Senior Accounts Assistant

Background:

Veolia is Ireland’s leading environmental services company. We provide a comprehensive range of energy, waste and water solutions and are dedicated to carbon reduction, protecting the environment and building the circular economy. We offer all employees a benefits package as standard which includes full VHI cover, pension and education assistance.

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

Senior Accounts Assistant

Location: Blanchardstown 

Duration: Permanent 

Hybrid/Onsite: Hybrid

Overview of the role:

The Senior Accounts Assistant will support the Energy Finance team and Operations in a variety of roles, namely Accounts payable, Accounts receivable and Financial Management. The successful candidate will ensure the efficient running of the portfolio and the on-time delivery of accurate monthly accounting and financial reports.

Duties of the Role include: 

Accounts Payable

• Raising monthly PO’s for the Finance department
• PO Expert for all PO and AP queries with Operations and PO Coordinators in the Energy division, resolving all technical PO queries
• Matching of invoices to goods receipts on a monthly basis to support accountants in monthly reporting
• Prepares full AP dashboard for the finance team to assist in month end reporting and for Operations team to support cost reviews and management
• Runs open PO and goods receipt accrual reports and works with senior accountants in Energy finance team and operations teams to highlight and support receipting needs and issues
• Track and report on all direct posted invoices for Energy finance team
• Ad hoc supplier statement reconciliations 
• Ad hoc manual supplier payments

Accounts Receivable

• Raising monthly and quarterly sales invoices and follow up on billing queries for Energy customer contracts
• Review and investigate unallocated cash on customer accounts and provides required solutions
• Ad hoc customer reconciliations

Financial Management

• Run Work Day and Google sheets monthly P&L reports for use by both the accounts team and operational managers 
• Assist in the preparation of monthly General Manager packs and analysis
• Carry forward month end reports and journals
• Prepare accrual and prepayment journals
• Run reports for monthly Work Day balance sheet account reconciliations
• Assist with all items relating to PO, AP and expense for Annual Statutory audits

Required skills for this role:

• 2 years experience working in a similar environment 
• Accounting technician qualification and/or an interest in accounting
• Strong IT and systems skills (with a focus on Financial Systems and controls – experience of process flow (re)design and implementation) 
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets and analytical experience including pivot tables
• Workday, Excel, Google applications
• A collaborative team player who enjoys helping and supporting individuals and teams while promoting a positive work environment while ensuring the job gets done
• Excellent customer service and support

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