Sheet Reporting:
• Manage month-end process and timetable in line with reporting deadlines
• Preparation of consolidated month end accounts and reporting pack including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow and KPI’s
• Investigation of variances versus budget and prior year and provide commentaries
• Implement robust procedures to ensure accuracy of the accruals and the reported figures
• Implement measures to speed up the reporting timelines
2. Reconciliations and Internal Controls:
• Ensure suitable internal control systems, authorisation controls and reconciliations are maintained and reviewed
• Review and authorise bank payments ensuring correct approvals have been obtained
• Identify and implement ongoing process improvements
• Ensure accounts are prepared in accordance with accounting standards
• Ensure tax, audit and statutory compliance
• Maintain/update the Accounting software and chart of accounts
3. Audit, Tax and Compliance:
• Organise external audit timetable with auditors
• Manage audit work program and audit queries so that all requests are dealt with in a timely way
• Implementation of internal control recommendations
• Preparation of corporation tax computation and filing
• Preparation of final statutory accounts for filing
4. Working Capital / Cashflow Management:
• Ensure cash is prioritized to meet payroll, supplier, tax, loan and other payment commitments
• Maintain weekly cashflow forecast in order to plan for future cashflows
5. Process Improvement:
• Review day to day operation of finance function and seek to eliminate inefficiencies
• Expand knowledge of group CRM and Finance systems to further integrate and automate financial processes as far as possible
• Review and update financial policies and procedures and develop new ones as necessary
6. Management of Finance Team:
• Manage AP, AR and billing teams ensuring best practice is implemented
• Performance management and review of KPI’s
The Person
Qualifications:
* Professional accounting qualification
* Minimum 5 years post qualification experience
* Excellent IT skills
* Excellent organisational and communication skills
* Strong attention to detail
* Ability to work to strict deadlines
* Ability to work on own initiative
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