Senior Finance Accountant - Group Reporting - Ireland - Contract Opportunity

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.   We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. ​   Join EY and help to build a better working world.   Role: Senior Finance Accountant - Group Reporting - Ireland - Contract Opportunity Location: Ireland / Dublin Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: NO Business Area: SAT Contract Type: Full-Time – Specified Purpose Contract   The Team and the opportunity The client of EY has a requirement for a Procurement Professional over a duration of 12 months to take the lead on specific strategic procurement projects Your key responsibilities   Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Senior Financial Accountant will be responsible for conducting a comprehensive range of accounting tasks to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting. The successful candidate will carry out service partnering activities that support the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of the organisation's financial reporting and provide business partnering services to assigned business units. These responsibilities should be performed to the highest professional standards, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and contributing to the continuous improvement of financial processes and systems.

Month End and Year End Close

Responsibility for close off of the month end in the financial system and updating GL posting dates by user.

Analyse general ledger entries to identify discrepancies, misallocations, trends and carry out corrective adjustments as required .

Review GL entries, accruals, prepayments, deferred income and expenditure listings to ensure expenses and revenues are recognised in the correct periods.

Run integrations and management accounts reporting, investigating and resolving unreconciled balances.

Prepare management accounts, including insightful commentary on business performance.

Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations and ensure balances are accurate and supported by documentation.

Review balance sheet reconciliations against the trial balance and investigate variances.

Prepare and post year-end adjustment journals required for statutory financial statements.

Close off the year end in the financial system ensuring balances are correctly carried forward and reconciled.

Senior Management and Executive Reporting

Prepare administration budget reporting, including analysis, commentary and presentation of findings to senior management.

Coordinate the preparation of monthly executive management reports and complete assigned reporting sections.

Annual Preparation of Financial Statements and Audits

Coordinate the preparation of statutory financial statements and complete assigned sections within agreed timelines.

Review financial statements to identify omissions, discrepancies, errors and formatting inconsistencies.

Prepare for interim and year-end audits by compiling supporting documentation and schedules.

Support internal audit requirements and implement recommendations where applicable.

Run statutory reporting and verification processes to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and deadlines.

Process Improvement and Ad Hoc Support

Continuously seek opportunities to improve financial processes and systems through automation, standardisation and best practices.

Assist with ad hoc assignments to support the wider Finance function and team objectives .

Business Partnering Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted finance advisor to senior budget holders and management teams.

Lead monthly financial performance reviews, presenting results and identifying risks and opportunities.

Prepare and coordinate forecasting activities, including scenario analysis and planning recommendations.

Maintain ownership of actions arising from financial review meetings.

Oversee the accuracy and completeness of financial reporting within assigned business