Financial Accountant

Job Description Title: Financial Accountant

Location: Dublin

Ireland Reporting to: Financial Controller

Type: Full time & permanent

Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland (CFI)
A phenomenal opportunity for a recently qualified accountant to join one of the leading global investment firms, based in the centre of Dublin. Cantor Fitzgerald has offices and trading desks in all the major financial service centres throughout the world. Cantor Fitzgerald specialise in equities, investment banking, real estate, fixed income and currencies. Cantor Fitzgerald’s affiliate businesses include: BGC Partners, Inc. (BGC), Newmark Knight Frank (KNF), and GFI Group (GFI). Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland provides a full suite of investment services, primarily wealth management, fund management, debt capital markets and corporate finance.

Role Summary
Reporting to the Financial Controller, the successful candidate will work as part of the finance function to help with the preparation of internal and external reporting. The role will primarily be focused on reporting performance to the front office, senior management and to support management, statutory and regulatory reporting. The successful candidate will be working independently, to own and control the Income statement and Balance sheet for one of the Cantor group entities. The candidate will work with the business to understand the entity performance and analyse performance vs prior periods, budget on revenues and costs. The candidate will be joining an experienced Finance team, who operate a flexible and supportive approach to task allocation and completion.

Responsibilities
The individual will be taking ownership to complete a broad range of tasks including but not limited to the following:

• Management accounts for group entities;
• Reconciliation of balance sheet items;
• Weekly Cash flow forecasting;
• Complete tax returns including VAT, CT, CIEs, Return of trading etc
• Preparation of annual budgets;
• Regulatory reporting;
• Preparation and submission of consolidated statutory returns
• Assist in duties relating to accounts payable in line with company procedures;
• Finance related projects as applicable.

Key Requirements

• Recently Qualified Top 10 audit trained accountant - CIMA, ACA, ACCA
• Experience with Financial Services Industry a benefit but not a prerequisite
• An analytic mindset and excellent attention to detail
• Can work to tight deadlines
• Experience in reporting/production of Management accounts
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office combined with general proficiency in IT systems – Knowledge of Oracle GL and Insight, a benefit.
• Practical approach to solving problems, promoting straight through processing through automation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of an integrated team
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Eligible to live and work in the EU

Key Skills & Competencies

• Has a “can do” attitude to change and a “right first time” mindset
• Is assertive and expresses opinions and argues them concisely, tactfully, and persuasively to influence at all levels of the organisation
• Uses experience, knowledge, and judgement to influence and deliver upon objectives
• Builds a sense of teamwork on his or her team and within/between groups
• Strives to improve him/herself and the Firm and actively seeks feedback from peers and management