Senior Accounts Officer

Our client, an ambitious and major player in the housing industry. Due to sustained growth a position has arisen for an experienced Senior Income Officer to join the company based in Dublin City Centre. The role will report into a strong Finance Manager who will give you responsibility & mentorship. Owing to the strong growth achievements and future plans this role has been newly created within the Finance Department and offers a great career opportunity for the right candidate.

Salary circa €48,000

Role:

You will work closely with the Finance Manager to continuously improve the performance and output of the Income function for the Organisation. You will learn the nuts and bolts of the operation from the ground up and be able to manage and implement key processes and controls around income management within the Organisation. This will involve building close working relationships with the current outsourced service providers to bring the end-to-end performance of the function in-house.

You will support the finance manager in fulfilling the varied day to day requirements of the department as requested. You will aid in fulfilling the reporting requirements of our lenders and regulators, as necessary.

In return you will join a young, dynamic, and growing team in an exciting Organisation that continues to evolve. The role comes with a great benefits package that includes the possibility of flexible start/finish times and work from home capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring payments are received in a timely manner.
• Performing weekly receipt posting routines and maintaining weekly bank reconciliations.
• Maintaining accurate Income registers, keeping them up to date as new homes are acquired.
• Deliver monthly income reconciliation report to our primary funder.
• Work in collaboration with the Finance Manager to actively identify and implement functional improvements.
• Extract and review key data from the accounting system and presenting in a timely and concise manner to support critical decision making.
• Deliver timely and accurate responses to audit queries when necessary.

Education/Skills:

• At least 4+ years’ experience gained as a Senior Accounts Administrator
• An accounting qualification or part qualification is ideal.
• Strong knowledge of accounting systems and MS Excel.

Person Specification

• Detailed and accurate in approach
• Excellent communicator
• Personable and approachable
• Tenacious and driven to implement improvements.
• Comfortable with autonomy
• Flexible to the demands of the business and a helpful nature
• Organised, able to manage multiple tasks and adhere to deadlines