Financial Reporting - Assistant Manager

DHRP are working closely with one of Irelands “best places to work” who want to strategically grow their Advisory and Technical Accounting team throughout 2018. This is a high profile role and the successful candidate will be working closely with Finance teams in both publicly listed companies and multinational environments.  The existing team are a group of proactive accounting specialists who are focused on providing practical solutions to clients’ complex financial issues. This is a growth opportunity that will offer the successful candidate strong scope for progression, work-life balance and access to some of the most interesting projects in the space.

Responsibilities

• Providing practical accounting advice to clients (in the form of written papers and/or by way of oral communication) on a variety of technical accounting issues such as business combinations, share options and complex financial instruments
• Researching the impact of new accounting standards/legislation and potential impact on clients in our target market
• Advise on accounting requirements under IFRS, Irish & UK GAAP and US GAAP 
• Identifying new business opportunities and working with internal contacts to convert leads and opportunities into projects;
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with senior finance personnel   
• Managing and coaching junior team members
• Working closely with other departments, such as Tax and Corporate Finance, to provide accounting advice in relation to group reorganisation projects or business combinations for example  
• Promoting FAAS both internally and externally, articulating all FAAS services and the value that we bring to our clients, and representing FAAS at relevant technical seminars.   

Requirements

• Experience in Multi-National / Shared Services desirable  
• Committed to relationship development and able to identify opportunities to deliver the best value  
• A genuine interest in financial reporting issues and able to demonstrate how they keep abreast of changes in the financial reporting arena  
• Experience in drafting technical accounting papers to support a conclusion/accounting treatment within a complex area either in an audit capacity or otherwise;   
• Good communicator, highly articulate with excellent report writing skills;   
• A passion for client service  
• Ability to learn quickly and keep abreast of the latest developments in financial reporting   
• Strong management skills  
• Recognised accounting qualification
• Minimum of 2 years of practical experience in dealing with technical accounting issues in a plc or equivalent organisation, either in Practice or Industry in areas including share options, complex financial instruments and business combinations  
• A strong knowledge of IFRS, Irish/UK GAAP (including FRS 100 – 105), Irish/UK company law, US GAAP (desirable)