Accounting Advisory Senior

Main responsibilities:   

• Providing practical accounting advice to clients (in the form of written papers and/or by way of oral communication) on a variety of technical accounting issues such as business combinations, share options and complex financial instruments;   
• Researching the impact of new accounting standards/legislation and potential impact on clients in our target market;   
• Advise on accounting requirements under IFRS, Irish & UK GAAP and US GAAP;   
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with senior finance personnel;   
• Working closely with other Grant Thornton departments, such as Tax and Corporate Finance, to provide accounting advice in relation to group reorganisation projects or business combinations for example;   
• promoting FAAS both internally and externally, articulating all FAAS services and the value that we bring to our clients, and representing FAAS at relevant technical seminars.   

What you will bring:

• A genuine interest in financial reporting issues and able to demonstrate how they keep abreast of changes in the financial reporting arena;   
• Experience in drafting technical accounting papers to support a conclusion/accounting treatment within a complex area either in an audit capacity or otherwise;   
• Good communicator, highly articulate with excellent report writing skills;   
• A passion for client service;   
• Ability to learn quickly and apply GAAP/legislative requirements to practical situations;   
• Recognised accounting qualification with ideally 1 year of post qualification experience working in a similar role;   
• A strong knowledge of IFRS, Irish/UK GAAP (including FRS 100 – 105), Irish/UK company law, US GAAP (desirable) IFRS|GAAP|IPO|PLC|Accounting|Advisory|ACA|ACCA|Irish GAAP|Irish PLC| FRS| US  GAAP|