Company: Dawn Meats

Job Title: Trainee Accountant

Reporting To: Financial Controller.

Locations: Grannagh Co. Waterford   

Role Summary:
Dawn Meats Group is one of Europe's leading beef and lamb processing companies with locations across Ireland, UK, and continental Europe employing over 8,000 employees. We are currently seeking to recruit a Trainee Accountant to join our Grannagh Finance team in 2025. Applicants must have already graduated and be available to start in 2025. 

The successful candidates will follow our accounting training programme to qualification and become integral to our business. This is an excellent career opportunity for high performing Trainee Accountant. As part of the Finance team, you will gain a wide range of finance, operations and business experience and skills through continuous on the job development with coaching and mentoring. The role may include internal secondment opportunities.

The successful candidate will be based at our Grannagh production facility and will have the following responsibilities:

• Involvement in a wide variety of projects/tasks within the site Finance department.
• Preparing and completing weekly management accounts and manufacturing based analysis.
• Prepare monthly financial accounts including areas such as capital, costs and returns.
• Providing analysis and decision support to the commercial and operations teams.
• Assisting in the preparation of reports for the management team.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement and efficiency of the site Finance function.
• Support the Financial Controller as required on reporting and adhoc queries, including specific project assignments.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Recently graduated with a minimum level 7 qualification in Accounting and Finance, Business studies or similar. 
• Ambition and commitment to study towards gaining an accountancy qualification.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Enthusiasm, commitment and a positive attitude.
• Strong academic record.
• Record of high achievement and delivery.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.