Our client a leader in the aviation sector is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join their team in Shannon This is a 6 month FTC. In this role, you’ll gain hands-on experience across a variety of finance functions including accounts payable, payroll support, reconciliations, fixed asset management, and cycle counting. It’s a great opportunity to build on your accounting skills while supporting one of the world’s most respected names in aviation.
If you’re highly motivated, detail-oriented, and eager to develop your career in a fast-paced international industry, we’d love to hear from you.
Contract Term: Fixed Term Contract – 6 Months
Reporting To: Senior Financial Accountant
Start Date: Immediate
Specific Accountabilities/Responsibilities
Accounts Payable
- Matching Invoices to PO’s receipted into the system by stores.
- Processing manual invoices not receipted into the system.
- Reconciling Creditors ledger every month-end, which includes outstanding receipt listing and
- Edit Accrual List and posting journals to the GL.
- Dealing with general queries and liaising with Purchasing to sort out price and quantity queries
- on invoices.
- Backup for processing monthly payments run in a timely manner.
- Making sure all internal control procedures are adhered to e.g. proper signatures are on all relevant documents.
- Backup for reviewing and paying of all Duty Travel.
- Reconciling of Petty Cash on a monthly basis.
Payroll (Backup)
- Preparation of weekly payroll in a timely and efficient manner for approximately 200 employees
- Dealing with any payroll queries from employees as they arise.
- Review and validate all employee duty and non-duty travel expenses against receipts before processing
- to the bank twice weekly.
- Updating the revenue returns re employee expense as per new reporting requirements.
Cycle Counting.
- Be the finance lead in the weekly cycle counting process, solving any issues that may arise during the year, making sure that all the A,B and C part numbers are counted the correct number of times.
Fixed Asset Register
- Maintaining and updating the Fixed Asset Register, and looking at improvements to be made to the Register.
Person Specification
- An accounting technician or equivalent qualification would be desirable.
- An experienced person conversant with all aspects of the accounting function including AP and GL in a multicurrency environment.
- Previous experience in using a payroll system (Megapay, Sage) is desirable
- Must have very strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
- Highly Motivated and capable of working on own initiative
Skills:
Accounts Payable & General Ledger Management, Payroll Processing & Expense Management, Financial Systems & Reporting Proficiency
