Finance Business Partner

Logiskills; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Healthcare

Pension

Job summary

Logiskills is seeking a Finance Business Partner for its Irish operations, based in North Dublin with hybrid work options. You will support day-to-day finance activities for the Irish freight forwarding function, collaborating with Sales, Operations, and the wider business.

You will manage financial controls, perform variance analysis, and contribute to month-end processes, budgeting, and forecasting, while coordinating with offshore teams and external auditors.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification.
• Experience in a fast-paced commercial environment.
• Ability to turn numbers into actionable insights.
• Experience in a multinational company with overseas finance colleagues.
• Strong knowledge of financial controls and offshore mentoring.
• Strong people skills with remote teams.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Professional and self-motivated with stakeholder relationship skills.
• SAP experience beneficial.
• Freight/logistics experience desirable.
• Willingness to travel to the UK and Group HQ.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy of daily accounting activities by offshore AP and GL team with data analysis and queries.
• Ensure adherence to financial controls.
• Review month-end results for reporting accuracy and report to Finance Controller.
• Participate in daily month-end meetings (WD1 to WD5).
• Provide variance analysis against prior month/year and budget for Monthly Management Letter.
• Manage balance sheet reconciliations with Shared Service Finance team.
• Manage currency balances and treasury.
• Maintain VAT, corporation tax and payroll tax compliance with external tax advisors.
• Support external auditor during annual audit to resolve outliers.
• Support forecasting and annual budgeting through review stage.
• Collaborate with Operations to ensure internal controls and timely issue resolution.
• Build financial and KPI models to support the business.
• Assist with ad hoc projects.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified

Analytical skills

Excellent communication

Experience with offshore/remote teams

SAP experience

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Title: Finance Business Partner

Location: North Dublin

Terms: Full-Time, Permanent, Hybrid Work

Package: €60,000 - €75,000 +25 Days of Annual Leave, Healthcare, Pension

Our client, a global logistics and supply chain provider, is seeking a Finance Business Partner to play a key role in its Irish business, providing day-to-day support to the Irish freight forwarding finance function. Reporting to the Finance Controller, you will work closely with Sales, Operations and the wider business.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the accuracy of daily accounting activities carried out by the offshore AP and GL team, through data analysis and support with queries
• Ensure company financial controls are adhered to on an ongoing basis
• Review month end results for reporting accuracy and report to the Finance Controller
• Participate in daily month end meetings (WD1 to WD5)
• Provide variance analysis against prior month, prior year and budget for the Monthly Management Letter
• Manage balance sheet reconciliations (daily, weekly and monthly) with the Shared Service Finance team
• Manage currency balances and treasury
• Maintain compliance with VAT, corporation tax and payroll taxes, working with external tax advisors on tax planning
• Support the external auditor during the annual audit to resolve outliers
• Support forecasting and annual budgeting through to review stage, ensuring alignment with growth targets
• Work with Operations and other departments to ensure internal controls are adhered to and issues are resolved in a timely manner
• Build financial and KPI models to support the wider business
• Assist with ad hoc projects

Requirements

• Technically competent and ideally ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Experience working in a fast-paced commercial environment, managing multiple deliverables and large volumes
• Ability to turn numbers into actionable insight and challenge assumptions
• Experience in a multinational company, ideally working with overseas finance colleagues
• Sound knowledge of financial controls, with the ability to mentor an offshore finance team
• Strong people skills, with experience liaising effectively with a high-performing remote team
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Professional and self-motivated, able to build relationships with key stakeholders across the business
• SAP experience beneficial
• Freight/logistics experience desirable but not essential
• Willingness to travel to the UK and Group HQ, and to attend regional and group meetings and training as required