• Location: Dublin, Dublin
• Type: Permanent
• Job #44924
• Salary: €35,000

Junior Finance Accountant

Our client is an award winning, leading organisation based in Dublin North and is looking for a new Junior Finance Accountant to join their team due to growth! This is a newly created position within the team, driven by increased reporting requirements, expansion into new markets, and the addition of new entities. The ideal candidate will be a part-qualified accountant actively working towards their qualification, or recently qualified. This company has a strong focus on sustainability, over 70% of the product range is certified as having a Net Positive environmental impact. For more than 35 years, the company’s award-winning offerings and have set the standard for performance, innovation, and simplicity in the industry.
The Junior Financial Accountant will report to the Accounting Manager and contribute to a range of projects across the organization. This is a broad role focused on financial accounting, with exposure to wider business functions and operations across multiple entities. You will be responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial information while collaborating with cross-functional teams to support financial performance and continuous improvement initiatives. In addition, the role involves supporting the wider finance function to maintain strong internal controls and governance frameworks, helping to mitigate risk and ensure financial stability.

Salary and benefits:

• Salary 35,000-40,000
• Hybrid – 3 days in office, 2 days working from home
• VHI health cover for self
• 22 days holiday
• Pension up to 5% employer contribution to match employee contribution

Job Duties:

• Take ownership of accurate and timely daily, weekly, and monthly financial reporting
• Lead the month-end close process, ensuring timely and precise reporting of results
• Provide insights and analysis on monthly P&L performance, including recommendations to improve sales and margins
• Drive cost reduction initiatives through financial leadership and analysis
• Ensure balance sheet integrity through clear and consistent monthly reconciliations
• Support the audit process, including coordination with statutory auditors across regions and completion of annual audit and corporate tax requirements
• Reconcile management accounts with statutory financial statements to ensure accuracy and alignment
• Assist in the preparation of the company’s annual budgeting process
• Continuously assess potential risks within the financial control environment and recommend appropriate mitigating controls
• Support the finance team with general ledger queries and ensure compliance with tax and financial reporting standards
• Conduct customs and compliance documentation reviews to support regulatory adherence
• Participate in ad hoc projects, financial reporting tasks, and analysis as needed

Experience required:

• Part qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA)
• Energetic team player with “can do” attitude.
• Excellent understanding of accountancy rules and requirements.
• Attention to detail a must.
• Strong planning and organizational skills a must in order to handle to wide scope and requirements of this role.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong ERP and MS Office experience essential.
• Maintain and update your knowledge of regulations that affect the business and financial reporting.
• Commercial mindset, problem solving ability and able to work on their own initiative.
• Infor experience would be an advantage.

The core responsibilities listed above provide a high level overview of the requirements of the role, however these may be subject to change (within the finance team) depending on business needs and the individual must be flexible to this.

For more information please apply through the link provided for the attention of Cloe Stapleton call Osborne Recruitment on 01 5984334 or email cloe.stapleton@osborne.ie
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Osborne are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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