Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant

Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a qualified or part-qualified accountant with three+ years’ relevant experience for a permanent role within our expanding team


Job type: Permanent

Location: Sandyford, D.18 

Salary: Competitive

About the role

This is an ideal role for an ambitious individual looking to progress their career and pursue further accounting qualifications.

Responsibilities

  • Produce monthly reports for our board of directors

  • Work with our project managers to ensure correct revenue recognition

  • Credit control and management of accounts receivable function

  • Maintain subconsultants register

  • Manage subconsultants’ invoices

  • Project reporting to our project managers and directors

  • Manage and prepare our UK payroll

  • Assist our financial controller with quarterly forecasts

  • Assist our financial controller with work-in-progress figures

  • Reconcile P&L and B/S nominal ledger accounts 

  • Support the production of fee invoices, credit notes and issuing to clients

  • Manage the electronic filing and archiving of contracts and fee-related documents

  • Assist our financial controller with insurance renewals

  • Manage intercompany accounting postings 

  • Collaborate with our change management team to further enhance the efficiency of our finance department

  • Undertake additional administrative tasks as requested

Essential

  • Qualified accountant or part-qualified accountant nearing the completion of your exams

  • Minimum of three years’ experience in a similar finance role

  • Knowledge of VAT guidelines

  • Excellent IT skills, including MS Excel and SharePoint in particular

  • Strong organisational and teamwork skills

  • Good multitasking skills

  • Strong work ethic

  • Ability to work on own initiative and to strict deadlines

  • Fluency/high level of proficiency in spoken and written English

Desirable

Previous experience using Sage Professional 2022

About Roughan & O’Donovan

Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is a leading civil, environmental and structural engineering consultancy. An independently owned firm, we employ a team of more than 200 people, of over 20 different nationalities, in our Dublin, Cork and UK offices.

When you join ROD, you will become part of a team recognised for outstanding technical skill and passion for excellence. You will have access to the exceptional training opportunities our award-winning CPD programme provides and enjoy a workplace that supports growth, flexibility and creativity. 

We offer health and wellbeing packages, flexible working and life-event supports, so whatever challenges life may bring, you can feel secure in the knowledge that you will be taken care of.

We are a friendly team with an active social committee. From surfing weekends and ski events to tag rugby and cycling challenges, you'll find lots of ways to get involved.

 

How to apply

Roughan & O’Donovan is an equal opportunity employer.


Roughan & O'Donovan will retain, for at least one year, all records arising through the recruitment process for compliance purposes in line with the Employment Equality Acts, 1998-2015.


Roughan & O'Donovan is not accepting unsolicited CVs from search firms. CVs submitted by search firms without a valid written search agreement, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the sole property of Roughan & O'Donovan, and no fee will be paid in the event of candidate(s) being hired.

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