Senior International Accountant

ion: Dublin 3**

Reports to: Finance Manager, Dublin

Job Overview:

Country Financial Controller as a member of the EMEA Controller Team, working in a shared services environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Financial accounting

• Monthly, Quarterly and Year end close

• Balance sheet reconciliations

• Ownership of balance sheet & profit and loss

• Quarter end reporting

• Fixed asset accounting for the entities

• US GAAP lease accounting for the entities

• Statutory audit and reporting

• US GAAP year-end audit clearance

• Corporate income tax returns

• Tax audits and enquiries from tax authorities

• Tax compliance

• VAT compliance and reporting

• Cash flow and balance sheet forecasting

• Cash management

• Bank reconciliations

• Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for the entities

• M&A integration support

• Ensure financial processes are in accordance with and adhere to corporate policies

• Key role as part of Finance team with key interfaces with other internal customers and European controllers, A/P, A/R, Payroll, Cadence US treasury, US Corporate accounting, US Tax and local tax advisers.

• Ad hoc projects

Job Qualifications:

• Fully qualified accountant - ACA/ACCA

• 1-3 years PQE preferable

• Fluent English

• Considerable experience of Financial statement preparation

• Good working knowledge of GAAP

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• SAP experience

• US GAAP/MNC experience

• European language skills - not required but a bonus

• Ability to deliver to immovable deadlines with a high degree of accuracy

• Strong sense of responsibility for completion of deliverables to meet own objectives

• Ability to work within a matrix business structure with internal customers in multicultural environment with multiple locations and time zones

Behavioral Competencies:

Competency Definition

Teamwork

• Both Supports others and asks for and receives help from others

• Understands and contributes to team objectives

• Constructively resolves conflicts with team members

• Gives opinions and listens to other member's ideas during team meetings

Customer Focus

• Understand and acts on customer needs (including internal customers)

• Approaches work from the perspective of "what customer problems will I solve" by doing this?

• Works with "suppliers" to make sure that customer needs can be met

Accountability

• Is self-accountable for situations, attitudes, and behaviors

• Recognizes true intent of situations and owns their role in outcome whether positive or negative

• Self-examines and learns from outcomes

• Demonstrates willingness to renew attitudes and behaviors to achieve desired outcomes

Communication

• Communicates ideas, opinions, status, and suggestions to individuals & groups

• Written and verbal communications convey ideas and information in a concise, understandable, and grammatically correct manner, using appropriate style and tone

Leadership

• Takes responsibility for strategic action and initiatives

• Finds innovative solutions to Cadence problems (in business, people, and technology areas)

• Assesses alternative courses of action and seeks information needed to make timely decisions

• Makes effective and efficient decisions and aligns actions with values

• Participates in cross-group initiatives

Additional Information:

Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary

• 25 days holiday per year

• Private Medical and Dental plans, Income Protection and Life Insurance

• Group Personal Pension Plan

• Cycle to work scheme and gym subsidy

• 5 days paid time to volunteer to give back to our communities

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• The opportunity to work for a Great Place to Work© & Fortune 100 organization

Travel: <5%

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