We have a truly exciting opportunity for a bright Finance Assistant with an International Law Firm with exciting growth plans.
Location: Dublin 2
You will work closely with the Finance Manager supporting the day-to-day payables, reconciliations, journals and month end close processes.
We are looking for a passionate individual, self-starter, good with numbers and happy to get involved with process improvements.
- Hybrid working policy
- Easy access to bus, Luas and rail.
- Company pension, private health insurance, life assurance, eyecare, and 25 days annual leave.
Core exposures & responsibility
- Ownership of Day-to-day accounts payable administration; input posting of multi-currency supplier invoices, ensuring accurate coding.
- Administration of weekly payment runs for all supplier invoices
- employee expenses and client disbursements.
- Daily monitoring of account payable mailbox
- Point of contact for all supplier relations
- Reconciliation of supplier statements
- Reconciliation and posting of office credit card.
- Review supplier invoices, disbursements, and employee expenses
- Daily bank reconciliations; reconciliation and posting of all bank receipts and payments.
- Compilation of Month end Bank rec summaries for Office & Client Account
- Liaising with central Credit Control team
- Assist with monthly inter-office reconciliations.
- Preparing accounting journals for posting
- Monitoring and reconciliation of prepayments and accruals
- Data collection and reconciliation of bi-monthly VAT returns
- Preparation of ad hoc WIP, billing, timekeeper reports
- Assisting the Finance Manager with improving efficiencies within the department in order to maximise service to the firm.
Person Specification & Qualifications:
- Minimum 2-5 years accounts experience
- Law firm experience (an advantage but by no means essential)
- Enthusiastic and proactive attitude towards work
- Good organisational skills and ability to manage day to day activities.
- Good MS Office skills including Excel.
- Ability to stay calm in often demanding situations.
- Proven ability to deal with confidential matters.
- Able to work as a team member and proven ability to work on own initiative.
- Excellent attention to detail
