General Ledger Accountant

Cpl; Ireland; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

CPL is seeking a General Ledger Accountant for a temporary six‑month assignment based in Galway. The role sits in the Corporate Finance Services team and supports period‑end close, financial reporting and regulatory obligations.

Key duties include monthly reporting, journal preparation, reconciliations, intercompany activity and multi‑currency bank reconciliations, with involvement in audits and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or College Level Degree or equivalent.
• 0 - 5 years relevant experience – preferably with Shared Service Centre and multinational corporation background.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Able to summarize financial data into high quality, accurate and usable summaries.
• Strong computer skills especially MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation of Monthly Financial Reports, Annual Financial Statements and any other internal or external reports required.
• Assist in transition of GL functions into and out of the CFS team.
• Develop new and streamline existing processes and systems to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with team to drive efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Prepare journals, reconciliations and analysis for month-end close.
• Support external audits and local statutory audits as required.

Skills

Communication skills

MS Office

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor degree

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Our client, is looking to hire a General Ledger Accountant on a temporay contract, beginning in the next few weeks for 6 months. The position of General Ledger Accountant is within a Corporate Finance Services (CFS) team based in Parkmore East, Galway. This role is responsible for managing controllership activities associated with period-end close and financial reporting, including monthly, quarterly and annual close processes, as well as regulatory reporting.

Key responsibilities include general accounting, statutory and financial reporting and intercompany processing and reconciliations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in the preparation of Monthly Financial Reports, Annual Financial Statements and any other internal or external reports required, ensuring that they are completed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner.

• Assist in transition of GL functions both into and out of the CFS team.

• Develop new and streamline existing processes and systems as required to ensure more efficient delivery of value add information to both internal and external stakeholders.

• Be an effective team player who will drive efficiency and continuous improvement throughout the department.

Essential Functions:

• Preparation of monthly financial reports, ensuring they are completed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner:
• Preparation, analysis and posting of journals at month end;
• Preparation and analysis of balance sheet reconciliations at month end;
• Calculation, posting and analysis of monthly accruals and prepayments, ensuring that all items are accurately captured;
• Review and reconciliation of inter-company accounts, involving communication with other company business locations worldwide;
• Preparation of multi-currency bank reconciliations;
• Preparation of variance analysis and standard cost updates as required;
• Provide cost information to management and other departments as required.
• Support in transition of functions to other locations into the CFS team.

Other Duties:

• Collaboration with external audit staff for periodic year end review procedures and local statutory audits as required.
• Provision of input on local finance policies and procedures ensuring ongoing compliance for all accounting and finance operations.
• Participation in ongoing policy and control environment development to ensure compliance with applicable internal control regulations.
• Enhancement of existing processes and development of new ones to ensure the most efficient completion of duties.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS | EDUCATION:

• Bachelor or College Level Degree or equivalent

• 0 - 5 years relevant experience – preferably with Shared Service Centre and multinational corporation background

• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential

• Able to work alone to understand and summarize financial data into high quality, accurate and usable summaries

• Strong computer skills especially MS Office

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be a qualified accountant

• Accounting Qualification – ACA, ACCA, CIMA

• SAP/Oracle or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable

• Fluency in a European language an advantage