Accounts Technician

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Job Description – Accounts Technician (Hybrid Role)

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Summary of Role

The Accounts Technician is a key member of the Finance Department, responsible for supporting a broad range of accounting and financial activities across the organisation. This is a hybrid role that combines core Accounts Assistant responsibilities with exposure to management accounts preparation, general ledger support, and dentist remittances and associate profit calculations.

The role offers significant scope for development and is suited to a motivated individual who is qualified or studying towards an Accounting Technician qualification and who is keen to broaden their technical accounting experience. In addition to defined responsibilities, the role provides opportunities to support other accounting tasks and projects as required within the Finance function.

The Accounts Technician will work closely with internal stakeholders and external parties and is expected to take ownership of tasks, communicate clearly and professionally, and contribute to continuous improvement of processes and controls.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Accounts Assistant – Core Responsibilities

• Maintenance of purchase ledger including logging invoices on receipt, posting approved invoices to the accounting system, supplier statement reconciliations, and vendor master data maintenance
• Processing PO and non-PO invoices, ensuring correct matching, coding, and approvals
• Preparation and execution of supplier payment runs
• Maintenance of sales ledger including posting invoices, resolving queries, and supporting debt collection activities
• Downloading and posting bank transactions and performing regular bank and cash reconciliations across multiple accounts
• Linking with internal stakeholders to resolve cash, bank, supplier, or customer queries
• Processing employee expense claims, including vouching to receipts, verifying approvals, and ensuring accurate cost coding
• Document management of bank statements, invoices, audit files, and month-end documentation
• Assisting with audit file preparation and responding to audit queries
• Providing cover for other finance duties during periods of leave or peak workload

Management Accounts & General Ledger Support

• Supporting the General Ledger Accountant in the preparation of monthly management accounts
• Assisting with balance sheet reconciliations and preparation of supporting schedules
• Performing analysis of profit and loss line items and investigating variances
• Assisting with month-end close activities, including preparation of journals under supervision
• Supporting accruals, prepayments, payroll-related postings, and practice-level reporting
• Developing an understanding of management reporting structures, controls, and financial processes

Dentist Remittances & Associate Calculations

• Assisting with the preparation of dentist associate remittances
• Supporting the calculation of dentist income, cost allocations, and associate profit shares
• Extracting, validating, and uploading data into remittance and reporting systems
• Reconciling remittance calculations to accounting records
• Maintaining clear documentation and audit trails for all remittance-related calculations

Additional Accounting Support

• Supporting ad hoc accounting tasks, finance projects, and process improvement initiatives as required
• Assisting with the setup of new practices or entities from a finance and accounting perspective
• Providing general accounts and administrative support as directed from time to time

Qualifications / Experience

Essential

• Qualified Accounting Technician or studying towards qualification
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a finance or accounts environment
• Strong working knowledge of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bank reconciliations
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
• Fluent in written and oral English

Desirable

• Experience with Sage Line 50 and/or Xero
• Exposure to management accounts preparation or month-end close processes
• Experience in a multi-entity or professional services / healthcare environment

Competencies (Behaviours and Attributes)

• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Proactive and self-motivated with a willingness to learn and develop
• Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities
• High standards of integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: €37,000.00-€38,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Bike to work scheme
• Company events
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Work from home

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Clontarf, County Dublin: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Accounts/Finance: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• Ireland (required)

Work Location: In person