- Permanent
- Hybrid after probation
- Dublin City Centre
About the job
The successful candidate will be accountable for designing, maintaining, and executing the Finance control framework, ensuring adherence Compliance programme requirements at both local and Group level, as well as wider regulatory obligations.
The role manages the control testing framework, ensures Finance processes are thoroughly documented with clearly identified risks and controls, and supports key operational processes, including procurement, rebates, SAP system support, finance transformation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
This position provides a strong blend of technical accounting, controls, compliance, and transformation responsibilities, offering the opportunity to make a broad contribution across governance, process improvement, and operational effectiveness.
Principal Duties of the position, including but not limited to:
- Maintain and develop the Finance control framework in accordance with various regulatory requirements, ensuring procedures are documented, up to date, aligned with local and Group policies, and underpinned by clearly defined risk and control matrices.
- Design, manage, and maintain the controls testing framework, incorporating risk and control matrices, carrying out periodic control testing, and agreeing, monitoring, and following up on remediation actions.
- Provide testing results to local management and Group governance functions in line with agreed reporting timelines.
- Work with the Organisation department to implement Group policies within Finance, ensuring local procedures are aligned and effectively rolled out.
- Support procurement activities from a controls standpoint and conduct periodic reviews of procurement activity to confirm compliance with internal policies.
- Oversee the end-to-end rebates process, liaising with third-party providers to ensure rebates are calculated accurately and paid promptly.
- Review and monitor SAP S/4HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) licensing to ensure usage remains within authorised limits.
- Coordinate revisions to key Finance governance documents for submission to local management and the Board, where required.
- Contribute to Finance transformation and automation initiatives by identifying opportunities to increase efficiency, strengthen controls, and reduce manual activity.
- Use technology, including AI tools, to improve reporting and controls across the relevant areas of responsibility.
- Carry out ad hoc analysis and projects as requested by the Finance Director.
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong process improvement mindset, with demonstrated ability to strengthen controls and improve efficiency.
- Excellent attention to detail, with a strong focus on governance and controls.
- Analytical and methodical approach to solving problems.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage several priorities and deliver to deadlines.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability, with a proactive approach to continuous improvement.
- Proven ability to work independently while managing competing priorities.
- Advanced Microsoft Office capability, particularly in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Exposure to AI-enabled tools, such as Microsoft Copilot, with an interest in using automation to improve processes.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Fully qualified accountant or finalist, such as ACA, ACCA, or equivalent.
- Experience in financial services, preferably within asset management and/or insurance.
- Background in audit, internal controls, compliance, and process improvement.
- Strong knowledge of internal control frameworks, such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), L262, or equivalent.
- Experience creating and documenting procedures and risk and control matrices.
- Proven experience using data analytics and reporting tools, including Power BI.
- Experience with ERP systems, ideally SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.
- Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) or comparable reporting tools would be advantageous.
- Experience contributing to transformation projects would be an advantage.
