Financial Accountant
Job ref: 50849
LocationDublin City Centre
SectorAccountancy & Tax
Job typePermanent
Salary€60,000 - €120,000
Financial Accountant - Reporting to the Head of Finance & Administration.
My client is an innovative and award-winning Irish charity, with offices in Dublin City Centre. This is an exciting role which requires the successful candidate to work in the finance function on many different levels.
Main duties:
Day to Day accounts:
Salary: €65k plus pension
Hybrid working, 3 days on site
My client is an innovative and award-winning Irish charity, with offices in Dublin City Centre. This is an exciting role which requires the successful candidate to work in the finance function on many different levels.
Main duties:
Day to Day accounts:
- Prepare payments runs ensuring the correct authorisations are in place, procurement processes/policies complied with on payments
- Process Bank payments Irish & International payments through Banking Online.
- Assist in preparation of funding to countries.
- Input the AIQ Dublin transactions.
- Point of contact between Finance & Programmes Team for donor allocations
- Assist Ethiopia with reporting requirements to donors & programme managers.
- Work closely with the Ethiopian & Eritrean accounts teams to ensure accurate & timely reporting.
- Check & verify the monthly/quarterly programme reports.
- Monitor budget versus expenditure & highlight areas early
- AIQ – set up BI coding & dimensions.
- Allocate BI codes to donors where required.
- AIQ support/mentorship for the Ethiopian Team
- Dublin – bank reconciliation on AIQ
- Cashflow management between the bank accounts
- Maintain the Intercompany balance with Ethiopia.
- Assist with the annual Audit preparation.
- Assist with the annual budget preparation.
- Act as Secretary to the Audit Risk & Finance Committee
- Other ad hoc duties as required.
- A qualified or part qualified accountant with at least three years’ experience
- Knowledge of project accounting as well as financial & management accounts
- Experience of non-profit accounting an advantage
- Flexibility and ability to multi-task in a fascinating and varied role
- Team player with ability to work in a small team
- Passion for international development
- Warmth and humour with good communications skills
- Able to travel to Africa 3-4 weeks each year
Salary: €65k plus pension
Hybrid working, 3 days on site
