Avolon is one of the leading global aircraft leasing firms providing lease and lease management services to airlines and aircraft investors worldwide. We're looking for someone who has a natural flare for numbers, someone who has a strong understanding of management accounts, including profit and loss and the balance sheet and interpreting data. Avolon is a bright and energetic place to work with our new state of the art offices located at Number One Ballsbridge. At Avolon, we are passionate about what we do and more importantly, how we do it. We boldly use our values of Transparency, Respect, Insightfulness, Bravery and Ebullience (TRIBE) to inform how we interact professionally and personally every day. This is what sets Avolon apart as a great place to work.
The Role:Avolon is appointing a Group Accountant to our Dublin office. The Group Accountant will work under the direction of the Finance Manager for the purpose of supporting Group's management and financial reporting requirements, identifying trends through the development of financial models to support strategic decision making and providing commercial and transactional analysis on capital markets, aircraft and lease related transactions to drive business performance.
Key Responsibilities:Identification of trends, forward-looking analysis, metrics and sensitivity analysis to support executive decision making;Establish and maintain key metrics to help provide insights into business performance;Develop financial models around Maintenance Reserve Income Recognition, Impairment & Residual Values that guide our strategic decision-making on key P&L drivers;Preparation of month-end and quarter-end close activities including Balance Sheet reconciliations review and variance analyses while ensuring controls are in place and performed to a Sox standard;Collaborating with the investor relations team contributing to the preparation and release of quarterly results presentations, ensuring external reporting is accurate and distributed in a timely manner;Providing commercial and accounting advice for the structuring of debt, aircraft and lease related transactions including providing technical accounting advice and monetising the consequences of such transactions on the wider business;Liaising with internal and external stakeholders on the delivery of month-end and quarter-end close activities;Ad-hoc work as required by the Financial Controller.The Person:The successful candidate should be curious and questioning. They should build robust solutions through gathering data and obtaining feedback. They should remain up to date with role-related technical developments. The successful candidate will manage, prioritise, track and deliver tasks for themselves and their team. They will also be proactive about change, striving for continuous improvement, using their outstanding communication skills to recognise alternative perspectives. They will maximise information flow across the organisation by working across teams.
Essential Skills and Experience:Qualified ACA / ACCAExposure to U.S. GAAP and IFRS Reporting Standards is essential;Excellent excel and modelling skills and ability to manage projects required;Exposure to SOx compliant environments;SUN accounting experience preferable;Proven high level of quantitative ability;Proven ability to problem-solve within tight deadlines;Capable of working to tight deadlines and under own initiative;Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment;What else do you need to know?Please note that we will only accept applications that are made to us via our company website. If you experience any difficulty when applying, please contact ******.
Closing Date: The closing date is Friday 8th March and may be subject to change. We encourage you to take this opportunity to submit your CV as soon as possible.
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