Financial Accountant

Belfast, United Kingdom

Full Time

Finance

Experienced

Role Overview
The Financial Accountant will play a key role in the finance function within an AIM listed software company at an exciting time in the Company’s growth. Reporting directly to the Finance Director, you will have a highly visible role in shaping the finance function. This role is ideally suited for a recently qualified accountant looking to gain hands-on experience in PLC reporting and taxation, multi-currency consolidation and commercial decision-support.

Our job descriptions are intended to be used as a good overview of the role but are not exhaustive. Teamwork is core and we approach our work with a can-do attitude, often getting involved in tasks and activities that are important for the team and providing new experiences and the opportunity to grow.

Key Responsibilities

Assist with the end-to-end month-end process for US, UK and Jersey group entities
Preparation and posting of month-end journals
Review of bank payments and bank reconciliations
Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
Preparation of the consolidation group management accounts
Assist with the budgeting and forecasting process
Preparation and filing of regulatory returns in the UK and US
Assist with the preparation of US and UK tax returns, including UK and US corporation tax returns along with UK VAT returns
Assist the Finance Director with the preparation of the Group annual report and accounts along with the half year group accounts and UK subsidiary statutory accounts
Lead the external audit process for the Group audit along with the UK subsidiary audit
Assist the Finance Director with the implementation of new accounting standards
Assist with the review of the UK and US payroll
Responsible for managing the employee share option register
Assist the Finance Director with process documentation and ongoing process improvement
Provide commercial support to other areas of the business.

Key Experience & Qualifications

Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA)
Minimum of 4 years’ experience within a similar role in industry or practice
Strong technical accounting and financial reporting expertise with knowledge and experience of IFRS
Experience across Microsoft office applications with advanced Excel knowledge
Experience using multicurrency accounting software applications, such as Sage Intacct or similar applications
Strong understanding of finance systems and required controls

About You

Have the ability to manage a variety of tasks, manage time and workload effectively to ensure activities are completed to deadline
Have strong interpersonal skills, including communication, empath, and the ability to create a welcoming atmosphere
Proactively problem-solve, anticipating needs and taking initiative to ensure a good outcome for all
Have outstanding attention to detail and take immense pride in this aspect of all your work
Have a natural inclination to being planned and organised
Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Collaborating effectively with colleagues both in person and virtually

Location

Belfast (Hybrid)

About Cirata
Trusted by global brands and industry leaders for more than 15 years, Cirata specializes in the modernization of data lakes into leading cloud platforms to enable game-changing Artificial Intelligence ("AI") and analytics. With Cirata, data leaders can leverage the power of AI and analytics across their entire enterprise data estate to freely choose analytics technologies, avoid vendor, platform, or cloud lock-in while making AI and analytics faster, cheaper, and more flexible. Cirata's portfolio of products and technology solutions make strategic adoption of modern data analytics efficient, automated, and risk-free. Visit https://cirata.com/.

Apply for this position

Required*

First Name*

Last Name*

Email Address*

Phone*

Address

Resume*

We've received your resume. Click here to update it.

Attach resume or Paste resume

Attach resume as .pdf, .doc, .docx, .odt, .txt, or .rtf (limit 5MB) or Paste resume

Paste your resume here or Attach resume file

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We do not discriminate against our job applicants or employees and we aim to select the best person for the job. We monitor the community background and sex of our job applicants and employees in order to demonstrate our commitment to promoting equality of opportunity in employment and to comply with our duties under the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998. You are not obliged to answer the questions on this form and you will not suffer any penalty if you choose not to do so. Nevertheless, we encourage you to answer these questions. Your answers will be used by us to prepare and submit a monitoring return to the Equality Commission, but your identity will be kept anonymous. In all other regards your answers will be treated with the strictest confidence. We assure you that your answers will not be used by us to make any decisions affecting you, whether in a recruitment exercise or during the course of any employment with us. Community Background: Regardless of whether they actually practice a religion, most people in Northern Ireland are perceived to be members of either the Protestant or Roman Catholic communities. Please indicate the community to which you belong.* I am a member of the Protestant communityI am a member of the Roman Catholic communityI am not a member of either the Protestant or the Roman Catholic communityI would rather not say

Human Check*

Submit Application

Thanks for visiting our Career Page. Please review our open positions and apply to the positions that match your qualifications.

Financial Accountant

Apply for this position