Financial Accountant: End-to-End GL & Controls (Hybrid, Dublin)

Morgan McKinley; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley in Dublin is seeking an experienced Financial Accountant to take end-to-end ownership of General Ledger and Balance Sheet areas. You will prepare and review reconciliations, post journals across accruals, prepayments, provisions, fixed assets, intercompany and payroll, and analyze variances.

You will challenge balances, improve controls, and drive automation using Excel, ERP, BI, and AI-enabled tools to deliver high-quality financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Strong technical accounting knowledge, ideally including IFRS.
• Experience with accruals, prepayments, provisions, cut-off, fixed assets and intercompany
• The ability to understand and explain the substance behind balances, rather than simply completing reconciliations
• A strong control mindset and the confidence to challenge poor-quality inputs or unsupported balances
• Experience identifying root causes and improving accounting processes
• Strong Excel and ERP experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• A proactive, ownership-driven approach

Responsibilities

• Taking end-to-end ownership of assigned General Ledger and Balance Sheet areas
• Preparing and reviewing high-quality balance sheet reconciliations
• Preparing and posting journals across areas including accruals, prepayments, provisions, fixed assets, intercompany and payroll
• Investigating aged, unusual or unsupported balances and driving them through to resolution
• Supporting month-end, quarter-end and year-end close
• Performing meaningful variance and balance sheet analysis
• Managing intercompany reconciliations and resolving discrepancies
• Ensuring accounting records and supporting documentation are maintained to a high standard
• Supporting audit and ensuring financial information is properly evidenced
• Identifying process inefficiencies, control weaknesses and recurring issues
• Helping automate and improve finance processes through Excel, ERP, BI, workflow, automation and AI-enabled tools

Skills

Financial accounting

GL accounting

BS reconciliations

IFRS

Excel

ERP

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Ownership mindset

Job description

Morgan McKinley in Dublin is seeking an experienced Financial Accountant to take end-to-end ownership of General Ledger and Balance Sheet areas. You will prepare and review reconciliations, post journals across accruals, prepayments, provisions, fixed assets, intercompany and payroll, and analyze variances.

You will challenge balances, improve controls, and drive automation using Excel, ERP, BI, and AI-enabled tools to deliver high-quality financial reporting.