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Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions. 

We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone in order to grow personally and professionally. Sound interesting? 

Then come and join our global team as Finance and Cost Accountant, based at our manufacturing site location in Swords, Dublin.

This role will be well suited to an ambitious professional looking for the next step in their career.  As the Finance & Cost Accountant, your responsibilities will include;

• Preparation of journal entries related to manufacturing accounting, to support accurate & timely financial statements, in accordance with US GAAP and financial policies.
• Ensuring timely closing of SAP and subsequent reporting submissions to head office.
• controlling & budget co-ordination.
• Preparation of account reconciliations to ensure proper balance sheet valuation, with appropriate accounting treatment for potential risk.

Professional accounting experience and qualifications ACCA / CIMA / ACA are required to meet the needs and expectations of this position. Experience within a manufacturing environment is preferable.

Apply now for this exciting and challenging position of Finance and Cost Accountant

Your role:

• Submission of quarterly / annual CSO reporting.
• Margin variance analysis (including PPV, Production and Absorption variances).
• Monitor variances to standard cost and investigate significant differences.
• Participate in other monthly close activities.
• Calculate standard costing of products in SAP, including reviewing appropriate update of BOMs, Routings, etc. as necessary.
• Act as Finance lead on process improvement projects.
• Provide finance guidance aligned to the preparation of customer pricing simulations, financial analysis and modelling.
• Business partner to functions across the manufacturing site and the wider finance community.
• Deliver timely and comprehensive reporting (current and forecasting reports) of income statement, and balance sheet. Provide risk and commentary for top management.
• Transfer pricing including reporting and liaising with internal external tax teams.
• Liaising with external and internal auditors.
• Participates in site strategic activities, providing relevant input and support for KPIs & organisational decisions.

Your expertise:

• Self-determined, goal-oriented and able to prioritize in an agile environment.
• Analytical and structured in approaching problem-solving.
• Proven ability to partner with others to drive assignments to full implementation.
• A good communicator with the drive to implement changes.
• Able to build strong and influential internal and external business relationships.
• Actively seeks out understanding stakeholders need to deliver value adding services.
• Comfortable in individual contribution and team-based situations.
• Trusted partner of technical counterpart. 
• Influential change management.
• Problem solving competencies through collaboration across functional boundary and ownership culture.

Your qualifications:

• Professional accounting qualification ACCA / CIMA / ACA.
• Experienced in accounting, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to exceed internal customer expectations on the delivery of information and financial support to achieve business goals.
• Self-motivated and ability to work on own initiative.
• Knowledge of lean initiatives and ability to drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to lead.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience of working in a multi-national environment.
• Experience with SAP and familiarity within IFRS an advantage.
• Intelligence reporting Power BI, Process Automation, Design Optimisation

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