Senior - BPO - FAAS

Grant Thornton International Ltd

Cork

On-site

EUR 45,000 - 60,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Cork is seeking a proactive finance professional to join their Advisory FAAS team. The role involves collaborating closely with partners and stakeholders to deliver practical solutions for clients facing complex financial reporting challenges. The ideal candidate will be ACA/ACCA qualified with 1 - 3 years of relevant experience in a multinational setting, showcasing excellent interpersonal and project management skills while working to drive efficiency and maintain high service standards.

Qualifications

Experience in a finance role in a multinational environment.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Excellent communication skills and confidence.

Responsibilities

Liaise with stakeholders for month-end performance.
Prepare and review monthly balance sheet account reconciliations.
Assist with ad hoc financial analysis.
Support financial statement close process.
Engage with client representatives to build relationships.

Skills

ACA/ACCA qualification

1 - 3 years experience

Strong interpersonal skills

Technical excellence

Project management skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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.

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 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.

Please follow thislink 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.

Job Description

This is a high profile position. It involves working closely with Partners and other senior personnel within Grant Thornton, but also with key finance people in both publicly listed companies and multinational environments.

The Advisory FAAS team are a group of proactive accounting specialists who are focused on providing practical solutions to our clients’ complex financial reporting issues. Our ‘on call’ ethos means we are able to respond quickly to fast moving business processes and timelines – whether assisting with advice related to transactions or working to tight financial close deadlines.

Main responsibilities

The characteristics of the target client base we are selling to are as follows

complex clients and group structures
multi-jurisdictional
technically demanding
driving efficiency and change
looking for value
want a single point of contact
sophisticated procurement processes
and

The service delivery therefore demands a combination of rigorous project management with clear communication protocols, technical excellence and a deep knowledge of shared service centre operating environments. This role will suit an ambitious motivated person who is willing and interested in getting involved with helping the team and thrives in a varied role working across different clients. It involves working closely with Partners and other senior personnel within Grant Thornton, and also with key people from our multinational client base.

The candidate should be experienced in delivering projects such as

Liaise with stakeholders to ensure accurate and complete performance of month-end and quarter-end tasks.
Preparation and review specified monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and follow up & resolve reconciling items in a timely manner.
Assist with ad hoc financial analysis and queries
Support with local statutory and tax requirements
Provide support for the financial statement close process
Involvement in transitions, assisting with the on-shoring or off-shoring of finance-related processes
Process documentation, redesign and implementation in relation to processes including Order to Cash (OTC), Procure to Pay (P2P), Record to Report (R2R)
Stakeholder engagement, building strong relationships with client representatives
Promoting FAAS both internally and externally.

Individual’s experience, skills and attributes

ACA/ACCA qualified with 1 - 3 years’ experience in a role which can demonstrate the experience required to achieve the above responsibilities, either in a professional services or industry environment.
Specific experience of having been part of large-scale finance projects in a multinational environment.
A self-starter with an ability to work on their own initiative, but knowing when to seek assistance and work collaboratively.
Mature and confident person with excellent interpersonal skills, particularly communication skills.
Energy, enthusiasm and passion for a new challenge

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