Lead Financial Accountant – Completed Assignment**

**FP&A have successfully sourced a candidate for this position. If you are interested in similar positions in the future, please give me a call on 09495 57033 or email me at edelvahey@fpna.ie for an exploratory conversation.

Due to internal promotion, a top employer in Galway is seeking to hire a new Senior Financial Accountant to play a lead role in their collaborative, high performing team of Financial Accountants.

What this Lead Financial Accountant job in Galway offers you:

This job offers you an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership & mentoring skills in a company renowned for team collaboration, world-class IT systems and strong employee recognition & development initiatives. As a Senior Accountant, you will support & mentor the other accountants to ensure operational excellence within the team and that junior accountants grow and develop in line with company values.

Initially a work-from-home job due to Covid, once government guidelines allow it, you will join a large team of Accountants, AR, AP, Payroll, Sales, Order Management, IT, Logistics and other global functions in the company’s new, state-of-the-art International Centre of Excellence facility in Galway.

Your new job:

Right-hand person to the Senior Finance Manager, and with daily interactions with the Director of  SSC Finance, you will be empowered with leading the financial accounting and reporting requirements for numerous entities in the EMEA region or the rest of world (ROW) for this global company.

In a Senior Finance job that offers you excellent autonomy, flexibility and accountability, in a fresh, start-up environment of a highly successful, well-established MnC, you will be empowered to:

1. Support of the monthly and quarterly financial reporting cycle, ensuring it is completed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner in accordance with IFRS
   o Supervise and review other Financial Accountants’ work
   o Mentor junior accountants to ensure growth and development in line with company values
2. Preparation and analysis of balance sheet reconciliations at month end, and all related variance analysis
3. Reviewing and approving corporation tax and deferred tax asset/liability, as well as preparing & filing tax and VAT returns.
4. Assist with or lead other Global Projects as required, including integration of new acquisitions, and pilot global IT Systems testing and implementation
5. Assist with preparation of Statutory Financial Statements in accordance with local GAAP. Work with tax advisors to complete the annual Corporation Tax returns in line with statutory deadlines and liaise with external auditors to complete the annual Statutory Audit
6. Supporting the EMEA SSC Director, and the VP of Finance Europe with process improvement projects and ad-hoc finance projects
   o Drive efficiency and continuous improvement throughout the department
   o Work with corporate finance team to assist in the review, design and implementation of financial processes and systems
   o Proactively collaborate across multifunctional teams to create an environment that strives for global consistency of best practices
7. Driving global process and systems improvement initiatives for financial reporting, with particular emphasis on IT systems investment

Remuneration and rewards:

A highly competitive package of c€65-70K will be offered to you, as well as flexibility in working arrangements, even when the offices re-open.

How do you get this fantastic job?

If you are ambitious, conscientious Qualified Accountant with previous mentoring skills, and approx. 3-4 years experience in financial accounting in a multinational environment, we want to talk to you. Apply now or call Edel Vahey, Director of FP&A for a confidential, exploratory conversation on +353 9495 57033.