Associate Director - Finance

Turner & Townsend; Ireland; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Associate Director of Finance in Ireland to support several European sub-regions by managing financials and key finance processes. The role involves partnering with MDs, managing the finance team, and ensuring accurate financial reporting.

The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with strong Excel skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Turner & Townsend is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA).
• Strong Excel and MS Office applications experience.
• Confident individual with good interpersonal skills.
• Accuracy and high-level attention to detail.
• Experience working in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.
• Substantial understanding of multi-currency environment.

Responsibilities

• Key business partner of country MDs to drive the business forward.
• Review financial performance with suggestions for improvement.
• Manage team responsible for monthly management accounts.
• Provide commercial finance support and rate card information.
• Own the monthly forecast process for future revenue expectations.
• Support the budget process end to end.

Skills

Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

Strong Excel and MS Office

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Experience in dynamic environment

Understanding of multi-currency environment

Job description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference—delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people realize their potential, and creating a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 130 countries worldwide. Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client‑focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Job Description

Job Purpose

The associate director of finance role will provide support to several European sub‑regions to grow, manage end‑to‑end financials and key finance processes (management accounts, reporting, cashflow, budgeting and forecasting) and support integration of PJM businesses into Turner & Townsend.

They will be a strong team player with a substantial ability to provide commercial finance and business partnering support.

Responsibilities

• Key business partner of sub‑regional/country MDs to drive the business forward
• Review financial performance with suggestions to improve key financial and non‑financial metrics, i.e. profit, utilisation, WIP, project margin.
• Manage team responsible for monthly management accounts together with supporting financial analysis, commentary and job profitability.
• Provide commercial finance support and rate card information for bid signoffs.
• Maintain and update the internal control framework to ensure integrity of financial reporting process.
• Own the monthly forecast process to ensure an accurate representation of future revenue and profit expectations are shown by cost centre.
• Support the budget process end to end including meeting all deadlines set by group.
• Own the monthly cashflow process to ensure an accurate representation of future cashflows and balances.
• Support establishment and financial management of new locations.
• Support integration of PJM businesses into Turner & Townsend.
• Work on ad‑hoc projects including new systems implementations, business acquisitions, cross‑border projects, etc.
• Line‑manage direct reports.
• Work across Europe Finance team to support whole team priorities and provide appropriate guidance and support as necessary.
• Focus on continuous improvement and identifying opportunities for process efficiencies and simplification.
• Adhere to SOX control responsibilities where applicable.
• Support wider Finance with approval of supplier and payroll payments and other ad‑hoc requests and admin as required.

Key Stakeholders

• RMD, sub‑regional leads, country MDs and cost centre leads
• Europe Finance
• Group Finance

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Ability to partner with Operations/delivery to expand and grow businesses while providing financial management/oversight
• Strong Excel and MS Office applications experience.
• Confident individual with good interpersonal skills and ability to work with people at all levels.
• Accuracy and high‑level attention to detail.
• Experience working in a fast‑moving, dynamic environment.
• Substantial understanding of multi‑currency environment, accounting principles and processes.

Additional Information

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.