Senior Bookkeeper-Maynooth, Kildare
About the Role
We are delighted to be partnering with a well-established industrial engineering company based in Maynooth, Kildare to find a Senior Bookkeeper or Company Accountant.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a small, close‑knit finance team where you will work directly alongside the Financial Controller. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day‑to‑day finance for the business: raising and chasing invoices, processing supplier bills, posting entries, managing VAT, and supporting the month-end close. This role would suit someone who enjoys working in an SME environment.
Why Apply?
- Onsite parking
- Income protection
- Life insurance
- Join a collaborative finance team
Salary DOE: €45,000-€55,000
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting Accounts Receivable: customer invoicing and collections, including creating sales orders and issuing sales invoices.
- Supporting Accounts Payable: supplier invoices, checking them against purchase orders, and scheduling payments.
- Accurate bank reconciliations by matching transactions, resolving differences, and keeping cash balances up to date.
- Reconciling invoices and managing the full invoicing process, ensuring all amounts are accurate, matched to supporting documents, and processed correctly.
- Supporting the month‑end close process, including preparing journals, reviewing ledger activity, and completing key reconciliations.
- Issuing operating manuals and commissioning reports to customers.
- Preparing maintenance contract quotations.
- Supporting VAT and Intrastat reporting requirements.
- Carrying out additional administrative or finance tasks as required by management
What You'll Need:
- Minimum 6 years of relevant accounting experience.
- Prior experience in engineering or construction industry advantageous but not essential.
- Strong understanding of AR and AP processes, reconciliations, and double entry bookkeeping.
- A proactive, focused, "can-do" mindset.
- Working well within a team whilst having the ability to take on tasks independently.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
