Group Chief Accountant & Tax Adviser

Company Description

Devexperts works with respected financial institutions, delivering products and tailor-made solutions for retail and brokerage houses, exchanges, and buy-side firms. The company focuses on trading platforms and brokerage automation, complex software development projects, market data products, and IT consulting services.

On foot of rapid growth in recent years and a pipeline of opportunities that underpin strong further growth ambitions, the company is in the process of establishing a new Dublin-based HQ operation. We are looking for an accomplished Finance Manager to join our group-wide finance team as part of our headquarters office in Dublin.

Job Description

We are looking for Group Chief Accountant & Tax Adviser to join the Finance team.

The Group Chief Accountant & Tax Adviser responsibilities (further detailed below) will include overseeing end-to-end finance operations for the HQ office and the group’s Irish operations, financial planning and analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, seeking improvements in procedures and controls, as well as ad-hoc projects that arise from time to time.

We expect the Group Chief Accountant & Tax Adviser to: 

• Fulfilling the role of local financial manager for our Ireland-based group headquarters, with responsibility for the Irish jurisdiction and consolidation at a group level.
• Overseeing the preparation of monthly management accounts, annual budgets, board reporting, cashflow management and financial forecasts for the group’s Irish entities.
• Monitor and coordinate detailed reporting and submissions regarding key areas of financial performance, statutory and regulatory financial statements, including filings to the CRO and the Revenue Commissioners, including VAT returns.
• Auditing the financial statements of the group's constituent companies and bringing them into line with the group’s accounting policy standards, namely IFRS and IAS.
• Preparation of consolidated financial statements (IFRS) of Devexperts Group.
• Overseeing the annual audit for stand-alone and consolidated structures to achieve successful, smooth and efficient outcomes.
• Partnering with the business on relevant finance topics and KPIs.
• Auditing of business processes in accordance with the accepted methodology as a team leader, independently, and/or as part of an audit team depending on the specifics of the audit.
• Participating in the development and writing of internal control procedures.
• Engaging with, working with, and directing local consultants on minimising tax risks of the group's companies.
• Responsible for adhering to the finance policies and procedures manuals within the team, and will be involved in monitoring, implementing and tracking updates of global transfer pricing policies.

Qualifications

Must-have skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant business or economic field.
• Professional qualifications, including having completed an internationally recognized accounting designation such as CPA, ACA, ACMA or ACCA.
• A minimum of 8 years’ post-qualified experience and at least 4 years’ audit experience, preferably in the Big 4.
• Strong knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards and Irish Auditing Standards.
• Understanding the requirements of Irish GAAP and IFRS, tax and civil law, basics of financial analysis, SOC, ISO.
• Familiarity with VAT and transfer pricing models.
• Experience in external/internal audit, with experience in leading audit teams being an additional asset.
• Skills for testing internal controls, identifying and assessing risks, drawing conclusions and making recommendations.
• Ability to make complex decisions and rationalise them accordingly to others;
• Strong analytical skills, ability to work with a large amount of information;
• Proven management skills relating to processes, workflows, training and development of more junior colleagues at various levels of professionalism.
• Highly organized, efficient, with project management skills in order to lead planned initiatives, and a demonstrated ability to work to strict deadlines while managing multiple priorities.
• A high-performing, results-oriented self-starter with the ability to work independently and pro-actively manage upcoming deliverables.
• Strong communication, leadership and interpersonal skills, including effective communication abilities with individual colleagues, relevant teams and with senior management and board members.
• Advanced computer user skills.