Senior financial accountant

Company Overview
Your new company is a well-established and rapidly growing organisation with a strong and expanding presence across Ireland. Over the past number of years, the business has significantly scaled its footprint, driven by a combination of organic growth and strategic investment initiatives that have enhanced both its reach and overall market position.
Operating across multiple regions, the company has built a reputation for delivering a high-quality, reliable service offering, with a clear focus on continuous improvement and customer experience. This growth trajectory has been further accelerated through recent expansion initiatives, which have increased operational capacity, strengthened nationwide coverage, and created a more integrated and scalable platform for future development.
With demand continuing to rise, the organisation remains firmly focused on further expansion, investing in infrastructure, enhancing its service offering, and improving accessibility for its customer base. Backed by a large international group, the business combines strong financial stability with an agile, forward-looking approach, making it an exciting environment for finance professionals who want to be part of a company undergoing sustained growth and transformation.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Finance, this is a varied Senior Accountant position offering a strong blend of financial accounting responsibilities alongside meaningful involvement in commercial finance. You will play a key role in the month‑end close process, ensuring accuracy and integrity across financial reporting, while also contributing to budgeting, forecasting and insightful analysis to guide business decisions.
Key responsibilities will include preparation of monthly management accounts, ownership of key balance sheet reconciliations, and oversight of core finance processes such as accruals, prepayments and cash reconciliations. Alongside this, you will deliver regular variance analysis and provide actionable financial insights to senior stakeholders.
Crucially, you will be actively involved in the annual budgeting cycle and ongoing forecasting process, gaining exposure to the commercial drivers of the business and supporting forward‑looking planning. Additional responsibilities will include involvement in audit processes, tax compliance activities, payroll review, and continuous improvement initiatives across finance and wider operations.
The Ideal Candidate
You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with at least 3 years’ experience in a similar finance role. You will have strong technical accounting foundations combined with a genuine interest in developing your commercial finance skillset.
You will be comfortable working in a deadline‑driven environment, with excellent attention to detail and strong analytical capability. Advanced Excel skills are essential, and experience working with ERP systems would be advantageous.
You will bring a proactive, solutions‑focused mindset, with the confidence to engage with stakeholders across the business. Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach will be key, along with a genuine ambition to broaden your exposure beyond traditional reporting into commercially focused finance.
What’s On Offer
This is a superb opportunity for a newly qualified or recently qualified accountant to step into a broad and progressive role, offering exposure well beyond traditional financial accounting. You will gain hands‑on experience across budgeting, forecasting and commercial analysis, positioning you strongly for future career progression.
The role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, alongside a flexible hybrid working model and the opportunity to be part of a growing, evolving organisation where finance plays a central role in shaping business performance.
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