Our client has an urgent requirement for a Finance Manager to join their team. Super opportunity for the right candidate.
Overview:
- Ensure high-quality financial reporting and forecasting to our parent company in the UK.
- Shape and direct a divisional finance function the company at this important growth stage.
- Crucial to the success of the business is the recruitment of an individual who can build relationships with the management team and ensure the integrity of all the accounting and financial operations, providing technical expertise and commercial acumen, and striving to build a stronger, more profitable and well-controlled finance function.
- The Finance Manager will be expected to lead the effective operation and delivery of day-to-day financial controls and operations, and to contribute to both short-term forecasting and long-term strategic planning processes.
Key Working Relationships
- Parent company finance function (based in UK), including group chief finance officer and group financial controller
- Chief operating officer
- Company functional / department heads
- 1 direct report responsible for management accounting and accounts payable / receivable.
- Outsourced accounting services provider
- Statutory and regulatory bodies including Companies Registration Office, Revenue Commissioners
- External suppliers including statutory auditors and tax advisors, banking providers and finance systems support
Duties & Responsibilities
- Management of the day-to-day finance function, including operations conducted by the Company's outsourced accounting services provider, with reporting lines to the chief operating officer (based in Ireland) and the group financial controller (based in UK).
- Inspiring the development of 1 local direct report (management accountant) through a structured approach to objective-setting, performance assessment and feedback, and ensuring that this team remains adequately-resourced as the business grows.
- Establishing, implementing, monitoring and improving internal controls and procedures where necessary.
- Timely production of GAAP-compliant statutory and internal financial reports and delivery to Group thereafter.
- Ownership of VAT accounting and VAT return process for the Company's global operations.
- Management of the (annual) statutory audit process.
- Maintenance of financial ledgers and accounting processes, including ownership of period-end close.
- Preparation of monthly consolidated P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, including variance analysis.
- Cash management and treasury duties, including liaison with the group’s general counsel and external banking providers to ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.
- Monitoring and reporting of accounts receivable processes, including outstanding debtor reporting and bad debt provisioning.
- Ongoing monitoring and improvement of the finance systems environment, in partnership with the group IT function.
- Leadership of the annual financial budget and periodic re-forecasting processes, including preparation of presentation materials for the board.
- As part of a wider, cross-functional business effort, ensure that finance requirements are adequately captured and satisfied within proposed student management system implementation.
Person Specification
- A fully qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA with previous financial control and management reporting experience.
- Understands the importance of best practice technical reporting and financial controls / processes and has experience of implementing them on an operational level.
- Has a track record of providing strong financial leadership internally, especially around areas such as cash management and establishing strong financial controls and rigorous processes.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to clearly present and articulate financial data and its real-world implications to a wide range of financial and non-financial stakeholders.
- Has experience of dealing with and managing external suppliers and professional advisors on behalf of the business.
- Should be a self-starter, enthusiastic with the ability to operate in a dynamic environment.
- Demonstrate good attention to detail and good judgement, showing logical decision making and a hands-on approach.
- Proven ability to manage, motivate and develop a team.
- Hard-working, diligent and a team player. Someone who can successfully engage at all levels of the business.
For more information please send an up to date CV to [email protected]
