Accountant

Our client, a leading law firm in Dublin are currently hiring an Accountant. In this role you will be working as a member of the firm's Finance team and reporting to the Financial Accountant. This is an opportunity to join a high-growth professional services firm in a role concentrating on general finance with a strong emphasis on cost accounting. The role: You will assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts including accruals, prepayments and intercompany journals You must prepare monthly fixed asset register and depreciation posting You will assist in maintaining all aspects of intercompany accounting and reconciliations You will be responsible for connducting balance sheet reconciliations You must comply with all accounting and fiscal technical and reporting requirements You will prepare monthly analysis of consolidated costs versus budget and versus prior year for all support departments You will be responsible for following up on specific questions or items of concern resulting from monthly cost review You must attend monthly/quarterly meetings with the financial accountant and support heads on cost review You will review invoices to be posted by accounts payable You will provide assistance the financial accountant in the co-ordination of year end audits and on ad-hoc queries from partners You must prepare and review financial statements You are responsible for running month end reports You will review headcount reports for accuracy and creating monthly headcount movement analysis The person You are an ACA newly qualified accountant or 1PQE with experience in cost analysis You display strong IT skills and have excellent analytical and reconciliation skills You are a team player, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a resilient can do attitude You are a problem solver with the ability to meet tight deadlines and work with all levels of staff You display strong attention to detail, planning and organizational skills