Group Financial Accountant
Leading Edge Group
Cork
The Leading Edge Group, established in 1995, is a specialist and fast growing boutique management consulting company with physical locations in Ireland and Canada and a partnership arrangement in Australia. The Group is now recruiting for a full time career ambitious professional accountant to be based in its Cobh HQ. Whilst the company is still relatively small, this is a unique and exciting opportunity to be involved and gain experience in an innovative organisation and to play a key and proactive role in its future growth. Reporting into the CEO, this position will be responsible for managing and controlling the accounting function across the Group and also participating in the overall direction of the business, being part of the senior management team. In relation to attributes, the successful professional will be highly organised and have a history and experience of meeting tight deadlines i.e. results driven. Because it is a small office, they need to have good communication skills and be flexible in managing the various activities with an entrepreneurial desire to impact on the future direction of the business. Key Responsibilities: The basic responsibilities are standard for this type of role - prepare financial accounts/monthly management reports working within agreed deadlines and managing the associated management functions and activities. The successful candidate will however have the passion and drive to streamline the day to day transactional activities and to support the senior management team and Board of Directors in formalising the future business strategy. Skills and Experience. Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an accounting role or higher essential. Hands-on experience in small-medium sized organisation desirable. Possess excellent numeracy skills and attention to detail; have proven strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and to work on their own initiative to deadlines. Demonstrable working knowledge of accounting software packages (e.g. SAGE, Xero) and MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.
2158 days ago