Newly Qualified Accountant (Assistant Manager)

Role overview

BDO Ireland’s Entrepreneurial Services team partners with start-up and scale-up businesses across a wide mix of sectors, providing accounting, compliance and advisory support tailored to fast-growing founder-led companies. The work focuses on helping clients establish solid financial foundations, sharpen reporting, prepare for fundraising and support expansion.

This opportunity is aimed at a newly qualified accountant who wants to do more than routine finance work. The ideal person will be interested in how early-stage and growing businesses operate, how commercial decisions are made, and how reliable financial information can shape strategy, fundraising and long-term growth.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver accounting support to start-up and scale-up clients, including oversight of bookkeeping, month-end close activities, reconciliations and management reporting.
• Produce accurate and timely financial information that helps clients understand performance, cash flow, runway and the main drivers behind their results.
• Assist with statutory compliance tasks such as VAT, payroll-related finance inputs, annual accounts and coordination of corporation tax matters where needed.
• Help prepare board packs, investor updates, KPI dashboards and other decision-ready materials for founders and leadership teams.
• Work closely with clients to understand their business model, revenue streams, cost structure, funding position and operational priorities.
• Evaluate finance tools and technologies that can reduce repetitive work and improve processes such as invoice handling, reconciliations, expense management, approvals, reporting and month-end close.
• Contribute to finance process improvement projects by spotting manual or duplicated tasks, documenting workflows and supporting practical, technology-enabled solutions.
• Coordinate with wider BDO specialists in tax, company secretarial, transaction services and advisory to give clients integrated support.
• Assist with onboarding new clients by collecting financial data, understanding systems and identifying immediate risks or priorities.
• Support senior colleagues on forecasting, budgeting, cash flow planning and fundraising-readiness work.
• Develop strong relationships with founders, finance leads and client teams through clear communication and practical support.

Requirements

• Recently qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA or an equivalent qualification and a solid technical accounting background.
• Previous experience in practice, industry, outsourced finance, audit or advisory, ideally with exposure to SMEs, start-ups or high-growth businesses.
• Strong interest in how businesses work commercially, not only in the preparation of financial statements.
• Ability to manage multiple clients, deadlines and priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong Excel and financial systems capability, with interest in finance technology, automation and data-led reporting.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to turn financial information into practical insights for clients.
• Curiosity, initiative and a willingness to ask questions to understand the wider business context behind the numbers.
• High attention to detail and accountability for the accuracy and quality of deliverables.
• Commercial awareness with interest in start-up and scale-up journeys, funding stages and the challenges of growing a business.
• Understanding of the financial realities of growing companies, including cash flow, runway, cost control, revenue models and performance measures.
• Interest in new tools and technologies that can cut manual work, improve accuracy and strengthen finance processes.
• Awareness of Ireland’s broader entrepreneurial ecosystem, including Enterprise Ireland, accelerators, venture capital and advisory networks, or a willingness to build that knowledge over time.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Travel Green Allowance Voucher.
• Employee referral programme.
• Pension scheme.
• Mini health assessments.
• Digi Doc access.
• Group health schemes.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• CSR, sports and social, and wellness committees.
• On-site gym.
• Career progression opportunities.
• BDO Learning & Development programme.
• Coverage of professional subscription costs.
• Together Anywhere Leave.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme.
• Adoptive Leave Increase.
• Free breakfast every day.
• State-of-the-art office.
• Central location.
• On-site café.
• On-site complimentary barista.

Additional information

Department: Entrepreneurial Services

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Application deadline: 2 August 2026