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Job Description
Financial Accountant role involves supporting Ireland's quarterly financial close process, analysing direct and indirect operating expenditure, and the country's technical performance.
Job Responsibilities:
- Support Ireland's quarterly financial close process, analysing direct and indirect operating expenditure, and the country's technical performance.
- Assist with monthly analysis of the technical performance of the country.
- Act as a finance business partner for local underwriting management and the Dublin office.
- Responsible for the control of two finance and holding companies domiciled in Ireland to include their quarterly financial close, cash management and related reporting requirements.
- Lead the Annual Financial Statements' production of these companies, liaising with external audit to plan and coordinate the year-end audit process.
- Assist with the preparation of the Ireland operating expense and technical plan.
- Engage with Group tax and International Treasury to coordinate all tax payments for entities domiciled in Ireland.
- Preparation of various statutory returns, to bodies including CSO, on a monthly and quarterly basis.
- Monitoring of core controls such as balance sheet reconciliations across Financial Control and Shared Services to ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial information.
- Liaise with different parties including Actuarial, Enterprise Risk Management, Underwriting and Claims as necessary.
- Responding to ad-hoc technical queries; resolving issues promptly.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Good spoken & written communication & interpersonal skills; ability to communicate technical information to a non-technical audience.
- Production of timely, accurate and reliable financial information.
- Ability to manage time, work to tight deadlines, prioritise and adapt to changing requirements and dealing with distractions.
- Strong Accounting knowledge (IFRS and Irish GAAP), having grasp of overall Financial Statements (P&L and BS).
- Strong analytical skills, with an inquisitive attitude and attention to detail.
- Ability to maintain a strong and robust control environment, ensuring ledger numbers are reconciled to external sources.
- Able to remain focused and proactive in working towards deliverables with the confidence to challenge managers and colleagues on accuracy of information.
- Ability to understand the results of their own work to ensure they make sense in a business context.
- Knowledge of an ERP package.