Financial Accountant - Reconciliations

Our client is recruiting for a Financial Accountant to join their organisation based in Dublin City Centre. This role offers a hybrid working structure and is a 12 month contract with possibility of extension.

The Financial Accountant will report directly to the Reconciliations Manager and will have responsibility & accountability for:

 Preparation of monthly income reconciliations including analysing and investigating variances,

including the reconciliation of EMV associated merchant fees;

 Contributing to the design of monthly reports including reporting KPIs to management and other

departments;

 Financial analysis, reporting expertise and financial support to the business;

 Continuous improvement of financial reporting processes through review and documentation of

the "as is" processes with responsibility to design and document the "to be" as part of the

relevant project design(s);

 Responsible for contributing to the annual budgeting and forecasting process for the various

projects involving finance reconciliation;

 Assisting in the creation and enhancement of procedure manuals, such a SOP documents and

the standardisation of processes;

 Liaising with the other Finance teams and finance stakeholders on a regular daily basis;

 Assisting the Reconciliations Manager to ensure data protection and retention policies and

procedures are documented and implemented;

 Support the system development and upgrade within the finance function;

 Attend the relevant project update sessions and act as designated finance representative;

 Participate with UAT and all associated testing of systems and processes, working closely with

the relevant Project Test manager(s);

 Support the development of internal finance portals and business partnering reporting;

 Assist the Authority on other ad hoc items as they arise.

This person will report directly into the Reconciliations Manager.

The person:

We require an individual who has a proactive approach and possesses good analytical skills. The individual

ideally needs to have experience working in a multi-priority and matrixed organisation(s), and some

experience working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience with working

across a finance project is desirable but not essential.

 A recognised accounting qualification, with a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience

or significant work experience in an equivalent role;

 Experience with the preparation of management accounts, reconciliations and annual financial

statements;

 Excellent interpersonal and communication skills possessing the ability to communicate and

interact effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders;

 Ability to work on own initiative, as part of a team and as leader of a group;

 Good analytical ability, with a logical approach to problem solving and sound judgement;

 A keen eye for detail and desire to probe further into data;

 Capacity to proactively and constructively contribute to team tasks;

 Strong organisational and administrative skills;

 A 'can-do' approach with the ability to organise and prioritise workloads to meet deadlines.

 Strong MS Office (MS Excel and MS PowerPoint essential);

 Experience working with finance automation tools desirable but not essential; and

 Experience working with finance ERP's (MS Dynamics / Agresso experience desirable).