Senior Management Accountant
North Dublin | Permanent
Kennedy & Partners Recruitment is working with an established and growing business in North Dublin to appoint a Senior Management Accountant to its finance team.
This is a broad, hands-on position reporting directly to the CFO with responsibility spanning management reporting, operational finance, costing, stock and inventory, controls and commercial analysis.
Working closely with the CFO and senior stakeholders across the business, the successful candidate will play an important role in providing financial insight, strengthening controls and supporting operational and commercial decision-making.
The Role
Responsibilities will include:
- Ownership of the monthly management accounts process, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting
- Budgeting, forecasting and detailed variance analysis
- Stock, inventory and work-in-progress accounting
- Product and operational costing, including analysis of material and labour variances
- Balance sheet management and oversight of key financial controls
- Partnering with operational teams to understand cost drivers, margins and overall business performance
- Analysis and reporting of key operational and financial KPIs
- Oversight and support across AP, AR and transactional finance
- Cash flow, treasury and multi-currency activities
- VAT and other statutory and compliance reporting
- Identifying and implementing improvements across financial controls, processes and management information
- Providing commercial analysis and financial insight to support business decision-making
- Working directly with the CFO on wider finance initiatives and ad-hoc projects
The Person
We are interested in speaking with qualified accountants operating at Management Accountant, Senior Management Accountant or Finance Manager level who have gained experience within a hands-on commercial finance environment.
Ideally, you will bring:
- Experience within manufacturing, engineering, distribution or another stock/inventory-led business
- Strong management accounting, financial reporting and month-end experience
- Practical knowledge of stock, inventory, WIP and/or product costing
- Strong Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to understand the operational drivers behind the numbers
- The confidence to work closely with senior management and challenge and support operational stakeholders
- A practical, hands-on approach combined with the ability to operate at a broader commercial level
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking for a broad finance position with direct CFO exposure, significant operational involvement and scope to take on greater responsibility as the business continues to grow.
