Reporting to CFO.
Responsibilities:
Financial Reporting & Month-End Close:
- Prepare monthly management accounts across multiple entities, including variance analysis and commentary.
- Support the month-end close process: journals, accruals, prepayments, intercompany transactions, and foreign currency revaluations.
- Maintain the general ledger, perform balance sheet reconciliations, and assist with FX translation and intercompany eliminations for group reporting.
- Assist in the preparation of financial statements in compliance with US GAAP and FRS 102.
- Maintain the fixed asset register and calculate depreciation across all entities.
- Assist with the annual budgeting process and contribute to regular forecasting cycles.
- Prepare and distribute monthly spend-to-budget reports for each business function, highlighting variances and flagging areas of concern.
- Work with department leads to ensure monthly expenditure is accurately coded and reflected against the correct budget lines.
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, tax regulations, and internal controls across all group entities.
- Prepare grant claims, ensuring expenditure is accurately captured and reported in line with agreements.
- Support the preparation of the annual R&D tax credit claim, working closely with R&D teams to collate and document qualifying activities and costs.
- Assist with year-end audit preparation, including preparing audit schedules and acting as a day-to-day point of contact for external auditors.
- Support the documentation and maintenance of internal controls and accounting policies as the business scales.
Requirements:
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
- Advanced Excel/IT skills and experience working with accounting/ERP systems.
- Good understanding of Irish statutory, VAT, and tax compliance obligations.
- Ability to manage competing deadlines and work effectively as part of a small, fast-paced finance team.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
- Working knowledge of US GAAP and FRS 102 reporting standards.
- Exposure to multi-entity and multi-currency accounting.
- Experience supporting grant claims or R&D tax credit preparation.
For a confidential discussion and more information on the role, please contact Noeleen Stewart.
noeleen.stewart@collinsmcnicholas.ie
091-706712
