Financial & GL Account Assistant – Galway

Posted: 27th November, 2025

Title: Financial & GL Account Assistant

Department: Finance

Location: Galway, Ireland

 

Purpose

The Financial Accountant Assistant will support the finance team in maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring compliance with internal controls, and assisting in key reporting processes. This role focuses on intercompany reconciliations, profit and loss (P&L) and balance sheet reconciliations, and various month-end responsibilities. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong attention to detail, organisational skills, and the ability to collaborate with different departments.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Intercompany Reconciliations

• Ensure accurate and timely reconciliation of intercompany balances.
• Investigate and resolve intercompany discrepancies.

P&L and Balance Sheet Reconciliations

• Perform monthly reconciliation of P&L and balance sheet accounts.
• Identify and report variances or inconsistencies.

Month-End Closing

• Post month-end journals to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Process month-end activities on the ERP system, ensuring proper roll-forward.

Management of Accounting Ledgers

• Maintain the integrity of accounting ledgers, ensuring all entries are accurate and comply with accounting standards.

Corporate Credit Card Scheme Management

• Oversee the corporate credit card scheme, ensuring compliance with company policies and timely reconciliation.
• Daily Sales and Treasury Reporting
• Prepare and submit daily sales and treasury reports, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

Production Variance Analysis

• Review production variances and submit detailed analyses to the production department for review and corrective actions.

Payment Authorization

• Authorise supplier and payroll payments, ensuring compliance with company policies.

Cash Flow Forecasting

• Operate the monthly cash flow forecasting model, providing insights into future cash requirements.

Financial Accounts and Reporting

• Assist in the preparation of monthly financial accounts packages.
• Support the review of monthly sales flash reports, analysing variances against budgets, forecasts, and actuals.

Audit Support and Internal Controls

• Review internal control procedures and suggest improvements.
• Assist in both internal and external audits, ensuring timely provision of documentation and responses.

Ad-Hoc Duties

• Perform general administrative and financial tasks as required by the manager.

Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Previous experience in similar role
• Recognised Accounting Qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CPA) or recently qualified
• Previous experience with ERP systems
• Must have excellent MS Excel skills and be proficient in Microsoft Office
• Highly inquisitive and self-starter in problem solving
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to multitask under pressure in a fast-paced working environment and meet deadlines
• Team orientated with the ability to work on your own initiative
• Fluency in English is required (both verbal & written)
• Experience with; Year End Close, Accounting General Ledger, Monthly Accounting

Key competencies include:

• Organizational skills
• Customer Focus
• Open & honest communication
• Job Orientated
• Accountability

The above list of job responsibilities is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope of the post.

FOR INTERESTED APPLICANTS: If you are interested in this position, please send a brief cover letter, resume, please state the job title applying for and any other relevant material for the candidacy to GalwayHR@nelipak.com. Thank you!

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