Finance Project Manager

depaul; Dublin; On-site; EUR 53,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 25–30 days / year

Pension matched by employer

Health cash plan

Life Assurance 4x salary

Maternity / Adoptive Leave 18 weeks

Job summary

Depaul is seeking a Finance Project Manager to support the Finance Team across Dublin and Northern Ireland. The role reports to the Senior Finance Manager and operates in a hybrid environment with at least two in-office days.

The successful candidate will manage contract SLAs, budgeting, and financial controls while driving process improvements and cross-functional collaboration within Depaul’s homelessness services. This is a full-time position based in Dublin Central Office.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent).
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in financial accounting.
• Ability to maintain strong relationships.
• Deep understanding of financial management, budgeting, and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Assess and track compliance with Service Level Agreements.
• Prepare budgets and assess financial viability for proposed services.
• Lead finance on audits and maintain policies and controls.
• Support cross-functional initiatives and procurement processes.

Skills

Relationship management

Financial management

Budgeting

Education

Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)

Tools

Sage Intaact

Job description

Finance Project Manager

Dublin Central Office

Scope - Depaul Ireland and Depaul Northern Ireland

Full Time (35hrs/week/M-F); €58,493.00 per annum

This role operates in a hybrid working environment, requiring a minimum of 2 days in the office.

Role

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to provide support to our organisation’s Finance Team in
Dublin and Northern Ireland.This role will report directly to the Senior Finance Manager.This is an exciting
opportunity to join a diverse team of talented individuals.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Contract Management

• Assessing, completing and tracking compliance with Service Level Agreements
• Financial control and reporting on Service Level Agreements
• Monitoring and reporting on Restricted donations to the Fundraising Department

New Business

• Preparing budgets and assessing financial viability for proposed Services / projects
• Performing post-implementation evaluations of new projects to verify their financial success

Financial Control

• Finance lead on audit and assurance engagements ensuring deliverables are on-time and to a high standard
• Keeping Finance policies and controls up-to-date and effective
• Identify potential finance related risks, issues, dependencies, and oversee control improvements
• Support future growth by integrating best-practice finance processes and leveraging automation opportunities that support continuous improvement.

Other Finance Function Responsibilities

• Lead on Finance related change initiatives
• Prepare and organise documentation for insurance renewals and other contractual requirements
• Liaise with the procurement manager on tendering processes and procurement activities
• Representing Finance on cross-functional teams brining finance skills and input to the wider organisation
• Any other ad-hoc as directed by the line manager or the Director of Finance

Person Requirements

Required

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in financial accounting
• Ability to maintain strong relationships
• Deep understanding of financial management, budgeting, and internal controls

Other skills necessary for the role

• Proficiency with Sage Intaact or similar accounting software
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to balance multiple competing work demands, working to tight deadlines
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience in the homeless services / supported housing or a related sector and familiarity with Statutory Service Level Agreements an advantage

WHY WORK FOR US?

Depaul is a cross border charity supporting some of the most marginalised individuals, couples and families experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to end homelessness and change the lives of those affected by it. Would you like to help us to meet our mission?

We are a values led organisation and aim, at all times, to live and breathe these values in our everyday work. Our values are based on four key principles:
We celebrate the potential of people
We put our words into action
We aim to take a wider role in civil society
We believe in rights and responsibilities

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:

Depaul strives to create a diverse and inclusive programme and is committed to ensuring equality of access to our opportunities and equality of treatment for our staff in all our policies and practices. We welcome applications from individuals aged 18 and over from a diverse range of backgrounds.

If you choose to work for Depaul we offer:

Our Benefits

• Annual Leave Up to 3 years' service: 25 days per year
  3 years' up to 5 years' service: 27 days per year
  Over 5 years' service: 30 working days per year (Exclusive of bank and statutory holidays)
  10 public holidays each year with Good Friday as discretionary day. Day off and day pay for Christmas Day,
  St.Stephen's Day, and New Year's Day worked for shift workers.
  Non-Shift Workers: Paid day off on public holidays.
  Shift Workers: Expected to work on public holidays; receive an additional day of annual leave in lieu.
  Non-Rostered Employees: May be entitled to one-fifth of the normal weekly rate of remuneration for the public holiday.
• Pension Matched by the employer
• Health Assistance Each staff member gets access to a health cash plan so you can claim money back, up to set limits, on a number of treatments. This includes dental, optical, acupuncture and many more. Your children under 16 are also included on the plan.
• Life Assurance Four times salary
• Maternity /Adoptive Leave 18 weeks full pay
• Paternity Leave 2 weeks full pay
• Sick Leave Entitlement to sick pay starting from day 1 with level of entitlement increasing with length of service (subject to policy terms)
• Employee Assistance Program EAP is a confidential counselling service that provides support to company employees and their family. It is available 24/7,365 days a year covering; Counselling, legal advice, financial information, career guidance, life coaching, mediation, health information, cancer support, autism support, infertility and pregnancy loss, elder care support, parent coaching and international employee support.
• Learning and Development Depaul’s Vision, Mission and Values course, this involves travel to meet the Depaul International family.
• Emerging Leaders, supporting workers that would like to develop their leadership skills and to progress to a management role.
• Online learning resources within Depaul’s award nominated online learning platform, Moodle. Mandatory training including, MAPA, Health and Safety, Child Protection, Fire Safety, and First Aid
• Hybrid/Flexible working DePaul support and embrace Flexible Working, including hybrid working and working from home, in line with the DePaul Working Policy (where appropriate and subject to role requirements and location)