Company: Dawn Meats

Job Title: Financial Accountant

Location: Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo

Dawn Meats  is one of Europe’s leading beef and lamb processing companies with locations across Ireland, UK, France and continental Europe employing over 7,000 employees.

We are currently seeking to recruit a Financial Accountant to support our Finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for a high performing individual to broaden their skills and experience with a growing and dynamic group.

 Key Responsibilities

• Involvement in a wide variety of projects/tasks within the Finance department
• Responsibility for timely and accurate preparation of the monthly/quarterly accounts and reports for a number of entities
• Involvement in the year end consolidation process and preparation of statutory accounts.
• Consolidation of weekly accounts and KPI reporting.
• Providing analysis and decision support to the commercial and operations teams.
• Assisting in the preparation of reports for the management team.
• Development and implementation of ways to improve reporting systems and processes.
• Support in the design & implementation of group wide internal controls.
• Support in the integration of sites to the group ERP & other systems.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement and efficiency of the Finance function.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).

Skills, Experience & Competencies

• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to communicate and interact with people at all levels.
• Ability to work as part of a team and develop team members.
• Technically competent with the ability to interpret the implications of standards to practical situations.
• Strong internal control & system understanding with a problem-solving mentality.
• Self-motivated and proactive with a focus on detail and bringing structure and logic to problem solving.
• Excellent project management skills with commitment to meeting deadlines.
• Ability to manage issues and solutions in a proactive manner.
• Attention to detail to ensure completeness and accuracy of information.
• Advanced Excel skills and general proficiency in IT systems.
• Experience of ERP systems & Business Intelligence tools (Qlikview or others) an advantage.

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