Commercial Financial Accountant
12 month FTC
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Profit & Loss
* Review of Gross Margin and sales by Principals and month end accounts preparation and reporting
* Work closely with the Commercial Team to ensure that all commercial agreements are correctly applied and deals are reclaimed accordingly
* Supporting Commercial/Business Support team on all Master data related issues (e.g. price changes, product set-up)
* Provide support to Commercial team on linking AP & AR queries to ensure information passed to the commercial team is correct
* Continuous Process Improvement and review of existing controls and processes
* Support Budgeting, Financial Planning process
* On-going review and assessment of controls, working with Process Integration/IT to implement or enhance internal controls
Balance Sheet (B/S)
* Prepare and review of monthly B/S reconciliations for Pre-Wholesale and implement B/S by Profit Centre
* Work with the relevant business partners (including AP, AR, Commercial, IT) to ensure resolution of reconciling items in a timely fashion
* Ensure that B/S accounts and valuations reflect the true value to the business, aligned to the Group Companies’ policies
* Work with the Finance team to resolve outstanding issues on monthly balance sheet reconciliations
* First point of contact for external auditors for the annual audit of balance sheet accounts
* Responsible for reconciliation of Consignment Stock Accrual and improvement on controls and processes around Consignment stock
* Liaise with the Accounts Payable team to resolve issues encountered when posting invoices and assist in resolving GR/IR issues
* Liaise with the Accounts Receivable and Principal Reclaims Accountant to resolve issues associated with Principal Debt/ Recharges
* Effectively manage Accounts Assistants to ensure they are adequately trained, monitored and developed
QUALIFICATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS REQUIRED
* Qualified Accountant with 2/3 years accounts experience (SAP experience preferable) and strong commercial acumen
* Demonstrated and proven ability to work within a team to achieve common goals
* Significant experience in the area of Balance Sheet reconciliations
* Ability to work with significant volumes of data to investigate and arrive at a point which allows an information based decision to be made
* Ability to work on their own to deliver results within a short period of time
* Dealing with 3rd parties where necessary to resolve issues identified in reconciliations.
* Ability to analyse information and prepare key performance data.
* Ability to work effectively under time and delivery pressures
* Excellent communication skills
* Decision making, problem solving, organising and planning ability
COMPETENCIES
* Team worker
* Attention to Detail
* Communication
* Initiative
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term
Contract length: 12 months
Benefits:
* Bike to work scheme
* Company pension
* On-site parking
* Sick pay
* Work from home
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
* Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Citywest, Dublin 24, CO. Dublin
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