Accounts Assistant

The Company:
Comfort Keepers Ireland is one of the largest home care providers in Ireland. Our aim is to enable people stay happy at home by delivering quality homecare to our clients. To achieve this, we place our clients’ needs at the forefront of what we do. We are Multi award winning firm with 1,100 employees in care and office roles we operate in 22 counties. Our mission to provide our clients with the highest level of quality of life that is achievable. We shall treat each of our clients and colleagues with the respect and dignity they deserve, as though we were caring for a member of our own family.

The Role:
This is a unique opportunity to join the accounts team of a fast paced and growing company. The successful candidate will play an important role in helping ensure the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of the Company’s financial information. The ideal candidate will be a team player, a quick learner and highly motivated to succeed.

What we can offer you:

• Permanent Contract
• Monday - Friday 8.30 - 5.00pm
• *Initially based in Ardee Co. Louth with a view to hybrid working options
• Competitive Salary – Negotiable.
• Career Progression opportunities
• Work/Life Balance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training support
• Birthday Off

Duties:

• Performs all related tasks and activities in the accounts payable/receivable function.
• Ensure the efficient and accurate processing of all invoices and payment allocations within the various company systems.
• Communicating with customers and suppliers to resolve and reconcile discrepancies.
• Chasing overdue payments that are outside agreed terms of credit.
• Daily posting of bank transactions and preparing bank reconciliations.
• Issue monthly statements.
• Reconcile accounts payable & receivable transactions, statements & prepare analysis of accounts.
• Processing of scheduled electronic / manual payment runs.
• Assist with general ledger posting in the finance system.
• Assisting the Finance Team with month end reporting & procedures along with various ad-hoc tasks.

The ideal candidate:

• 3 years minimum experience in similar position.
• Excellent communication skills.
• High attention to detail with strong verbal and numerical skills.
• Proficient in MS Office, with a strong knowledge of IT systems.
• Be highly motivated with a hands-on, flexible approach, and be an excellent team player.
• Deliver a proactive risk and control culture, embedding risk, control, audit, and compliance requirements within all processes.