Senior Director, Finance Business Partnering

Senior Director, Financial Business Planning - 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.

As a Senior Director, Finance Business Partnering at ICON, you will be responsible for driving business performance through effective financial partnership.

What You Will Do:

You will direct finance and financial management activities, ensuring quality, efficiency, and alignment with business objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing financial strategies and business plans in collaboration with senior leadership to drive business growth and performance.
• Acting as a key financial advisor to various business units, providing insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making and enhance financial outcomes.
• Leading financial planning, analysis, and forecasting activities to ensure alignment with business objectives and to drive effective resource allocation.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization to ensure financial strategies are effectively communicated and executed.
• Overseeing financial performance tracking and reporting, identifying opportunities for cost savings and efficiency improvements.
• Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and internal policies, while promoting best practices in financial management and business partnering.
• Staying abreast of industry trends and emerging practices to continuously improve financial strategies and business partnering approaches.

Your Profile:

You will bring significant finance and financial management experience, with a track record of building high-performing teams and delivering results.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred
• Extensive experience in financial business partnering, with a proven track record of influencing business decisions and driving performance improvements.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including the ability to manage cross-functional teams and collaborate effectively with senior management.
• A strong understanding of financial planning, analysis, and reporting, with the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable business insights.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with a talent for building and maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

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.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, 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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