Finance Officer 

Location: Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

Permanent, full time

35-43K DOE + very competitive remuneration package

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the accurate processing of all financial transactions within established and agreed time scales particularly for Accounts Payable (mainly) and to a lesser extent Accounts Receivable and Banking.
• Invoice processing, payment batch generation, payment processing, supplier reconciliations
• Reconcile statements and ledgers to resolve queries both internally/externally, ensuring key documentation is dealt with in a timely and professional manner.
• Maintain good relationships with vendors and respond to their queries promptly.
• Provide technical knowledge as required (e.g. VAT & RCT, etc.)
• Ensure that all accounts are reconciled appropriately and that all queries are resolved such that accounts accurately reflect the true position of the business.
• Ensure key procedures, payments and submissions are adhered to, including but not limited to expenses policy, RCT rules, Revenue reporting, Vendor Payment runs.
• Work with other members of the Finance team to ensure information is provided as required, to ensure other processes affected by the team are managed appropriately.
• Review and Maintain credit card transactions and reconciliation of vendor account balances.
• Review, validate and process a variety of accounting transactions.
• Maintain ledgers and process financial transactions within defined procedures, ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures, and Revenue requirements.
• Month End Processing of Journals and GL Reconciliations.
• Assist in preparation of Month End Reporting.
• Assist with year end audit requirements
• To contribute to continuous improvement and take on any other duties as required.
• To be aware of GDPR and manage processes as required within own remit.

Requirements:

• Previous experience in a similar position +4 years
• Knowledge and understanding of accounting systems.
• Appropriate accounting or finance qualifications.
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft packages, especially within excel and word.
• Well organised and able to work under pressure.

• Have you the ability to think ahead and communicate those thoughts / ideas.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Able to prioritise own workload and deliver to agreed standards.
• Excellent IT / system skills.