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Financial Accountant

Dublin, Irland

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Job ID 141517BR

Job Status Mitarbeiter - Angestellt mit befristetem Vertrag

Kategorie Finanzen

Veröffentlichungsdatum April 10, 2025

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Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant – Financial Accounting Control & External Reporting (12 month FTC)

Because we strive to put people first.
Culture, our way.


Finance at Primark
What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.


What You’ll Get
People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Do as a Financial Accountant – Financial Accounting Control & External Reporting
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:
  • Involvement in the preparation and analysis of periodic financial and management accounts.
  • Assist the Finance Manager in supporting the international finance teams by ensuring our property and capital accounting adheres to local GAAP and IFRS requirements in all countries in which we operate.
  • Review and challenge of periodic processes to identify opportunities to drive efficiencies through automation or revised processes.
  • Supporting on specific projects within Financial Reporting and the wider finance teams.
  • Assist in the submission of periodic reporting packs to ABF (Associated British Foods).
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with Business Partners (Financial Planning & Analysis / Primark and ABF Property Depts) in order to understand the broader business objectives, develop processes jointly and provide accounting guidance and best practice recommendations to enable process changes.
  • Key link with audit teams and other advisors ensuring timely and accurate completion of all statutory obligations for a number of legal entities.
  • Assist in the development of trainee accountants.
  • Involvement in technical financial accounting advice, researching the impact of accounting policy decisions on the business and advising of relevant changes.
  • Any other tasks and ad hoc projects as required by management.

What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
  • Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CPA or equivalent) with minimum 3 years PQE.
  • Big 4 background or a number of years industry experience preferred.
  • Experience working in Financial Reporting would be an advantage.
  • Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) – need to communicate to all levels within the business.
  • Excellent planning and organisation skills, ability to multi-task, plan and prioritise work schedule and work within agreed timescales.
  • Ability to work under pressure in a demanding environment.
  • Excellent attention to detail and strong financial and analytical acumen (ability to analyse and interrogate high volumes of data as well as demonstrating an ability to focus on higher level overview).
  • English is essential and other European languages would be an advantage.
  • MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Strong Excel skills are required.
  • Oracle Financials, Excel4apps and Cognos would be an advantage.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.

All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.

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