Financial Accountant – Ireland

About us:

We are a rapid-growth scale-up disrupting the infant nutrition space through our award-winning brand Kendamil – the only infant milk made in Britain, proudly used by the British Royal Family and uniquely crafted locally using British organic full cream milk, without the nasties.

Our company, Kendal Nutricare, is a global 200+ person team passionate about giving children a better start to life. We’re proud to be a Queens’ Award winning business and to be ranked by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s 1000 Fastest Growing Companies in 2020.

We’re on an exciting path – join us!

The Role:

To produce monthly accounts for Crossway Foods and assist in information required for the tax computations and to assist the statutory audit and to review the work of the Finance Office Administrator in the maintenance of the account ledgers.

Responsibilities

  • Preparation of monthly accounts.
  • Providing information required by the central team to allow the tax computations to be performed.
  • To assist in the annual audit
  • To approve journals, invoices and reconciliations produced by the Finance Office Administrator
  • To review the work of the Finance Office Administrator in the following tasks (not an exhaustive list) and to cover this work during holidays:
    • Raising invoices and dealing with shipping documents.Entering invoices, credit notes on the purchase & sales ledgers.Posting bank payments and receipts onto the accounting system.Assisting with the resolution of problems on invoices/purchase orders/supplier queries.Reconciliation of supplier statements.Expense claim processing/reconciliation.Assisting with monthly and annual accounts.Documentation filing.Assisting the Accountant with the preparation of payment runs.Collection and processing of the company’s post.
    • Any reasonable duties that assists in the effective running of the company.

Experience

  • AAT qualification and/or 5 years experience in a similar role in the Republic of Ireland.
  • Able to work under own initiative.
  • Great numeracy skills, with a high degree of accuracy.
  • Good IT skills.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Customer service focus.

How to apply

If this sounds like a role for you, email our team (recruitment@kendalnutricare.com) with the subjects line ‘Financial Accountant – Ireland’, your CV and a note on why you’re right for the job — we can’t wait to meet you!