Finance Assistant-Dublin 2

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