Management Accountant Job in Cork

Highly successful organisation looking for an experienced Management Accountant for a financial planning analyst role

Key criteria: Strong report writing skills, effective communicator, strategic thinker, commercial acumen, ability to identify trends and make recommendations.

Reporting to the Planning Controller the following are the principle responsibilities:

* Planning, consolidation reporting for the Financial Strategy Plan and Budget process
* Assist in the preparation of annual strategy and budget reports for senior management
* Research markets and competitive environments in which the group operates.
* Proactively review and challenge financial plans and understand key drivers and assumptions
* Continuously improve templates and planning process
* Conduct sensitivity analysis on the organisations strategy plan
* Consolidate and analyse the organisations annual budget
* Compare divisional budgets to strategy plans
* Budget consolidation
* Research markets and competitive environments
* Evaluate potential acquisition targets
* Evaluate capital projects submitted for approval, provide commentary and backup for the Strategy Planning Controller
* Develop financial models to project the impact of decisions, recommend / justify particular courses of action
* Ad hoc financial projects

Requirements
* Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CPA) with at least 1-2 years post qualification experience.
* Management accounting, financial planning or budgeting experience is required
* Strong report writing skills
* A relevant third level business qualification or equivalent
* Strong interpersonal skills with ability to manage relationships both internal and external
* International experience would be beneficial
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
* Strong financial and analytical skills;
* Strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen;
* Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills;
* Ability to work to strict deadlines on particular projects, budget, strategy plan
* Ability to influence/support and build relationship equity.

For further information please forward an updated cv to Niamh McCarthy at Morgan McKinley or call 021 2300 300 for a confidential discussion