Chartered Accountants Ireland is seeking to hire a Support Accountant / Consultant into the Practice Support Team building close relationships with our practice clients.
Term: Permanent Position
Hours: Part Time
Chartered Accountants Ireland (The Institute) is a membership body representing over 31,000 influential members and 7,000 students throughout the globe. Our role is to educate, represent and support our members. Our members work in senior positions in practice and industry. We are committed to restoring confidence at every level of the economy. We work with governments and businesses to raise awareness of the importance of sound financial advice. Our members provide leadership in business, the public sector and professional practice, bringing experience, expertise and strict standards to their work for, and with, businesses in every sector. Chartered Accountants Ireland engages with governments, policy makers and regulators on key issues affecting the profession and the wider economy.
Key Responsibilities
The Practice Support team is responsible for supporting members in practice. Your key responsibility will be to support practitioners through:
Reaching out to and engaging with our members in practice, providing practical advice and a listening ear to our member on practice related issues and challenges
assisting firms with compliance, audit and financial reporting;
Assisting with the writing and development of practice procedures toolkits, helpsheets, and other communications
Assisting with the delivery of presentations and webinars on technical and practice topics.
Summary of the Role
Would you like a role that is flexible and interesting that will bring you into constant engagement with our members? Are you interested in a career move that will:
allow you to share your knowledge and network with our members in practice;
make a real difference to our members in practice by improving the quality of supports available to them; and
give you opportunity to shape your own work pattern and environment;
We are recruiting a Practice Support Accountant, as a permanent part time role. The role includes advising members on practice issues and challenges, compliance, technical support and service innovation. It is Dublin based and involves a mix of office and home based work. The position will appeal to professionals who want to be empowered to be creative and innovative, enjoy being part of a supportive team in an environment where work/life balance is important, and in an organisation at the centre of the development of the accountancy profession in Ireland.
The Candidate
Required Competencies
The successful candidate will ideally be an experienced qualified accountant with ten or more years’ experience in a practice or practice support role.
A level of technical competence and experience in audit are requirements of the role, but the role also involves opportunities to develop your knowledge in relevant areas.
The role includes identifying opportunities to deliver new products and services, so candidates will be required to demonstrate commercial acumen.
Personal Profile
The candidate will also demonstrate the following competencies:
Have very good verbal and written communication skills;
Be welcoming of new challenges;
Be a good team player;
Have a proven ability to manage a network of relationships;
Work efficiently, multi-tasking and managing a number of projects simultaneously;
Have a commercial approach; and
Excel at bringing projects to completion.
Flexible work Arrangements
This role will ideally suit an FCA with a broad experience in Practice , Audit, solid on technical standards, and managing relationships.
The Institute is seeking and encourages applications from experienced candidates who may be looking for flexible work arrangements. If such arrangements are being sought please bring these to the attention of your interviewer.
Excellent salary / remuneration package / 10% pension etc. (Commensurate with a Senior Manager level in a SMP)
Please contact Dave Riordan on 01 6377251 or dave.riordan@charteredaccountants.ie
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