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General Ledger Accountant

  • Division: Accounting & Finance
  • Contact: Noeleen Stewart
  • Contact Email: noeleen.stewart@collinsmcnicholas.ie
  • Job Ref: 22273
General Ledger Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) required for a long term contract.   Galway. 

Responsibilities:
  • Preparation of monthly financial reports, ensuring they are completed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner:
  • Preparation, analysis and posting of journals at month end;
  • Preparation and analysis of balance sheet reconciliations at month end;
  • Calculation, posting and analysis of monthly accruals and prepayments, ensuring that all items are accurately captured;
  • Review and reconciliation of inter-company accounts, involving communication with other business locations worldwide;
  • Preparation of multi-currency bank reconciliations;
  • Preparation of variance analysis and standard cost updates as required;
  • Provide cost information to management and other departments as required.
  • Support in transition of functions to other locations into the CFS team.
  • Collaboration with external audit staff for periodic year end review procedures and local statutory audits as required.
  • Provision of input on local finance policies and procedures ensuring ongoing compliance for all accounting and finance operations.
  • Participation in ongoing policy and control environment development to ensure compliance with applicable internal control regulations.
  • Enhancement of existing processes and development of new ones to ensure the most efficient completion of duties.

Requirements:
  • Bachelor Degree or equivalent
  • Must be a qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA, CIMA
  • 2 - 5 years relevant experience – preferably with multinational background
  • SAP/Oracle or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable
  • Fluency in a European language an advantage
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential
  • Able to work alone to understand and summarize 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 Noeleen Stewart.
noeleen.stewart@collinsmcnicholas.ie
091-706712


 

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