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Review and sign-off of monthly & quarterly financial accounts for regulatory and management purposes.
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Presentation of financial results to the various senior leadership teams
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Be a key partner to the senior leadership team for the business to influence decision making and find practical solutions to business problems.
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Providing finance expertise and input to business unit strategy plans.
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Lead key relationships and effective engagement with external partners (auditors, banking partners)
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Lead the financial planning process including annual budget preparation (management of the €100m+ cost base)
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Initiate and lead innovative development of new systems and processes to meet the changing requirements and anticipated future needs of the business.
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Lead a team to ensure sufficient resources with the necessary experience, personal development and technical support in place to implement strong financial reporting and controls.
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Review, design and implement financial reporting and controls in accordance with group best practice to ensure appropriate financial governance is in place to meet existing and emerging risks and regulatory changes.
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Natural leader who enjoys leading out a diverse and large team of finance professionals.
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Ability to work in a fast-moving-environment and great interpersonal skills across multi stakeholders. required to interact with clients internally and externally.
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Solid track record of successfully leading, coaching and managing large teams in a complex environment.
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Commercially astute, sound technical accounting knowledge with IFRS 17 skills a benefit but not essential.
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Strong ability in ssound decision making and ability to analyse and effectively resolve issues when they emerge.
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Highly motivated with an ability to work on own initiative and demonstrate flexibility.
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Excellent in communication and influencing, with the ability to simplify complex concepts and translate them into actionable objectives.
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Capability to challenge and re-engineer practices and processes as required.
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Have experience of developing and managing a team in the delivery of results under tight deadlines.
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System experience such as SAP, Essbase, Tableau.
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Qualified with ideally 10 plus year experience, ACA, ACCA< CIMA or equivalent.
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Strong academic record