Finance Associate

Do you feel you have more to give than your current role allows? Perhaps you have recently graduated and are ready for a challenge.

Are you looking to start or develop your accounting and finance career through hands-on experience in a new Irish scale-up company?

Swaay Technologies is an Irish-headquartered industrial technology company focused on equipping the beverage can market with sustainable, flexible and efficient digital printing solutions.

We are on a scale-up journey, with teams currently based in Ireland, the UK and Canada. Over the coming years, Swaay plans to deploy additional production capacity across international markets and grow its management and shared-services team in Mullingar.

This is an opportunity to join at an early stage and contribute to the development of the finance function within a growing international business. The role will begin with hands-on bookkeeping and finance administration, but it has the potential to expand materially as Swaay grows and the successful candidate develops.

The Opportunity

Swaay Technologies is recruiting a Finance Associate to join its Mullingar head office.

The candidate will work directly with the CEO / CFO and the CCO and future members to the Mullingar team. They will have the opportunity to become involved at an early stage of the organisation and, over time, take increasing ownership of day-to-day finance processes across the Irish parent company and its international operations.

The role will include:

Processing supplier invoices, customer invoices, credit notes, expenses and company card transactions

Maintaining accurate purchase, sales and nominal ledgers across relevant group entities

Completing bank, supplier, customer, card and intercompany reconciliations

Supporting accounts receivable, payment runs, debtor follow-up and short-term cash reporting

Preparing month-end schedules and supporting the monthly close process

Assisting with VAT, GST and other routine compliance information for review by management and external advisers

Helping produce Cell, project and departmental reporting as the business develops

Maintaining clear supporting records for capital expenditure, grants, investor reporting and audit requirements

Working with colleagues in Ireland, Canada and the UK to keep finance information complete and current

Helping implement and improve finance software automation systems

Documenting finance processes and strengthening controls as the organisation scales

Candiate Requirements

The ideal candidate will:

Be a recent graduate or early-career finance professional with approximately 0 to 3 years' relevant experience Have a business, finance, accounting or Accounting Technician qualification, or equivalent practical experience Have a sound grasp of basic accounting principles and be comfortable learning through hands-on work Be proficient in Excel and confident learning new systems; experience with Sage 50, AccountsIQ, AutoEntry or other similar