GL Accountant - Ireland - Collins McNicholas Recruitment

Description

General Ledger Accountant required with 5 years experience in a multinational environment.Galway city.

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.
• 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.

Requirements:

• Accounting qualification – ACA, ACCA, CIMA.
• Third Level Degree or equivalent.
• 2-5 years relevant experience in multinational environment.
• SAP/Oracle or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable.
• 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.
• Fluency in a European language an advantage.
  

For a confidential discussion and more information on the role, please contact Noeleen Stewart.