Part-Qualified Financial Accountant - BNP Paribas

Job Title: Part-Qualified Financial Accountant

Business Unit: Finance

Contract Type: Permanent Contract

Location: The Anchorage 17-19 Sir John Rogersons Quay, Dublin 2, D02 DT18

About BNP Paribas

At BNP Paribas, we center our values on what drives the company forward. Our driving forces are Agility, Client Satisfaction, Compliance Culture and Openness.

• Agility: we want to behave more simply to embrace useful innovation and digital transformation.
• Client Satisfaction: we believe that our success lies in being the customers' and clients' preferred choice.
• Compliance Culture: we believe in promoting clear rules to foster a strong culture of compliance and ethics
• Openness: we promote open-minded attitudes towards our stakeholders. We aim for everyone in Group to feel included, to have their say and be empowered

Our strengths are based off four key areas of Stability, Expertise, Responsibility and Good Place to Work

• Stability: we build upon our solid, long-term oriented management, our diversified and integrated business model and our international footprint.
• Expertise: we build upon our recognized and expanding knowledge of our teams.
• Responsibility: we build upon our culture of responsibility and integrity to ever better serve the interest of our customers
• Good Place to Work: we foster a stimulating workplace where people are treated fairly and with respect

Role:

The candidate will form part of the Finance team and will work closely with various members of the team on a day-to-day basis. Reporting to the Deputy CFO, the role provides an opportunity to gain experience in both financial and management accounting. The candidate will be responsible for timely and accurate accounting and reporting of expenses and other financial results as well as financial planning and analysis for forecasts and budgets.

Key Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

• Expense analysis & reporting versus budget, prior year and forecast including variance analysis and commentary.
• Preparation of the annual budget and periodical forecast and monitoring of monthly operating result against budget.
• Assisting with the month and quarter end reporting deadlines.
• Maintaining systems and controls to ensure adequate backup documentation and audit trails.
• Cash flow preparation and analysis.
• Journal postings for accruals & prepayments.
• Maintain the company's asset register for additions, disposals and depreciation.
• Assisting with requirements surrounding KYS and Procurement.
• Claims paid analytics including cash reconciliation.
• Assisting with internal and external auditors.
• Operational tasks including ledger entries & reconciliations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience required for this role:

The successful candidate must possess:

• strong proficiency with Microsoft Office especially Excel
• a business or accounting educational qualification such as a third-level degree, and part-qualified accountant.
• Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

Other skills:

• Knowledge of IFRS and IAS financial accounting.
• Knowledge of Irish regulatory and insurance accounting is a plus.
• Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles.
• Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

Why Work with Us?

• We are the bank for a changing world and aim to build positive change together with our employees
• We are a team of passionate people who genuinely care about what we do and the impact our work delivers to our clients. We operate in a highly collaborative, open-minded environment that embraces innovation and creativity
• Our remuneration and benefits packages are generous, with competitive salaries, a discretionary bonus scheme, company pension contribution, comprehensive private healthcare packages, and numerous other benefits
• We have a genuine commitment to work-life balance throughout the whole organisation. We are also committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and actively promote equal opportunities.
• Development and mobility is actively encouraged. We are a learning company - there is real opportunity to grow, develop and expand your skills, experience and career path.
• We are a global company operating in over 60 countries with over 190,000 employees from over 150 nationalities. In Ireland we have approximately 500 employees across Dublin and Galway working in Corporate Institutional Banking (CIB) and BNP Paribas Security Services (BP2S) and Greenval.

Compliance Culture:We believe in promoting clear rules to foster a strong culture of compliance and ethics. We would expect any incoming member of staff to respect all financial security related legislation, including: anti-money laundering (AML); countering the financing of terrorism (CFT); international financial sanctions and embargoes (IFS); anti-bribery and corruption (ABC); KYC; ongoing client related data screening; and transaction monitoring. BNP Paribas have clear policies on these topics which all staff are expected to familiarise themselves with upon successful entry to the Group.

Equality and Diversity

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunities employer and proudly cultivates a diverse workforce. We believe that diversity of experience enhances our service offering to clients and leads to a better working environment. We encourage applications from the best candidates regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, parental and caring status, or religious belief.

By submitting your application, you agree to BNP Paribas completing a background check and screening in advance of any potential offer being made