Finance Manager

Jobtailor; Cashel; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Ireland seeks an experienced finance professional to manage client engagements, oversee reporting cycles, and lead a small team. You will ensure accurate statutory and management reporting, tax compliance, and client service excellence.

The role emphasizes financial controls, collaboration with payroll, and continuous process improvement within a corporate services environment.

Qualifications

• Partly qualified accountant actively pursuing ACA/ACCA/CIMA.
• University degree in accounting or business.
• Minimum of 2 years PQE in a similar finance role.
• Strong technical accounting, tax, and financial reporting.
• Experience managing people.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise and complete tasks to meet client reporting deadlines.
• Manage staff and mentor, set goals and monitor performance.
• Improve methods and processes to increase team efficiency.
• Deliver monthly/quarterly/annual financial info to clients/auditors.
• Provide financial information to clients and customers.
• Ensure tax/VAT/Controller filings meet deadlines.
• Liaise with payroll to run payroll and reports.
• Prepare/regulatory/tax filings, management accounts, year-end statements.
• Keep up with financial reporting and regulatory changes.
• Lead and monitor team projects for Corporate Services.

Skills

People management

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Time management

MS Office (Excel)

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or business

Partly qualified accountant pursuing ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Xero

Sage

SAP

Job description

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise and complete tasks to ensure client engagement requirements are met including adherence to monthly and quarterly reporting deadlines.
• Managing staff and assisting team development along with your manager by providing guidance, training and mentoring, setting their goals and monitoring performance.
• Continuously seek to improve and develop methods and processes with the key to making the team more effective and efficient.
• Work within a team to ensure delivery of accurate monthly/quarterly/annual cash management, management and statutory financial information to clients and auditors.
• Provision of financial information to clients and customers.
• Corporation tax, VAT and Central Bank returns adhere to strict filing deadlines;
• Liaise with payroll department to run payroll and associated payroll reports for all clients and ensure tax returns adhere to strict filing deadlines.
• Perform and review regulatory reporting filing, tax reporting filing, quarterly and annual management accounts and year-end financial statements. Ensures all regulatory and compliance requirements are met for assigned portfolio of clients.
• Keep abreast with all financial reporting and regulatory changes.
• Actively leads and monitors team projects for the Corporate Services business unit.
• Follows Waystone Code of Conduct and leads by example.
• Working with colleagues across the Waystone Group, ensuring effective collaboration, communication and development of solutions.
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with all key internal and external stakeholders.
• Adhere to internal procedures to meet professional standards, ensuring all learnings are completed on time and propose changes that can improve service delivery and quality.
• Assist in ad-hoc and project requirements as required by the Director/Associate Director.
• Escalation to the Director/Associate Director of any issues as they arise.
• Preparation/Review of board meeting packs and presentation at board meetings.

Requirements

• Partly qualified accountant but working towards fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• University degree in accounting or business
• A minimum of 2 years PQE in a similar Finance role.
• Experience managing people.
• Strong technical accounting skills including tax, financial reporting and financial statements.
• Previous use of accounts package such as Xero, Sage or SAP would be desirable.
• A high level of customer focus towards both internal and external customers.
• Be very organised and have excellent attention to detail.
• A quick learner and work at speed in a fast-paced environment.
• It is essential to be trustworthy and understand the need for confidentiality.
• Strong client services experience at management level within the structured finance industries/ corporate services.
• Team player and self-starting, with ability to use initiative and produce high quality output.
• Effective communication skills and adept at building relationships
• Strong MS Office Skills with a focus on Excel.
• Ability/experience working in a fast-paced environment with outstanding time management, organizational, oral/written communication skills, critical thinking and attention to detail.
• Respect of different views, cultures, and methods with a willingness to embrace them.