Location: Dublin or Ennis (Hybrid, minimum 2 days onsite)
Department: Finance
Job Type: Full-time
Reports To: Finance Manager
Odyssey Social Care is committed to delivering exceptional residential care to children and young people across Ireland. With a reputation for excellence and a child-centred approach, we strive to create safe, nurturing environments that promote wellbeing, personal growth, and a brighter future.
About the Role
We're looking for an Accounts Payable Executive to join our Finance team. You'll be the driving force behind our purchase order and invoice process — keeping payments moving, supplier accounts reconciled, and our monthly close running smoothly. It's a great fit for someone who's organised, enjoys working with numbers and systems, and likes building relationships across a busy organisation.
What You'll Do
- Processing supplier invoices and matching them to purchase orders and goods receipts.
- Raising, checking and following up on purchase orders with budget holders and site/unit teams.
- Reconciling supplier accounts and resolving queries with vendors.
- Supporting month-end close, including accrual tracking and payment runs.
- Maintaining accurate supplier records and helping keep AP reporting up to date.
- Building good working relationships across departments to keep invoices and approvals moving smoothly.
Systems You'll Use
You'll work day-to-day across a small toolkit of finance systems, including:
- Purchase order and approval systems (e.g. Zahara or similar)
- Accounting/ledger software (e.g. Sage or similar)
- Excel for tracking, reconciliations and reporting
- Online banking platforms for supplier payments
What We're Looking For
- Experience in an accounts payable, finance assistant, or similar transactional finance role.
- Comfortable working with purchase order and accounting systems.
- Strong attention to detail and good Excel skills.
- A clear communicator, confident liaising with suppliers and non-finance colleagues.
- Able to manage a varied workload and meet regular monthly deadlines.
About The Role
Why Join Us
You'll be part of a supportive Finance team where your work has a direct, visible impact on how smoothly the business runs each month. We offer the chance to develop your finance career with hands-on exposure to purchasing, ledgers and reconciliation across a growing organisation.
What We Offer
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Health Insurance Contribution
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Pension Contribution
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Cycle to Work Scheme
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Employee Assistance Programme
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Life Assurance
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Education Support
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Career Development Opportunities
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Refer-a-Friend Incentive
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Paid Volunteering Leave
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Team Social Events and Wellbeing Initiatives
Required Criteria
Skills Needed
About The Company
Overview
Mission: Odyssey Social Care provides safe homes where children and young people can heal from trauma, rebuild trust, and discover their own strengths. We give them the support and opportunities they need to build resilience and step into a brighter future.
Working for Odyssey Social Care involves being part of a team (led by CEO Stacey McGrath, above) dedicated to supporting children and young people.
As professional caregivers, we are caring, compassionate and resilient. We work with children who have experienced trauma, and believe in healing through trusting care relationships.
The Odyssey Way
We put the needs of the child at the forefront of everything we do. Our care framework is designed to be flexible, responsive and provide holistic care to our young people.
Our care model, The Odyssey Way, is trauma-informed, evidence-based, and outcome-led. It supports the needs of each individual child, helping them to work through trauma by focusing on overall wellbeing.
Our unique, specialised intervention, the Odyssey Saoirse Project, uses eco-therapy, adventure-based life skills and positive mentoring to help young people heal, grow and thrive.
Company Culture
Our Values
Safety – safe homes, safe care, safe relationships
Quality – trauma-informed, evidence-based, outcome-led
Trust – built through honest communication and consistency
Empowerment – giving young people and staff the tools to succeed
Inclusion – equity and belonging for all
Impact – measurable difference for young people, staff, communities & planet
Accessibility & Sustainability
Odyssey Social Care is committed to encouraging a culture of diversity and inclusion across our organisation.
As a Certified B Corp, we also believe in providing care sustainably, measuring our impact across our people, our communities, and the planet.
Company Benefits
On joining Odyssey, you’ll be supported every step of the way.
Competitive salary & incremental pay progression
Flexible rostering that supports work-life balance
Accredited training & continuous development
Education assistance grants
Health & life insurance supports
Social events & wellbeing supports
Real career progression – 80%+ of our leaders Have grown from within
We believe in caring for our staff with the same commitment we bring to the young people in our homes.
For more details, visit About Us
Flexible schedule, Employee development programs, A diversity program, Cycle to work, Referral bonus, Company retreats, Life insurance, Employee Assistance Scheme, Social Opportunities, Culture of recognition, On the job learning, Long service awards
Salary
Not disclosed
