Senior Accountant - BPO

Grant Thornton; Cork; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton Ireland is hiring a Senior Accountant to support high-quality financial reporting, month-end close, and accounting operations for international clients. You will work with complex multinational organisations, liaising with internal and client stakeholders in a fast-paced BPO environment.

The role emphasizes technical accounting, compliance with controls, and opportunities to drive process improvements across ERP platforms and reporting cycles.

Qualifications

• ACA / ACCA qualified with 3–5 years post-qualification experience in financial reporting, RTR, or accounting operations.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge with experience in month-end close and financial reporting processes.
• Experience reviewing complex reconciliations across multiple entities.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent Excel and analytical skills; strong communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve month-end journal entries, including accruals and intercompany transactions.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Review bank reconciliations and multi-currency postings.
• Support preparation of financial statements and management reporting packs.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and ERP enhancements.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Month-end close

Financial reporting

Multi-entity reconciliations

Education

ACA / ACCA qualified

Tools

NetSuite

Microsoft Dynamics 365

SAP

Oracle

BlackLine

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Accountant to support the delivery of high-quality financial reporting, month-end close, and accounting operations for a portfolio of international clients. This role offers the opportunity to work with complex multinational organisations across a variety of industries, partnering with both internal and client stakeholders in a fast-paced Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) environment.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Month-End Close

• Review and approve month-end journal entries, including accruals, prepayments, payroll, and intercompany transactions.

• Review fixed asset subledger reconciliations to the General Ledger.

• Review and approve bank reconciliations, including foreign exchange postings related to multi-currency transactions.

• Review accounting entries relating to leases, deferred revenue, inventory valuation, and share-based compensation.

• Oversee the completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring reconciling items are investigated and resolved on a timely basis.

• Perform and review balance sheet and P&L variance analysis, identifying trends, risks, and required adjustments.

• Support the preparation and review of financial statements and management reporting packages.

Financial Oversight & Controls

• Review financial information received from local offices and international stakeholders, ensuring adjustments are appropriately supported and documented.

• Review bridge files and financial statements, confirming alignment to trial balances and supporting schedules.

• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting standards, and statutory reporting requirements.

• Support adherence to reporting deadlines while maintaining high standards of accuracy and quality.

• Act as a key liaison between operational teams, clients, and senior management.

Process Improvement & Projects

• Maintain and enhance process documentation and operating procedures.

• Identify opportunities for standardisation, automation, and process efficiency improvements.

• Support ERP implementations, system enhancements, and finance transformation programmes.

• Partner with Dynamics and wider technology teams on process optimisation initiatives.

• Contribute to project management activities and continuous improvement programmes across the finance function.

Skills & Experience

• ACA / ACCA qualified with approximately 3-5 years' post-qualification experience in a financial reporting, RTR, or accounting operations environment.

• Strong technical accounting knowledge with experience managing month-end close and financial reporting processes.

• Experience reviewing complex reconciliations and accounting areas across multiple entities.

• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Advanced Excel and analytical skills.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience supervising, coaching, or mentoring junior team members.

• Experience working with ERP platforms such as NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle, or similar systems.

• Exposure to ERP implementation, migration, or finance transformation projects is highly desirable.

• Experience with BlackLine or similar reconciliation and close management tools is advantageous.

• Previous experience working within a shared services, outsourced finance, or BPO environment would be beneficial.

• Experience supporting global or multinational clients across multiple jurisdictions and reporting frameworks is desirable.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work with a diverse portfolio of international and multinational clients.

• Exposure to leading ERP platforms including NetSuite SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics 365.

• Collaboration with specialist finance transformation and technology teams.

• Involvement in process improvement and automation initiatives.

• A supportive environment focused on professional development, progression, and leadership opportunities.

About Us

We are Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton Ireland is rapidly approaching 3,000 people, in 9 offices across Ireland, Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Bermuda. With a presence in over 149 countries around the world and a global network of 73,000 people, we bring our clients the local knowledge, national expertise and global presence to help them succeed – wherever they’re located.

At GT, we work as trusted advisors, bringing local knowledge and national expertise, with a global presence, to help businesses succeed – wherever they are located. We make business more personal by investing in building relationships and empowering our clients to make the right decisions for their organisation now and for the future. Whether that is working with the public sector to build thriving communities, with regulators and financial institutions to build trust, or with a diverse range of businesses to help them achieve their goals, Grant Thornton Ireland work hard to support clients to act on the issues that matter.

At GT Ireland we don’t just predict your future, we build it.

A Career at GT

Looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services? One where fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity are valued? At Grant Thornton we do things differently.

What does this mean for you?

A career in a more inclusive working environment, a more collaborative work culture, a more supported, flexible working role, more possibilities to grow and more opportunities to help shape the future for your clients. We respect and value your experience. And we want you to bring your authentic self to work and be at your best. It is how it should be.

Grow with us

At Grant Thornton, we care about our people and work hard to make you feel valued. If you are looking to deepen and develop your skills, knowledge, and experience throughout your career, then that is what you will get, and more.

Our Benefits

Please follow this link (https://www.grantthornton.ie/careers/benefits/#faq_5953339_3) for information on our generous benefits package.

About the Team

Equity, diversity and inclusion

At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied individuals present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.

We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.

Reward and benefits

Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.

Recognition

We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.