About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role/Department:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Accountant within the Limerick Financial Control team. This permanent role will play an integral part within the team and will be responsible for completing financial control processes, report production, timely issue resolution and providing ad-hoc support as required to the EMEA regional finance teams.  The team are responsible for the production of monthly management accounts, completing the month end close process and the statutory accounts production for a number of EMEA legal entities.

The successful candidate will work with a variety of operations and other Finance teams to understand the business and ensure that the books and records accurately reflect the business undertaken, with adherence requirements to accounting policy and local GAAP for the relevant legal entities.

 The key responsibilities of the role include:

Complete the production of the monthly management accounts for a number of legal entities.

Produce month end analytics and trend data to assist with the review and validation of financial results.

Produce reconciliations and ensure all documentation and accounting is completed in line with corporate requirements and policies.

Completion of annual statutory accounts for a number of legal entities, provide inputs and information to the audit process and work with the auditors to complete the audit process and finalise the statutory accounts.

Respond to and resolve queries on a timely basis from the Business and Finance colleagues as they arise.

Completion of a number of centralised financial processes and accounting operations for the EMEA region.

Work with the EMEA Financial Control Team in Limerick to implement standardised process improvements identified in day-to-day activities.

Provide technical input to systems and business process projects as required.

Work with Finance teams in other locations.

Skills/ Qualifications

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

Qualified accountant (preferable ACA / ACCA) with post qualified experience in a multi-currency financial services environment.

Experienced background in a corporate financial control environment with a sound knowledge of accounting, reporting and financial control requirements as well as statutory and audit requirements.

Ability to work as part of a team in the region and as part of the broader EMEA Finance team.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Highly numerate with strong analytical skills and high attention to detail.

Proven ability to assess issues, identify solutions and problem solve.

Ability to adapt and react positively in a changing and dynamic work environment.

Flexible approach towards changing work methods, deadlines and variable workloads.

Experience in dealing with stakeholders across multiple locations.

Experience of US GAAP or IFRS would be an advantage.

Advanced level of IT skills notably MS office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.