Job Description
Role: Finance Program Manager
Location: Cork, Ireland
Duration: Contract
Experience: A minimum of 10 years of experience in IT financing is required
Language: German (Fluent) Must have
Essential Functions:
- The Program & Portfolio Manager role has responsibility for a wide range of support and analysis tasks relating to customer financing. You will help to ensure that departmental objectives and project deadlines are met. The essential functions include:
- Identify and facilitate requests for sales and financing program partners. Maintain open and regular communication with outsource funding partners.
- Support outsourcing partners within internal meetings and coordinate with sales representatives and managers (cross-functional).
- Oversee operational reporting from all financing partners, highlighting issues and successes as appropriate.
- Support existing portfolio of financing transactions outside of outsourced financing programs. Provide support and guidance to Sales during the deal lifecycle.
- Assist in transferring existing finance customers from legacy Client financing models to the new outsourced model.
- Light travel may be required for customer meetings within Germany, Switzerland, and Ireland.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in both German and English, especially regarding financing contracts.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams.
- Build strong relationships across all organizational levels, including remote teams in a hybrid work environment.
- Operate effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities.
- Lead multinational and cross-border finance projects.
- Follow standard accounting, finance practices, and departmental procedures.
- Understand legal aspects of financing contracts in German and English.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) and M365 Power Platform (Teams, Power Automate, SharePoint, Power BI).
- Basic technical understanding of Client technology and AI tools for task automation.
Responsibilities and Interactions:
- Handle unstructured tasks with broad implications, applying technical and industry expertise to solve complex problems within constraints.
- Demonstrate leadership and strategic vision in decision-making.
- Work effectively with staff to Vice President level employees, across functions, and with external partners.
- Operate with limited supervision, driving results and setting priorities independently.
- Proactive in contributing as a subject matter expert and influencing multiple stakeholders to achieve results.