Regional Management Accountant

Salary range: €50,500 per annum; paid monthly

Experience: fully qualified with a professional accounting qualification ACA, ACCA, CIMA

Closing date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026

Description:

SVP is a large, national, voluntary organisation with extensive experience of working with a diverse range of people who experience poverty and exclusion. Through its network of volunteers and staff, it is strongly committed to working for social justice and advocates the creation of a more just and caring society. SVP employs people to support volunteers in a variety of settings including housing, community care, shops, administration, and other specialist areas.

The Role:

We are currently looking to recruit a Regional Management Accountant to join our Midwest Regional Office Finance team in Limerick. The post holder will play a key role within SVP Ireland’s Regional Council, safeguarding financial integrity and promoting strong accounting practices across the Region. Reporting to the Regional Coordinator, the role provides expert financial oversight and hands-on support, including guidance to Conference Treasurers, management of Regional Office bookkeeping, and coordination with the National Finance team to ensure all financial activity complies with SVP policies, best practice standards and regulatory requirements.

The role also focuses on strengthening financial systems, reporting and internal controls to support effective decision-making and strategic planning at both regional and national levels. By improving data quality, enhancing financial processes and maximising the use of SVP’s national financial systems, the Regional Management Accountant ensures resources are managed ethically, transparently and efficiently, directly supporting SVP’s mission to assist individuals and families experiencing poverty and disadvantage.

Education, Experience, Knowledge and Skills Required

Qualifications

• Finalist or fully qualified with a professional accounting qualification ACA, ACCA, CIMA is essential.

Experience

• Experience of annual audit, audit pre-work including audit file, working papers, advance audit analysis, annual reporting / audit is essential.

• Experience of financial Statement preparation to filling/publication stage.

• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience is desirable.

• Experience in analysing trends and KPI’s is desirable.

• Experience with presentations is desirable.

• Experience of key performance metrics reporting, variance analysis for inclusion in management reports.

• Experience of system implementation/systems improvement.

• Development and implementation of policies, procedures and controls.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the Society and of its mission and values.

• Knowledge of needs and issues of the poor and disadvantaged.

• Knowledge of audit, statutory accounts, management accounts, internal control and process analysis is essential.

• Knowledge of financial policies and GAAP/SORP application is essential.

• Knowledge of commercial / retail business operations best practice, procedures, internal controls, reporting and analytics is desirable.

• Knowledge and experience with large entity financial accounting systems is desirable

Skills

• Excellent IT skills including finance software such as Agresso, Sage or similar, MS Office and advanced Excel skills is essential.

• Excellent report writing skills with a high level of attention to detail.

• Analytics and operations analysis and evaluation.

• Strong people management skills.

• Ability to work in a team, contribute to initiatives and continuous improvements.

• Strong communication skills both written and verbally, with the ability to present ideas clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences.

• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to use initiative to develop solutions.

• Good organisation skills and ability to prioritise in a busy environment.