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Fixed Asset Accountant

The Job:

Based with a lading global healthcare provider in their Cherrywood Share Service Centre, these two contract roles, a 10 month contract and 4 month contract, will see you be responsible for the financial accounting for one or more entities within the EMEA region.


This is a hybrid role that will offer 2 days a week working from home.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Preparation and review of fixed assets for annual financial statements in accordance FRS102
  • Create and monitor a system of controls, procedures, and forms for the recordation of fixed assets.
  • Recommend to management any updates to accounting policies related to fixed assets.
  • Record fixed asset acquisitions and dispositions in the accounting system.
  • Track the compilation of project costs into fixed asset accounts, and close out those accounts once the related projects have been completed.
  • Reconcile the balance in the fixed asset subsidiary ledger to the summary-level account in the general ledger.
  • Calculate depreciation for all fixed assets where required.
  • Recommend to management whether fixed assets should be disposed of.
  • Ad hoc fixed assets reporting request from management.
  • Manage and ensure timely completion of Internal and External audits
  • Ongoing work with internal teams to identify project needs arising from new accounting and industry developments or process gaps 
  • Responsibility for daily and monthly financial activity under US GAAP
  • Co-ordination with other internal parties meet various reporting deadline
  • Complete SOX controls in line with control matrix
  • Maintain and develop relationships with key stakeholders
  • Oversight of outsourced business partner

Requirements:

  • A professional accounting qualification from a recognised body – ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA; preference for a big four trained accountant
  • 2-3 years business experience in fixed assets – preferably with Shared Service Centre or multinational corporation background
  • SAP or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable
  • Experience in preparation of Financial Statements preferred
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential
  • Able to work alone to understand and summarise financial data into high quality, accurate and usable summaries
  • Strong computer skills especially MS Office

For a confidential discussion and more information on the role, please contact Eoghan Dalton.

eoghan.dalton@collinsmcnicholas.ie

(090) 6478108