Senior Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

Uniphar Medtech is an umbrella brand for eleven Medical Device distribution businesses with direct operations in Ireland, Northern Ireland, U.K., the Netherlands, Germany and the Nordics. Medtech are looking for a Financial Accountant to join their team. We are a rapidly growing company, and we want you to be part of this amazing growth and expansion.  This role will require travel between Uniphar Medtech's premises in Dublin (Northern Cross and Fonthill).

Purpose of the Role:

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the successful candidate will work as part of the Uniphar Medtech Finance Team. Medtech is a subsidiary of Uniphar PLC.  The primary purpose of the role will be the delivery of accurate month end financial reports to tight deadlines in a PLC environment, support the preparation of annual statutory accounts, liaising with the group’s external auditors and internal auditors to conclude such audits in a timely manner, liaise with tax consultants to conclude on corporation tax returns or other tax issues and to support the head of finance/financial controller with the budgeting and revision cycles. 

Main Responsibilities:

Reporting and Control

• Process all close journals in accordance with close calendar and Uniphar Medtech journal policy.
• Deliver accurate, timely and value-add monthly reporting packs to the head of finance/financial controller, local management and Uniphar.  Provide high quality analytics and populate required supporting schedules (as key input to reporting pack).  Deliver accurate and timely monthly, four monthly and annual reporting packs to the head of finance.

Business Partnership

• Discuss monthly performance face to face with local management on deviations from budget.
• Discuss risks and opportunities to budget achievement with local management and head of finance/financial controller
• Ensure full understanding of business drivers to credibly partner local management.
• Analyse KPI performance on a monthly basis to surface trends and inform budgets and revisions
• Respond to the Head of Finance/Financial Controller, local business and wider finance team queries in a timely manner
• Provide financial support and challenge on investment decisions and related business cases e.g. NPV.

Compliance

• Ensure that all balance sheet reconciliations are performed, reviewed and approved on time.
• Drive any reconciling items to closure and escalate any open items to the head of finance/financial controller.
• Ensure all tax related returns are completed on time in full (Corp. Tax, VAT, PAYE/PRSI, Intrastat & Vies).
• Expert point of contact on all local and statutory reporting matters.
• Provide required supporting evidence for statutory accounts and internal controls reviews.
• Work with internal auditors to develop new processes and procedures when required and ensure adherence with all SISK Healthcare finance team policies at all times.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Works closely with the business throughout the forecasting and revision process.
• Translate business plan into a financial plan and take ownership to deliver the detailed financial budget.

People

• Plan work-load effectively to ensure that month end is delivered accurately and in full.
• Fully contribute to reporting team and full finance team meetings.
• Drive own development in conjunction with the financial controller and ensure adherence to appraisal process
• Provide advice/guidance to accounts assistants as and when required.
• Team orientated and sociable nature that adds to a large finance function

Processes

• Continually strive to simplify and standardize accounting and reporting processes.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives.  Strive towards “best-in-class” in line with company objectives.

Projects

• Active engagement as new systems & accounting tools are rolled out e.g. cubes
• Represent finance department on key business projects e.g. working capital optimisation.
• Drive continuous improvement in all business facing financial processes e.g. budgeting, cube development, updates to IFRS, up-stream discipline for divisional reporting, PLC reporting requirements etc.

Uniphar Medtech

Uniphar Medtech comprises 10 businesses across 21 markets and is the medical device arm of the Uniphar Group.

Uniphar Medtech represents global leading medical device manufacturers across a multitude of specialities. We train, we educate, and we support our customers through dedicated clinical specialists across Sales & Technical Service, Clinical IT, Clinical Applications, Training and Education and Customer Service.

We are more than a distributor; we are a total solutions provider. Each of our businesses compete under their individual brand identity and respective specialities. Uniphar Medtech is the umbrella structure for all 10 brands and in addition incorporates our centralised support functions across Quality and Compliance, Logistics, Warehousing, Operational Excellence, Marketing, HR, Finance & IT. Business website: https://www.unipharmedtech.com/

Uniphar Medtech is a Division of the Uniphar Group.

How we’d like to work together

This role will be based in our office in Northern Cross Business Park, Finglas, Dublin 11 where a flexible hybrid working model is also available. It’s important to achieve the right balance between face-to-face interactions with virtual working over the long term. In return for your flexibility, you will be joining an environment that understands how inter-twined work and life have become - and both the benefits and challenges that brings - and therefore offers a flexible, progressive way of supporting it.

Our core values, titled our Medtech Mindset, guides our culture and work environment:

• We Go Forward Together: We operate as a unified team, leveraging diverse specialties to make swift, collaborative decisions and embrace progress over perfection.
• We Take Our Business Seriously: We prioritise compliance and risk management to ensure the best outcomes for our patients and partners, supported by our innovative portfolio and commitment to sustainability.
• We Deliver Exceptional Results: We focus on quality, customer satisfaction, and commercial success to achieve outstanding results for our patients, customers, and business.

If you have similar values and are passionate about making a meaningful impact, we invite you to join our team and help us drive forward together.

Uniphar Medtech is an equal opportunities employer

Background, Experience & Skills:

Education

ACA / ACCA / CIMA Qualified Accountant

Experience

• 2+ years PQE preferably obtained in industry
• Proven ability in working to and consistently meeting tight deadlines
• Experience in working in a service driven, customer focused environment

Competencies

• Excellent analytical skills with demonstrated ability to spot trends and anomalies in financial data
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral
• Proven ability to develop and sustain effective business relationships
• Strong organisation skills with an ability to prioritise and meet competing demands to satisfaction of all
• Proactive individual that identifies, resolves or escalates issues as required
• Constant curiosity, asks “why” and eager to understand
• Open and accessible – eager to listen, willing to make time, easy to find
• Adhere to and model the company’s values, behaviours and competencies at all times

Computer knowledge

• Knowledge of an ERP package (Navision is an advantage)
• Knowledge of MS Office products, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Excellent excel skills essential