Senior Manager - Financial Business Partnering - 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.
The Role:
Our GBS Business Partnering Group sits within the Corporate Finance arm of ICON Finance. This role is aimed at providing independent, objective, financial and consulting services designed to add value, direction and leadership to specific support department lines within the business, enabling ICON to accomplish its objectives by bringing a global, systematic and disciplined approach to evaluating company performance and strategic direction.
Purpose of the role:
- To provide Support Department leaders with monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc financial reports and analysis.
- Assist in the development of on-going and new financial management initiatives and projects.
Responsibilities:
- Liaise with key Support department heads to understand business and process requirements
- Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarterly Support department reporting packs.
- Provide assistance to Support departments by providing detailed research of variances by understanding GL and transactional level details
- Preparation of monthly forecasts and annual budget
- Produce detailed headcount reports for each Support department
- Partner with operations teams to provide insightful profitability data, drive efficiencies and track results to improve divisional gross margin.
- Gather and track business and functional requirements, provide impact assessments and identification of gaps.
- Analyse and translate data into key strategic inputs and insights to drive decision making.
- Help develop annual and long-term financial plans for support departments.
- Flexibility to work on high level ad hoc projects while continuing to achieve routine goals.
What you will need:
- Fully qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA
- A minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in an industry financial role, some level of financial analysis reporting of benefit.
- Strong oral and written communication skills are essential together with a proven ability to develop strong relationships with Executive and Senior Business Leaders.
- Strong PowerPoint skills with experience in preparing executive-ready presentations
- Solid understanding of accounting principles combined with a business focus.
- Excellent Excel knowledge, PowerBi an advantage
- Good systems experience, Oracle, Hyperion, PowerPoint an advantage.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a small team
- Candidate should be ambitious, able to multi-task & work well under pressure
- Ability to work to tight deadlines.
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.
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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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