Inventory Assistant Accountant, Bluebell, Dublin 12

Leinster Appointments Ltd; Dublin; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Leinster Appointments Ltd is seeking an experienced Inventory Assistant Accountant on a permanent basis to manage end-to-end stock processes in a manufacturing setting.

The candidate should be part qualified (CIMA/ACCA) with 3+ years in inventory, strong Excel, and a background in stock valuation and standard costing. Power BI experience is a plus.

Join a focused team and contribute to improving data quality, reporting accuracy, and cost control within the business.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified accounting professional with at least 3 years in inventory roles.
• Experience in manufacturing environment essential, especially inventory management and reporting.
• Strong Excel and data reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of inventory process control.
• Issue daily, weekly and monthly production and purchase reports.
• Review inventory data across stock locations; ensure balances are accurate and movements posted correctly.
• Reconcile the accounting system to the inventory system weekly and monthly.
• Coordinate and oversee stock counts with warehouse and production teams.
• Investigate discrepancies between system and physical stock; address root causes.
• Update standard costs and review stock values for accuracy; highlight recurring variances.
• Investigate variances with production team; post month-end variance journals.
• Reconcile goods received not invoiced and goods dispatched not invoiced.
• Prepare yield and wastage reports; perform balance sheet reconciliations where applicable.
• Support year-end audits with stock-related schedules and queries.
• Power BI reconciliations as applicable.
• Ad hoc duties as required.

Skills

Inventory control

Process improvement

Excel expertise

Data analysis

Education

CIMA/ACCA Part Qualified

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Sage Intact

Tulip ERP

Job description

My client is seeking to appoint an experienced Inventory Assistant Accountant on a permanent basis.

The ideal candidate will need to be a part qualified accountant with a strong background within Stocks / Inventory

A good working knowledge of Excel is required for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• End-to-end ownership of inventory process control.
• Issue daily, weekly and monthly production and purchase reports.
• Review inventory data across all stock locations in the system, ensuring balances are accurate and movements are posted correctly.
• Reconcile the accounting system to the inventory system weekly and monthly.
• Coordinate and oversee stock counts with warehouse and production teams.
• Investigate differences between system and physical stock.
• Take ownership of inventory discrepancies and ensure root causes are permanently addressed.
• Update standard costs in the system, review stock values for accuracy, and highlight recurring usage or yield discrepancies to the Commercial Accountant.
• Investigate material, labour and purchase price variances with the production team, and post month-end variance journals.
• Reconcile goods received not invoiced and goods dispatched not invoiced.
• Prepare yield and wastage reports.
• Storage analysis and posting of accruals.
• Balance sheet reconciliations where applicable.
• Support year-end audit with stock-related schedules and queries.
• Power BI reconciliations as applicable.
• Ad hoc duties as required.

The Person

Key Skills:

• CIMA or ACCA part qualified accountant with at least 3 years' experience.
• A background in a manufacturing environment is essential especially in the areas of inventory management and reporting.
• Good understanding of stock valuation and standard costing.
• Identify and implement improvements to inventory processes, controls and data quality.
• Advanced/expert in Excel and ideally Power BI reporting tools.
• ERP system experience (Sage Intact & Tulip).
• Evidence of making improvements to existing ways of working.
• Demonstrable experience of harnessing business intelligence and data analytic tools to deliver business improvements, including cost reduction and efficiencies.