Senior Financial Accountant / Cork

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We are working on behalf of one of the global leaders in offshore wind energy and the world's most sustainable energy companies, to hire a Senior Financial Accountant, to be based in Cork, Ireland.

Join them in this role, where you’ll be responsible for a broad set of financial accounting and reporting processes concerning the Group’s legal entities, including month-end closing, reconciliations, statutory accounts, as well as for performing internal controls. You’ll furthermore play a large role in process optimisation, aided by your significant experience in the field. You will be part of the Financial Accounting team and will be responsible for delivering standardised, high-quality, and timely accounting and reporting products within FAC.

The following are the responsibilities for this position:

• preparing appropriate financial journals, and reconciling your entities’ accounts
• preparing statutory accounts and providing high quality audit documentation
• reporting on a number of legal entities for group reporting purposes (IFRS)
• delivering on other local reporting requirements, e.g. VAT and National Statistics
• meeting requirements for Joint Venture reporting and other related deliverables
• driving the continuous optimisation of processes – specifically in connection with month-end closing and our reporting systems.

Requirements:

• have a bachelor’s degree in accounting, controlling, or similar
• have extensive relevant experience working in a public accounting firm or a controlling department in an international company, including thorough knowledge of IFRS
• speak and write English at an academic level, and can communicate clearly in writing, and excel at communicating financial issues in a readily understandable language
• have an analytical and logical approach to issues as well as the ability to critically handle information you receive,
• are results-oriented and set visible and relevant goals for your tasks
• thrive in a changing environment and take independent responsibility, and enjoy working with colleagues across teams and national borders.