Senior Manager

Merry Mullen are looking for an ambitious, high-achieving Senior Manager seeking a new challenge in a progressive and forward-thinking Audit and Accounts Department. This position, reporting to the audit/accounts director and directly to partners, offers genuine opportunities for progression, challenging projects, and learning and development in a collaborative environment. Excellent organisation, time-management and communication skills are essential for this role.

Responsibilities:

  • Proactively manage client expectations and be point-of-contact for clients with turnovers up to €10m+.  As such, you will be working closely with Director/Financial Controller/Senior Executive levels in managing the specific client requirements, including non-audit transactional work, due diligence, management accounts, providing financial guidance and advice on operational structure.
  • Manage a portfolio of clients of variable sizes across different industries.
  • Managing Accountancy Services to a bureau of clients which will include (but is not limited to):
    • Review of monthly/quarterly management accounts
    • Review of Unaudited Year-End Statutory Accounts
    • Advising clients with systems of financial control
    • Company Secretarial Advice and Compliance including Maintaining Company Registers & Minutes where required
  • Help drive the firm’s accounting technology strategy to best serve our clients and project manage the roll out of new accounting solutions.
  • Assist with managing the team’s financial performance e.g. agreeing and billing of fees; cash collections; monitoring recoverability of WIP etc
  • Participate in the coaching, mentoring and appraisal of staff

This role requires an experienced, positive, self-motivated individual with superior organisational and technical skills who can execute multiple tasks simultaneously to ensure a high level of professional standards.

Skills and competencies required;

  • ACA or ACCA with minimum 7 years PQE
  • Minimum of 5 years+ relevant post qualified work experience in practice with strong technical knowledge and financial/management accounts experience
  • Proven management skills and behaviours
  • Excellent organisational skills, time-management and communication skills
  • A strong market/commercial awareness
  • Working knowledge of accounting software packages such as Surf, QuickBooks, Sage, Xero or similar with a high aptitude and interest for using new software
  • Ability to use and implement AI-based accounting software, accounting tools and connected app functionality in house and to clients
  • Client-oriented with initiative, enthusiasm and problem-solving attitude
  • Ability to handle sensitive, confidential information with maximum discretion
  • Ability to exercise good judgement and decision making when necessary

Benefits at Merry Mullen;

  • 21 Days Annual Leave [to include Good Friday].  Additional 1 day every 5 years.
  • Flexible Working
  • Working From Home option: Up to 2 days per week
  • Summer hours [Consolidation of hours across Jul/Aug, with a 13:00 finish on Friday]
  • Social Club
  • Professional Subscriptions
  • Pension
  • Life Assurance
  • PHI – Income Protection

Merry Mullen is an equal opportunities employer. By sending and application and applying for this job you give consent for your data to be processed and stored by Merry Mullen and in accordance with our Privacy Policy. 

To apply for this role please send your CV to: careers@merrymullen.ie or call Janet on 01-8972360.

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