Senior Finance and Cost Accountant

Senior Finance & Cost Accountant

Do you want to join us in helping to fight the world's most threatening diseases and enabling access to care for more people around the world? At Siemens Healthineers, we pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone in order to grow personally and professionally. Sound interesting?

Then come and join our global team as a Finance and Cost Accountant, at our facility in Swords, Dublin

Your tasks and responsibilities:

Prepare journal entries related to manufacturing accounting to support accurate & timely financial statements in accordance with US GAAP and corporate financial policies.
Prepare account reconciliations to ensure proper balance sheet valuation, with appropriate accounting treatment for potential risk.
Margin variance analysis (including PPV, Production and Absorption variances).
Monitor variances to standard cost and investigate significant differences.
Participate in other monthly close activities in area of responsibility.
Calculate standard costing of products in SAP, including reviewing appropriate update of BOMs, Routings, etc. as necessary.
Drive consistency and standardization of cost accounting in line with Corporate Policies.
Finance lead on process improvement projects related to costing of materials.
Provide finance guidance aligned to the preparation of customer pricing simulations, financial analysis and modelling.
Ensuring timely closing of SAP and subsequent reporting submissions to the head office.
Business partner to functions across the manufacturing site and the wider finance community.
Driving continuous improvement in the finance function.
Delivers timely and comprehensive reporting (current and forecasting reports) of income statement, and balance sheet. Providing risk and commentary for top management.
Preparation of Statutory Accounts, Regulatory and Revenue returns to a final review stage.
Transfer pricing including reporting and liaising with internal external tax teams.
Liaising with external and internal auditors.
Participates in site strategic activities, providing relevant input and support for KPI's & organisational decisions.
Ad-hoc reporting as required.
To find out more about the specific business, have a look at

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Manufacturing Limited - Swords ((url removed))

Your qualifications and experience:

Professional accounting qualification ACCA / CIMA / ACA.
Minimum of +5 years' experience in cost accounting, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
Ability to exceed internal customer expectations on delivery of information and financial support to achieve business goals.
Self-motivated and ability to work on own initiative.
Knowledge of lean initiatives and ability to drive continuous improvement.
Excellent inter-personal skills and the ability to lead.
Advanced Excel skills.
Experience of working in a multi-national environment.
Experience with SAP and familiarity with in IFRS an advantage.
Intelligence reporting - Power BI, Process Automation, Design Optimisation.
Your attributes and skills:

Self-determined, goal oriented and able to prioritize in an agile environment.
Analytical and structured in approaching problem-solving.
Proven ability to partner with others to drive assignments to full implementation.
A good communicator with the drive to implement changes.
Able to build strong and influential internal and external business relationships.
Actively seeks out understanding stakeholder needs to deliver value adding services.
Comfortable in individual contribution and team-based situations.
Trusted partner of technical counterpart.
Influential change management.
Problem solving competencies through collaboration across functional boundary and ownership culture.
Our global team:

We are a team of more than 70,000 highly dedicated employees across more than 70 countries passionately pushing the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare to help improve people's lives around the world. As a leader in the industry, we aspire to create better outcomes and experiences for patients no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio, spanning from in-vitro and in-vivo diagnostics to image-guided therapy and innovative cancer care, is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

Our culture:

We are part of an incredible community of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists pushing the boundaries of what's possible, to improve people's lives around the world. We embrace a culture of inclusivity in which the power and potential of every individual can be unleashed. We spark ideas that lead to positive impact and continued success.

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