Finance & Tax Manager

Camden Recruitment Partners; Dublin; On-site; EUR 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, a highly regarded international bank with an Irish branch, seeks a Finance & Tax Manager to oversee financial activities, tax compliance and regulatory reporting. You will provide clear analysis and advice to senior stakeholders and support business strategy within a robust control framework.

Reporting to the Country Manager, you will engage with internal teams, regulators and external advisers, driving governance, process improvements and strategic risk management across the branch.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in a financial services finance environment with senior-level influence.
• Professional designation such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA and/or CTA.
• Strong technical accounting, tax knowledge and reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning, accounting and reporting for the Irish branch.
• Oversee tax compliance and governance across multiple returns and regimes.
• Oversee regulatory returns to the Central Bank of Ireland and ensure governance.
• Coordinate external audits and ensure timely, accurate financial reporting.
• Develop and maintain financial policies, tax control framework and monitor developments.
• Partner with senior management and advisers to manage Finance and Tax risks.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Tax knowledge

Regulatory reporting

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Office

Education

Honours degree in finance

ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CTA designation

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Revenue Online Service (ROS)

Central Bank reporting portal

Job description

Our client is a highly regarded international bank with an Irish branch. The Finance & Tax Manager will oversee the branch’s financial activities, tax compliance and regulatory reporting, providing clear analysis and expert advice to senior stakeholders. Reporting to the Country Manager, the successful candidate will support the branch’s business strategy, maintain a robust control and governance framework, and engage proactively with internal teams, regulators and external professional advisers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning, accounting and reporting, including formal reviews of business-unit P&L performance and analysis to support commercial decisions and the Irish branch strategy.
• Manage tax compliance and governance, overseeing the preparation, review and submission of relevant returns, including corporation tax, VAT, FATCA/CRS, stamp duty, DIRT, PAYE, transfer pricing, PSWT, DAC6 and bank levy reporting.
• Oversee financial regulatory returns to the Central Bank of Ireland, including relevant resident returns, FINREP, AnaCredit, payment statistics and lending and deposits analysis, while maintaining the branch’s governance framework.
• Prepare and review subsidiary annual financial statements, coordinate external audits, and ensure financial reporting is accurate, complete and delivered within required deadlines.
• Develop and maintain financial policies, procedures and the tax control framework; monitor regulatory and legislative developments and respond to technical queries from the Central Bank and Revenue.
• Partner with senior management and Compliance, Risk, Legal, Group and external advisers to manage Finance and Tax risks, contribute to risk governance, identify process improvements and uphold the organisation’s conduct standards.

Key Requirements

• Honours degree or Master’s qualification in a finance-related discipline, with a professional designation such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA and/or CTA.
• Ideally 8+ years’ experience in a financial services finance environment, including experience operating at senior level and influencing key stakeholders.
• Strong technical accounting expertise, analytical capability and tax knowledge, with a high degree of accuracy and the ability to present clear, structured reports.
• Experience with financial regulatory reporting and engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland; familiarity with its reporting portal, Microsoft Dynamics and Revenue Online Service (ROS) would be advantageous.
• Strong communication, relationship-building and presentation skills, a commercial and strategic mindset, sound ethical judgement, advanced Microsoft Office skills and a proactive approach to process improvement.

Due to application volume, only candidates who meet the specific criteria as laid out on the job specification will be shortlisted to discuss.