Financial Accountant - Stock Operations

Financial Accountant – Stock Operations

Purpose of role: Perform and drive improvements in stock reconciliations

Location: Dublin Head Office

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Preparation of reconciliations for a number of critical accounts such as goods in transit, duty, freight, return to vendor and reprocessing
• Develop a strong relationship with the stock accounting and tech teams, actively addressing issues as they arise
• Work closely with the stock accounting and project teams to ensure suitable reconciliations are in place for strategic projects such as Click & Collect and Stock Valuation Transition to Weighted Average Cost (WAC)
• Develop efficient stock count reconciliation processes for store and depot counts
• Review and challenge of reconciliation processes to identify opportunities to improve the controls environment and drive efficiencies through automation or revised processes. Stock reconciliations are a key business area for improvement/automation and are an area of focus for Senior Finance Stakeholders
• Significant cross-functional working across Finance (Stock Accounting, Finance Transformation, Finance Projects), technology and other areas of the business
• Any other tasks and ad hoc projects as required by management

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Accounting qualification (ACA or ACCA essential)
• 3 years post qualification experience preferred
• Reconciliations experience essential with stock reconciliations experience preferred
• Retail industry experience preferred
• A strong understanding of key controls, accounting issues, systems and policies applicable to a large international organisation
• Good general IFRS knowledge
• Strong computer literacy
• High energy and enthusiasm
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Team player able to work with multiple teams throughout finance and the business
• Strong relationship builder
• Able to work in a flexible manner to meet changing priorities
• English is essential, other European language(s) would be an advantage

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