Job Description
Financial Accountant Summary: Manage financial affairs, provide reports, and ensure compliance in a dynamic charity environment. Our client, a wonderful Charity based in Dublin City, is seeking a Financial Accountant to join their team on a contract basis with a view to permanency. The role of the Financial Accountant is to manage the financial affairs of the organisation, providing required reports, proposals, and information to assist in both Board and Management level decision-making processes. **Key Responsibilities:** • Manage the day-to-day running of the finance function • Align the activities of the Finance Team to the overall company vision, mission, and objectives while ensuring full compliance with statutory and regulatory obligations • Oversee the Procurement function, ensuring that procurement activities are planned and executed • Ensure effective cash-flow management, forecasting, and banking • Oversee the pay-roll function (staff expenses, PRSAs, P35, reconcile payroll to financial statements) • Monitor and control Debtors and Creditors • Review all financial transactions and manage the maintenance & archiving of relevant records • Financial Management, Reporting & Financial Controls: + Manage the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements + Interact with internal and external stakeholders on all financial related matters + Help manage the preparation of annual budgets, in collaboration with the FC and Senior Management Team + Ensure accurate and timely preparation of monthly accounting and financial reports + Ensure books are prepared for Audit and liaise with external Auditors • Make recommendations on efficiencies and cost savings where appropriate • Manage the implementation and regular review of financial systems and internal controls ensuring the company fulfils its corporate governance obligations **Applicant Entry Requirements:** • Appropriate professional qualification (ACA ACCA, ACMA) • 1 year post qualification experience in a similar senior role in an organisation with similar scale and complexity of operations • Technical knowledge in the areas of financial accounting and reporting, management accounting and financial planning, general business, information technology, and taxation • Understanding of the application of legislation to the financial requirements of the Company • Previous practical experience of public procurement guidelines • Specific working knowledge of Accounting and Payroll software used in accounting and financial applications (e.g. Spreadsheet (advanced excel), financial statement presentation, and databases) **Key Skills:** • Ability to lead and manage the team within a fast-paced, dynamic, and changing environment • Ability to produce insightful reports and disseminate key information to support decision-making at management and Board level • Problem-solving skills - a person who can identify, address, and resolve problems • Implementation and development of accounting systems to achieve continuous service improvement • Strong communication skills both verbal and written • Advanced interpersonal and influencing skills • Excellent planning and organisational skills • Ability to communicate financial information to colleagues at all levels of the organisation and to external stakeholders