Junior Account Specialist

We are IT Recruitment Specialists looking for a Junior Account Specialist for one of our clients based in Dublin, Ireland

Position: Junior Account Specialist (Ideally looking for recent Graduates with Degree of Finance or Accounting)

Location: Remote until Aug 2021 then Dublin

Duration: 12 Months Contract initially with possibility of Contract to Permanent

Pay-rate: Max £115per day on PAYE

What you'll Do:

Junior Account Specialist (Ideally looking for recent Graduates with Degree of Finance or Accounting)

• Post and apply multi-currency customer receipts to customer accounts daily, investigate and resolve customer allocation queries in a timely manner.
• Analyze and review E-commerce payments (credit card, PayPal etc.), ensuring payments are automatically applied by the system, investigating and acting on items which remain unapplied.
• Managing a shared mailbox, receiving a wide variety of requests and queries.
• Resolve cash posting issues working cross functionally to resolve any issues.
• Succeed in achieving ambitious close timelines.
• Journal entry preparation.
• Be attentive to detail with an ability to work in an environment where compliance with processes, procedures & SLA's is paramount.
• Investigate any anomalies that occur and follow up to conclusion, considering the opportunity for an overall process improvement going forward.
• Ensure and adhere to a strict control environment within the Accounts Receivable department.
• Document processes and ensure documentation is kept up to date.
• GL, debtor & bank reconciliation preparation.
• Review of aged bank and debtor reconciliations to ensure that reconciling items have been correctly reflected & any outstanding balances are cleared on a timely basis.

What's needed to succeed:

• Educated to third level business qualification not required, but beneficial.
• Advanced MS Excel ability.
• Previous experience with accounting entries a plus.
• Strong work ethic with the ability to work in an organized manner.
• The energy, passion and drive to make it happen.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables and adapt to changing priorities.
• Initiative to work independently, as well as a key team member in a very collaborative team.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.