Senior Accountant

About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional and branded generic medicines. Our 110,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
ABBOTT IRELAND
Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritional products. In Ireland, Abbott employs almost 4,000 people across nine sites.
We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo.
Abbott has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946.
The successful candidate will join the Shared Services Centre based in Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin.

Are you looking for a new opportunity to gain new experience in a global Shared Service Centre?
We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Accountant who will work within the RTR team, looking after the European markets with our outsourced partners and reporting into the RTR Manager.  This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who is a strong communicator looking to accelerate their career within a fast paced environment , collaborate with cross functional teams , ability to work within a dynamic team but at the same time have the sense of initiative to work independently too. The successful candidate be based in the Shared Services Centre in Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin. In this position you will be given the opportunity to problem solve and drive process improvements
 

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Requirements:

• Accounting Qualification – ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA;

• Post qualified experience preferably with Shared Service Centre and multinational corporation background however open to practice experience with global clients.

• Strong sense of initiative in change management and process improvements

Preferred Requirements

• SAP or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable.

• Strong Excel Skills are required for the role.

• Power BI or data analytics skills desirable

• Able to work independently to understand and summarise financial data into high quality, accurate and usable summaries.

• Ability to challenge the status quo and have a positive, proactive attitude.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsibility for the monthly general ledger close activities for US GAAP

• Review and preparation of monthly reconciliations & journals to ensure high quality compliance with US GAAP

• Complete SOX controls in line with control matrix

• Work closely with outsourced business partner

• Maintain and develop relationships with key stakeholders and provide information and support as needed

• Ensure timely completion of Internal and External audits.

• Identify opportunities for improvement of processes and work on key team projects

• Support Corporate Function with FP&A activity, including building BTS annual planning and forecasting and ensuring robust financial governance in operation

• Complete month end close activity for the Corporate function including variance analysis and commentary

• Other ad-hoc activities

What the benefits and perks of working at Abbott

• Comprehensive benefits package inclusive of Pension and Healthcare

• Share options

• Luas stop right outside the building

• Underground parking available

• Onsite canteen

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