Accountant

Desired Skills: Qualified Accountant,Financial Controls,IFRS,Audit,Financial Reporting,Treasury Management

Role Summary

We are seeking to recruit a Financial Control Accountant with proven experience in financial and accounting control processes. This role is within a small finance team, development of detailed knowledge of processes is anticipated in conjunction with working transversally across the various functions of the SBCI. 

Principal Accountabilities

The primary responsibilities of the role are outlined below: 

• Develop, enhance and maintain strong internal controls over reporting processes, including monthly control meetings, remediation tracking, ensuring timely month end close, accurate financial records, and ensuring a robust financial control framework.
• Drives continuous process improvements within financial control and participates in key finance and corporate projects as required.
• Act as key point of contact for internal and external auditors.
• Policies, procedures, and controls: maintain the accounting policy library and process SOPs; operate and evidence key banking controls; drive remediation findings through to closure.
• Ensure timely month end close and accurate financial records through review and analysis.
• Treasury management efficiency and control over cash flow, liquidity and risks.
• Lead collaboration and interaction with functions to ensure the information is delivered accurately, timely and is effective in its use for understanding financial reporting and in the decision-making process.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure delivery of Key Performance Indicators (“KPI”) and Management Information required to manage and control the business.
• Finance Transformation initiatives, working closely with project teams to ensure effective implementation of new processes and systems.
• Ad hoc reporting and other associated duties as required.

Experience

• Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with three years post qualification experience in banking or financial services industry
• Extensive financial control experience gained in an accounting or financial control role
• Experience in an audit environment
• Must be highly adaptable, with an exceptionally organized approach
• Experience in stakeholder management

Skills

• Strong attention to detail
• An ability to initiate change and be adaptive to changing circumstances
• Financially analytical with good problem-solving skills
• A positive outlook and a can-do attitude are essential
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to easily form good working relationships with team members and senior stakeholders alike
• Ability to adapt quickly and work flexibly
• Skill in examining, developing, reengineering, and implementing financial policies and procedures

Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of FRS 102 / IFRS
• Knowledgeable in financial control frameworks
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills, with experience in other Microsoft packages

Please click the link below to apply or alternatively send an up-to-date CV to howie.leahy@peglobal.net

***Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in Ireland***