Our vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. We believe that no-one should have to live in fear that they won't have a home to sleep in or enough food to feed their children. For over 50 years we have been working with the world's poorest people towards this goal.

Today we are a team of over 4,400 highly skilled and dedicated professionals from 50 countries who share an exceptional depth and diversity of experience. We want committed, values driven staff to join our Dublin team and are currently looking for a Management Accountant to be part of our Finance department.

We are committed to providing our staff with the skills needed to excel in their jobs. Concern offers in-house management and leadership courses and tailored organisation-wide learning opportunities both in-person and online. All employees are required to undertake training in equality, diversity and inclusion; the Code of Conduct; and safeguarding, along with any other training required for the role.

Our culture is values driven and friendly. A global engagement survey conducted in 2022, responded to by 3,577 of our staff, showed that 89% of our staff would happily recommend Concern as a great place to work and 94% are proud to tell people that they work for Concern.

Our office is located in Dublin 2 and we are currently working a hybrid model (50% remote working) and offer flexi time.

The job: The Management Accountant will provide management accounting support to the ROI finance team, provide financial services support to ROI budget holders and provide monthly reports and support to Country Programme Finance teams.

Job Location: Dublin 

If you join us, your responsibilities will be :

• Preparation and distribution of monthly intercompany schedules to overseas fields and provide related support
• Providing management accounting services including the preparation of monthly management accounts, annual budget preparation, budget revisions and statutory reporting functions
• Providing comprehensive, high quality analysis to aid and support business decision makers
• Complete monthly reconciliations and analysis of specific Balance Sheet accounts including Debtors and Creditors
• Maintenance of Fixed Asset Register and related statutory reporting
• Managing annual VAT reclaim with the Revenue Commissioners
• Contribute in the review of finance processes to drive system optimisation and process improvement
• Managing the income integration from the Concern Overseas Grant Management System to the finance system
• Providing support during the annual audit to tight deadlines
• Supporting Finance Manager and wider finance team in general financial management

Skills you will bring:

Essential: 

• Applicants should have a professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) with a minimum of three years post-qualification experience in a commercial environment
• Strong accounting knowledge
• Experience of month end close, functional reporting and preparation of statutory accounts and / or branch reporting experience
• Experience in annual budget preparation and budget revisions
• Excellent organisation skills: ability to plan and organise work so that it is efficient and effective
• Good Microsoft Office Skills; with strong word and excel skills
• Clear communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong business relationships
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate good motivational skills and be committed to working in an effective team environment.
• Flexible and adaptable to change
• Empathy with the organisational goals of Concern Worldwide is essential

Desirable:

• Previous accounting experience in the same type of organisation is desirable but not essential
• Knowledge of Microsoft Great Plains
• Experience in/proven record of process improvements

This role will be based in the Dublin office with a salary from €54,500 – €62,286 (Band 5). This is a one year fixed term contract. You will report to the Finance Manager and liaise with ROI Departments, UK Finance, and the Country Programmes.