Financial Accountant

Joe Duffy Group is Ireland’s leading motor retailer representing 20 brands across eighteen dealerships with a team of 600 employees and an enviable franchise portfolio of world-leading brands. The Group’s robust and diversified business model has delivered 12 consecutive years of profit growth. Our competitive advantage is underpinned by the quality of the people we employ and the unrivalled career path we can offer. We are now looking to recruit a dynamic and ambitious individual that displays drive, passion, energy, talent and integrity.

The Role

Reporting to the Group Financial Accountant and based in Dublin, this is a dynamic and exciting role which requires a strong commercial acumen and excellent analytical skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Management Reporting – preparation of monthly management reporting packs including HR and KPI reports, with insightful support to aid the delivery of overall group strategy.
• Financial Reporting - responsibility for controlling monthly IT expenditure and annual budgets.
• Monitoring and reporting of monthly and quarterly compliance tasks including regulatory requirements.
• Preparation of information for monthly senior leadership team review.
• Undertake strategic analysis and feasibility studies of business opportunities as they arise.
• Cost control and identification of cost-saving solutions.
• Provide analytical support to group management team in the financial and commercial review of the business.

Key Skills

• Ambitious, with a strong commercial acumen and an ability to bring out the best performance in their people.
• An energetic leader, with excellent communication interpersonal and organisational skills.
• A strong work ethic with solid analytical, business planning, problem-solving, communication, motivational and interpersonal skills.
• Commercially orientated with the ability to think logically and make sound, commercial decisions coupled with solid mathematics skills and the highest degree of integrity.
• Knowledge of accounting operations to include all aspects such as accounts receivable, general ledger, accounts payable, payroll, etc.
• Advanced Excel skills are essential.
• Recognised professional accounting qualification.

Remuneration

• An excellent salary and benefits package (including car) commensurate with candidate profile will be offered.