Financial Accountant

CREGG Group; Galway; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

CREGG Group in Oranmore, Galway, seeks a fully qualified Financial Accountant to join the finance team. Reporting to the Head of Finance, this full-time role targets extensive experience in manufacturing environments and covers financial reporting, costing, budgeting, forecasting and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include ownership of cost and financial workflows, streamlining month-end processes, and driving data-driven improvements across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with manufacturing ERP systems, such as SAP.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive and commercially focused approach.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple departments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and optimise financial workflows and internal controls across the manufacturing operation.
• Streamline financial reporting processes to reduce month-end closing times and improve data accuracy.
• Identify operational inefficiencies and collaborate with production teams to implement corrective financial measures.
• Manage and develop costing methodologies, including standard costing and variance analysis.
• Analyse monthly material, labour and overhead variances, providing actionable insights to plant management.
• Oversee inventory valuation, obsolescence provisions and the annual physical stocktake process.
• Contribute to the annual budgeting process and regular rolling forecasts for manufacturing operations.
• Participate in finance-led projects, including ERP system upgrades and process automation.
• Investigate financial discrepancies and proactively recommend structured, data-driven solutions.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical mindset

Cross-department collaboration

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Financial Accountant

CREGG are seeking a fully qualified Financial Accountant to join our client’s finance team in Oranmore, Galway. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity reporting to the Head of Finance, suited to an experienced accountant with a strong background in manufacturing or production environments. The successful candidate will play a key role in financial reporting, costing, budgeting, forecasting and continuous improvement, helping to drive financial accuracy, operational efficiency and business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and optimise financial workflows and internal controls across the manufacturing operation.
• Streamline financial reporting processes to reduce month-end closing times and improve data accuracy.
• Identify operational inefficiencies and collaborate with production teams to implement corrective financial measures.
• Manage and develop costing methodologies, including standard costing and variance analysis.
• Analyse monthly material, labour and overhead variances, providing actionable insights to plant management.
• Oversee inventory valuation, obsolescence provisions and the annual physical stocktake process.
• Contribute to the annual budgeting process and regular rolling forecasts for manufacturing operations.
• Participate in finance-led projects, including ERP system upgrades and process automation.
• Investigate financial discrepancies and proactively recommend structured, data-driven solutions.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with manufacturing ERP systems, such as SAP.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive and commercially focused approach.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple departments.