Financial Accountant

Commercial Financial Accountant

12 Month - Fixed Term Contract

Citywest office, Dublin

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Profit & Loss

• Review of Gross Margin and Sales with month end accounts preparation and reporting
• Work closely with the Commercial Team to ensure that all commercial agreements are correctly applied and deals are reclaimed accordingly
• Supporting Commercial/Business Support team on all Master data related issues (e.g. price changes, product set-up)
• Provide support to Commercial team on linking AP & AR queries to ensure information passed to the commercial team is correct
• Continuous Process Improvement and review of existing controls and processes
• Support Budgeting, Financial Planning process
• On-going review and assessment of controls , working with Process Integration/IT to implement or enhance internal controls

Balance Sheet (B/S)

• Prepare and review of monthly B/S reconciliations for Pre-Wholesale and implement B/S by Profit Centre
• Work with the relevant business partners (including AP, AR, Commercial, IT) to ensure resolution of reconciling items in a timely fashion
• Ensure that B/S accounts and valuations reflect the true value to the business, aligned to the Group Companies’ policies
• Work with the Finance team to resolve outstanding issues on monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• First point of contact for external auditors for the annual audit of balance sheet accounts
• Responsible for reconciliation of Stock Accrual and improvement on controls and processes around Consignment stock
• Liaise with the Accounts Payable team to resolve issues encountered when posting invoices and assist in resolving GR/IR issues
• Liaise with the Accounts Receivable and Reclaims Team to resolve issues associated with Principal Debt/ Recharges
• Effectively manage Accounts Assistants to ensure they are adequately trained, monitored and developed

QUALIFICATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS REQUIRED

• Qualified Accountant with 2/3 years accounts experience (SAP experience preferable) and strong commercial acumen
• Significant experience in the area of Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Ability to work with significant volumes of data to investigate and arrive at a point which allows  an information based decision to be made
• Ability to work on their own to deliver results within a short period of time
• Dealing with 3rd parties where necessary to resolve issues identified in reconciliations.
• Ability to analyse information and prepare key performance data.
• Ability to work effectively under time and delivery pressures
• Excellent communication skills
• Decision making, problem solving, organising and planning ability

COMPETENCIES                           

• Team worker
• Attention to Detail
• Communication
• Initiative

How we’d like to work together

Due to the expected key outcomes associated with this role by its nature it will be a role based out of one of our offices across the UK, Ireland or Europe. There will be an element of hybrid working available, but this role will also involve travel to our global sites. It is important to note that we do not expect this job to be a ‘9 to 5’ type position. In return for your flexibility, you will be joining an environment that understands how inter-twined work and life have become - and both the benefits and challenges that brings - and therefore offers a flexible, progressive way of supporting it.

If you believe that you meet most of the criteria above, we encourage you to apply. We are an equal opportunities employer and will ensure any reasonable accommodations are implemented as part of the recruitment and selection process

Uniphar – Who we are

With a workforce of more than 3000 employees spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world. Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams.  Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Supply Chain Retail & On Demand, Uniphar Med Tech and Uniphar Pharma.

Click here to find out more: About Us - Who we are | Uniphar

Culture at Uniphar

Uniphar is a combination of many businesses each with its own identity, culture, values, and ways of working.  Our overarching culture narrative is inclusive of each of these stores. Uniphar lives and breathes four key pillars which unpin and support our culture.

We have a people first approach - we do the right thing. We support entrepreneurial spirit where adaptability, commitment & resilience is embodied in our way of working. We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people. Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.

Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people and as we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse.  This diversity fuels our business and culture. 

Sustainability

Sustainability is at the core of what we do and is deeply embedded in our business strategy. We want to contribute positively to the people and the world around us. Running our business in a sustainable way ensures that Uniphar will continue to prosper in the long-term. We are focused on ensuring that each of the five pillars of our sustainability strategy are a fundamental part of our decision-making process.

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