ABOUT ABBOTT 

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. 

ABBOTT IRELAND 

Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs almost 4,000 people across nine sites. 

We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. 

Abbott has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946. 

We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Accountant who will work within the RTR team, looking after the European markets with our outsourced partners.

The successful candidate will join the Shared Services Centre based in Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsibility for the monthly general ledger close activities for US GAAP
• Review and preparation of monthly reconciliations & journals to ensure high quality compliance with US GAAP
• Preparation of Annual Financial Statements
• Complete SOX controls in line with control matrix
• Oversight of outsourced business partner
• Maintain and develop relationships with key stakeholders
• Ensure timely completion of Internal and External audits.
• Perform analytics to ensure accuracy of financial information
• Identify opportunities for improvement of processes to reduce costs
• Provide input on an ad hoc basis for key stakeholders
• Provide input and co-ordinate project

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Accounting Qualification – ACA, ACCA, CIMA
• 3-5 years relevant experience – preferably with Shared Service Centre and multinational corporation background
• SAP or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable
• Experience in preparation of Financial Statements preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential
• Able to work alone to understand and summarise financial data into high quality, accurate and usable summaries
• Strong computer skills especially MS Office

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Transport: Bus, Luas located outside building

Off-site Parking available

Onsite canteen

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