Ward Personnel - Financial Accountant Role
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- Cork
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Prepare weekly departmental gross profit and sales commission reports, ensuring all Management Information is fully reconciled to our accounting system and variances are investigated and resolved.
- Prepare monthly subsidiary gross profit reporting and maintain accurate year-to-date summary files, working with local outsourced accounting firms where required.
- Support the preparation of a monthly consolidated group reporting pack for European operations, including balance sheet reconciliations and P&L analysis.
- Produce monthly client profitability reporting, including margin analysis and trend identification.
- Prepare monthly Budget vs Actual reporting at a consolidated group level and support quarterly forecasting, incorporating year-to-date actuals vs budget.
- Manage the annual budget preparation process in collaboration the Head of Finance and the broader leadership team.
- Prepare annual audit files for each subsidiary, including balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules, working with local accounting firms as required.
- Coordinate with external auditors, with support from the Head of Finance, including responding to queries and managing information requests.
- Ensure consistency between our accounting system, audit files, and statutory accounts.
- Maintain a rolling audit file to improve efficiency year-on-year.
- Prepare statutory returns (VAT, PAYE, RCT, employee expenses, CSO surveys), with established processes for final review and submission by the Head of Finance.
- Prepare weekly cashflow reporting for the group.
- Prepare and review bank reconciliations and support payments preparation, including assisting with tax and pension payments, and statutory payments across jurisdictions.
- At least 5 years' experience in a financial/ management accounting role.
- Either recently qualified or substantially part-qualified accountant (ACA /ACCA / CIMA / CPA).
- Proven experience in preparing monthly management accounts and reporting packs.
- Strong trial balance reconciliation skills with a high level of attention to detail.
- Very strong IT skills and comfortable working with accounting systems (QBO or similar) and Excel.
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly and confidently to non-finance stakeholders.
- Strong commercial awareness, with well-developed financial and analytical skills.
- Hard working, proactive and organised, with a desire to take increasing ownership, meet deadlines consistently, and develop within the role.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, collaborative environment and be a very strong team player.
- Exposure to audit preparation and statutory reporting.
- Experience with multi-entity and/or international structures.
- Exposure to reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
- Client profitability or margin-focused analysis experience.