Reporting and Accounting Analyst

Gas Networks Ireland operates and maintains Ireland’s €3bn, 14,725km national gas network, which is considered one of the safest and most modern renewables-ready gas networks in the world.

Almost 725,000 Irish homes and businesses trust Ireland’s gas network to provide efficient and reliable energy to meet their heating, cooking, manufacturing and transport needs.

The gas network is the cornerstone of Ireland’s energy system, securely supplying more than 30% of Ireland’s total energy, including 40% of all heating and almost 50% of the country’s electricity generation.

Gas Networks Ireland is aiming to deliver a repurposed, resized and fully decarbonised gas network by 2045. Its “Pathway to a Net Zero Carbon Network” envisions transforming the existing gas network into two separate systems carrying 100% renewable gas, one dedicated to biomethane and the other to green hydrogen, with the potential to carry approximately 30% biomethane and 70% green hydrogen, as well as offering significant long term energy export opportunities.

The Role:

The Reporting & Accounting team are responsible for the delivery of all reporting and accounting processes and activities. Reporting to the Reporting and Accounting Lead, the Reporting & Accounting Analyst will ensure the delivery of month end reporting for fixed assets, monthly financial reporting, supporting statutory reporting and contractual reporting or other stakeholder reporting. The role requires technical accounting expertise, excellent systems experience combined with solid experience in a similar role.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform fixed asset accounting for Gas Networks Ireland and its subsidiaries.
• Complete the period end close procedures for fixed assets, including additions, disposals, running depreciation and create accounting.
• Maintain the fixed asset register and reconcile to the general ledger on a monthly basis. 
• Prepare fixed asset disclosures for inclusion in the interim and annual statutory and regulatory financial statements.
• Support the delivery of the annual statutory financial statements.
• Complete month end process for GNI in compliance with the control environment and identify process improvements if required.
• Prepare financial reports including Cost Centre Reporting, opex grants, stakeholder reporting and support for commercial contracts and billing.
• Complete the full period end close process for designated GNI cost centres, ensuring that period end close activities are performed according to agreed close schedules.
• Prepare manual journals for uploading (accruals etc.), review the journal uploads prior to posting, monitor automated journal uploads and correcting errors in automated journals.
• Work with the finance teams and the broader business.
• Develop good working relationships with Reporting and Accounting stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to Gas Networks Ireland accounting policies.
• Provide information to the external auditors as required.
• Escalate issues to the Reporting & Accounting Lead as appropriate.
• Ensure all deliverables are implemented in accordance with agreed  KPI’s .
• Adopt a ‘one team’ culture.
• Perform other duties as required from time to time.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Relevant third level degree with at least 2-3 years’ experience.
• A recognised accounting qualification (ACA; ACMA; ACCA) or equivalent together with associated current membership.
• Familiarity working with Oracle eBusiness Suite and Hyperion is advantageous.
• Capable of working on own initiative and also part of a team.
• Excellent skills in excel and experience in PowerPoint and Word.
• Enthusiastic committed self-starter with proactive approach to problem solving.
• Experience with identifying improvement opportunities, generating ideas and implementing solutions.
• Proven ability to create and develop good working relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals, coupled with the ability to gain commitment from others. 
• Excellent analytical skills and be able to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements, and propose and implement solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to set own high standards of performance and delivering desired results.

 

Applications, including current Curriculum Vitae, should be emailed to the following address stating the job title and reference number in the subject line of your email: recruit@gasnetworks.ie

 

The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is the 7^th of January 2025.

Please note that applications submitted after this closing date will not be accepted.

 

Gas Networks Ireland is an equal opportunities employer

 

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.

 

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