Manager Finance

Manager Finance - Dublin - Hybrid

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life.

Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.

The Financial Business Planning group is the departmental financial analysis function of ICON. The department role is to provide independent, objective financial and consulting services designed to add value, direction and leadership to assist the business in attaining success.

The Financial Business Planning group plays an integral part in enabling ICON to accomplish its objectives by bringing a global, systematic, disciplined approach to evaluating finances and strategy.

This person is also responsible for Driving Revenue growth, Revenue Forecasting, Project Margin management and external reporting for assigned portfolio.

People Leadership

• Lead PFA team with high quality delivery and focusing on centre of excellence
• Hiring of new talent and developing existing team
• Embed and develop Own It @ ICON Culture and the ICON four Values

Financial Ownership

• Revenue – Ensuring revenue is accurately recorded and forecasted across portfolio. Support the pre close review of Revenue to ensure accuracy of reporting.
• Driving revenue initiatives across portfolio to maximize revenue
• Billing/Cash Collections – Monitoring invoicing flow and open debtors across portfolio to ensure cash neutrality. Engaging with clients on invoicing and cash collections issues as they arise
• Margin – Monitoring project margin performance and ensuring appropriate actions are in place to drive margin performance across the portfolio
• Client reporting – Ensuring accurately client reporting is provided in line with committed deadlines 
• Demonstrate leadership, teamwork, energy, responsiveness, decision-making, and effectiveness.
• Support the preparation of ad-hoc management presentations and participate in various process improvement initiatives
• Build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• As a member of staff, the employee is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes, adding value to our business and meeting client needs.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge Requirement:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in managing medium to large teams
• Excellent financial acumen with ability to interpret large volume of data
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and influencing skills
• Exposure in Project Revenue Business an advantage
• Excellent working knowledge of MS office package, in particular Excel.
• Prior experience in Oracle Financial systems, Hyperion, Alteryx, Power BI, Excel Macro etc. is an advantage.

Educational Requirements:

• Professional Accountancy Qualification (ACA, CMA, ACCA or equivalent)
• 5+ years of Post Qualification Experience

What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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