Job Description
PE Global is currently recruiting for a Finance Business Partner to join a leading University in Dublin. This is a Specific Purpose Contract covering maternity leave. The successful candidate will join a team responsible for delivering high quality financial expertise to support the Executive Director in Academic Services. Responsibilities: Have in place an annual budget and multi-annual financial plan for specific units supported within ASD. Provide the relevant management team with accurate and relevant financial information required for strategic and operational decision making, financial planning, resource allocation and financial risk management. Prepare and present periodic (currently quarterly) analytical forecasts and analysis of complex financial data including trend and variance analysis to the Executive Director ASD, Head of Financial Planning and Analysis and other key ASD and FSD stakeholders including the Chief Financial Officer Review budgets and financial reports to ensure appropriate financial control, implementing processes and procedures to minimise financial risk. Provide information required to support all aspects of financial forecasting/modelling, identification of new sources of income etc. Use and understand common systems (e.g. Oracle, PBCS, SITS, Power BI, CoreHR, MS Excel) relevant to area of work to draw down, check and analyse data and carry out searches to respond to queries. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills to build and run reports; to prepare and process journals; to undertake detailed financial data analyses; to identify and review trends in information in terms of quarterly results to budget/forecast. Deputise for colleagues as required and represent the Executive Director ASD and / or the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis at meetings and events. Requirements: You will be Qualified Accountant ACCA, ACA, CIMA OR CPA You must have 5 years post qualification experience and proven experience at management level in an organisation of similar scale. Excellent skills in financial and quantitative analysis including proven experience in report writing, provision of reports and collation of data. You will be comfortable in the area of financial modelling and financial planning & analysis You will have excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to relate financial concepts to on financial personnel and build strong relationships with key stakeholders. You will be available to start a Specific Purpose Contract in the next few weeks. Interested candidates should submit an updated CV. Please click the link below to apply, call David on or alternatively send an up-to-date CV to ***Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in Ireland*** Although it is not possible for us to respond to all applications, we at PE Global will do our upmost to give you feedback on your application. You have sent your Cv into us as a company and even though you have sent your CV to a particular position, we are making the reasonable assumption that you are active on the job market and as part of our normal recruitment service we will discuss other suitable positions with you. You are free to opt out of this so please specify in your application to us if you just want to be contacted in relation to a specific vacancy. Your Cv is sent to a central recruitment inbox which a number of people in the applicable PE Global division have access to and so this means that you might not be contacted by the named person in this advert. Skills: Qualified Accountant Business Partnering People Management Benefits: Paid Holidays Pension