Assistant Financial Accountant

Assistant Financial Accountant

The role is based from our Dublin office. We are looking for part-qualified accountant( finalist) or recently qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA. 

Working in a fast paced finance department, the role will have the following responsibilities: 

Month end tasks includes: 

• Bank reconciliations. 
• Posting of journals including inter-company, accruals and prepayments. 
• Revenue recognition calculations. 
• Balance sheet reconciliations. 
• Preparing weekly and monthly summary reports for review. 
• Assisting across the finance department as required and other ad-hoc duties as assigned by manager.

Invoicing and customer collections 

• Entering and applying daily payments to the customer accounts and resolving discrepancies. 
• Management of the invoicing process for UK and Ireland 
• Invoicing customers for employee expenses as required and reconcile. 
• Managing overdue payments for UK customers. 
• Reporting regularly on progress against specified objectives, goals and performance targets. 

Systems 

Working with the systems manager to assist with the following: 
• Project set up & updating existing projects. 
• Resolving queries in relation to current projects. 
• Other systems related work as required. 

Skills Required

• Have excellent attention to detail and accuracy, combined with excellent numeracy skills. 
• Be highly motivated and with the ability to manage personal deadlines. 
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with relevant parties as required. 
• Have excellent planning and organisation skills including the ability to prioritize and manage large volumes of work. 
• Proficiency in the English language is a requirement. 
• Experience in a similar role. 
• Have strong computer skills especially in computerized accounting software and MS Office 
• Ability to work to tight deadlines 
• Experience of working in a similar role working in similar sector.