Your new company
A leading global automotive brand with shared services here in Ireland is looking for a Finance Business Partner to join the team as a result of their ongoing digital transformation journey. A company that promotes from within, offers excellent benefits, boasts an active sports and social committee with plenty of exciting events organised, an excellent culture and a close-knit finance team – an excellent company to join for an accountant who would like to progress their career in a commercially-focused Finance Business Partner role.

Your new role
Reporting to a Finance & Controlling Manager, you will join a team of 10 people in finance and your role will involve finance business partnering, working on strategic pricing, month-end close and plenty of budgeting, forecasting and financial planning. Your duties will include:

• Delivering analysis and insight on various matters, providing options and scenarios for business decisions and presenting to senior management on same
• Understanding the cost drivers across the business, building strong relationships with non-financial stakeholders to truly get an understanding, and offering up cost-saving solutions
• Preparing monthly management accounts, sales reports, monthly board pack slides
• Detailed variance analysis on budgeting and forecasting
• Significant input to quarterly forecast cycle
• Proactively identify & implement process improvements to enhance efficiency & improve accuracy in the forecasting process
• Pricing review by brand and models
• Prepare inputs for monthly pricing committee meetings, including product analysis and review performance compared to budget.
• Creating and implementing enhanced pricing standardisation process flows for existing and new product requirements
• Assist with Business Intelligence tool development and implementation, automate BI and data where possible
• Liaise with internal and external auditors
• Reporting and monitoring of €1.2 billion contract portfolio
• Ad-hoc reporting and financial analysis for senior management
• Ongoing continuous improvement of processes and systems, be a superstar that does this without being asked and present solutions to senior management

What you'll need to succeed
• ACCA/CIMA qualified or finalist (1 exam remaining)
• Management accounts and month-end close experience
• Experience in automotive finance or leasing is a plus
• Strong analytical and reporting skills
• Comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders
• Commercially aware and proactive
Desirable Skills:
- SAP CO module experience
- BI tools (SAP BI, Qlikview, Tableau)

What you'll get in return

• Working Hours: 9am–5:30pm (core hours 10am–4pm, flexible)
• Hybrid Model: 2 days in office, 3 days remote
• Bonus annually
• Annual Leave: 26 days + 2 company days
• Parking: Available
• Additional Benefits: Pension, Healthcare, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Car Scheme

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
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