Healthcare Accounting Specialist

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Job Description:

This role will suit an ambitious recently qualified accountant pursuing a career in a growing industry. The role offers great opportunity for career learnings and progression.

The UPS Healthcare Accountant will be responsible for assisting with the activities within the UPS Healthcare Accounting team located in Dublin and support global UPS Healthcare business units as well as the third-party accounting vendor, who is completing transactional accounting work on behalf of UPS.

Job duties:

• Support global healthcare business units with record-to-report (R2R) activities, including hands-on approach in preparation of journals and reconciliations setup
• Support global healthcare business units with specialised accounting areas (such as leases, Fixed assets, Intercompany, Cost Accruals, etc)
• Perform control checks during the close & remediation of errors
• Review and approval of third-party accounting vendor activities such as journal entries and reconciliations
• Perform system to system reconciliations where applicable and provide feedback to stakeholders
• Manage reporting and stakeholder communication
• Identification and resolution of risks in a timely manner
• Prepare monthly variance explanations for SOX purposes
• Work collaboratively with Accounting, Finance and other stakeholders to resolve issues
• Support migration of in scope R2R work to centralised processes
• Provide overall department support and assist with ad hoc needs and requests

Qualified candidates will have the following Key Skills:

• Robust analytical and critical thinking skills
• Attention to detail
• Must be an excellent team player
• Self-starter, capable of using initiative
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
• Ability to communicate effectively and succinctly, both verbally and in writing across various teams and stakeholders
• Excellent Microsoft Office Skills (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting discipline
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or relevant experience
  

Employee Type:

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