Management Accountant - County Offaly

To deliver timely, accurate and insightful financial and operational management information, enabling leaders to make effective decisions. The role supports budgeting, forecasting and owns weekly and month-end management reporting, and cost analysis, and serves as a key business partner across the business 

• Timely preparation of monthly management accounts for use by the senior management team and board

• Preparation and analysis of monthly Balance Sheet schedules

• Preparation of month-end reports 

• Assist in the process of weekly accounts and KPI's

• Support the timely completion of year-end audits, preparation of all schedules and liaising with external auditors

• Prepare cost and efficiency KPI reports to assist management in key decision making

• Complete, track and analyse variance analysis against budgets and standards 

• Assist in the preparation and review of annual budgets and participate in the annual budgeting process

• Support the development and review of Capex projects

• Ad-hoc projects as required

• Professional qualification: CIMA/ACCA/ACA (qualified).

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent experience.

• At least 3–5 years’ experience in management accounting/FP&A 

• Sector experience in food or manufacturing is desirable.

• Solid understanding of IFRS/FRS 102 and Irish regulatory environment (Companies Act 2014).

• Advanced Excel (nested formulae, pivots), and proficiency in BI tools (Power BI/Tableau).

• ERP experience (ideally SAP, or equivalent).

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• Commercial acumen; turns data into clear decisions and recommendations. Ability to analyse and resolve complex problems

• Stakeholder influence and communication; credible with non-finance leaders.

• Ownership mentality; meets deadlines in a fast-paced environment, ability to prioritise 

• High attention to detail with a continuous improvement mindset.

• The ability to work as part of a team as well as work on own initiative