A strong opportunity for a bright Accounts Assistant to join one of Irelands leading Retail brands in West Dublin
Hybrid: 2 days in the office per week
Salary: €35,000 - €37,000 depending on experience
Permanent Role
- Excellent exposure to a highly skilled and established finance team
- Study support for Accountancy exams if desired
- Company pension scheme
- On-site parking
- Strong accounting exposure with scope to grow
You will work as part of the Accountancy team, supporting in all areas of cash, reconciliations, and month end close for a portfolio of retail stores.
Key responsibilities of the role will be to provide:
- Main responsibility of this role is to support cash controls for 40+ stores
- Processing/posting and review of cash journals
- Cash office support
- Daily lodgement reconciliation
- Identify and assess risks in relation to cash control across the business
- Support continuous improvement in cash controls
- Act as a point of contact for store queries
- Store Debtor reconciliations
- Store balance sheet reconciliations for cash, coupons, gift cards etc
- Support the roll out of process automation to stores including process documentation, systems user testing, end user training
- Support:
- Preparation of routine daily/weekly reports & reconciliations
- Report generation & review
- General administration duties
- Accounts preparation for owned stores across 3 divisions
- Support interim & year end audits in accordance with tight deadlines acting as a point of contact for auditor queries
Person Specification & Qualifications:
- Studying for Accounting Technician or ACCA Professional exams is advantageous but not essential
- Minimum 2-3 relevant accounting and reconciliations experience
- Experience of working within a retail store cash office or Head Office cash control function is an advantage
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, especially with respect to large data sets
- Attention to detail with strong analytical skills
- Ability to demonstrate experience in working in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to plan and prioritise workloads to agreed deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within the business
- Ambitious self-starter with positive attitude
- Ability to demonstrate strong initiative and an achievement orientated approach to results
Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.
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