Financial Controller – Outsourced Accounting
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A Career at GT
Looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services? One where fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity are valued? At Grant Thornton we do things differently.
We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented individual to join our expanding Outsourced Accounting team as Outsourced Financial Controller. We have a growing client portfolio and provide a holistic service to established and dynamic growing clients. Current client portfolio includes companies from the ICT/Pharmaceutical/Construction/Retail/Aviation and Service sectors. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the financial operations, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting, and maintaining compliance with all regulatory requirements for their clients. This is a hands-on position that requires someone who wants to get to grips with the finance processes quickly.
Main responsibilities:
Financial Reporting: Prepare and present accurate and timely management accounts, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. Review and approval of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring reconciling differences are properly followed up and completed by the team
Compliance: Ensure compliance with all financial regulations and standards, including statutory reporting and tax requirements both in Ireland and Internationally.
Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of accounting professionals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.
Audit Management: Coordinate and manage external audits, ensuring timely and accurate completion.
Ad Hoc Responsibilities: Support regular ad hoc information requests from business owners and senior management and assist on other responsibilities and projects as required
Skills and attributes:
Education: ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification.
Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience in a financial management role, with at least 2 years in a supervisory capacity.
Leadership: Excellent leadership, interpersonal & communication skills and the ability to work with all levels in the organisation and to challenge stakeholders & performance.
Team Management: Ability to manage and prioritize team workload, handle conflicting deadlines, and balance multiple priorities effectively.
Technical Skills: Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and advanced MS office skills, notably excel.
Attention to Detail: Keen attention to detail & a desire to drive constant improvement and change.
Life at GT
Reward and benefits:
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:
At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied backgrounds, racial differences, cultures, sexual orientations, religious orientations, ages, gender identities, abilities and family types present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.
We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.
Recognition:
We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.
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