Financial Analyst, Midlands

FP&A; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension

Health insurance

Life assurance

Annual pay reviews

Hybrid working

Job summary

The Financial Analyst role in Westmeath sits within a 20+ person FP&A team at a multinational medical device manufacturing company. The position is based in Ireland with easy commutes from surrounding counties and involves two days onsite per week to support cost centre budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, using SAP to track project costs.

You will work with Finance Business Partners and the Finance Manager, engaging with budget owners and contributing to the annual budget.

Qualifications

• Experience with budgeting and variance analysis across cost centres.
• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Experience using SAP for project cost tracking and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Analyse monthly spend across cost centres in Ireland and overseas and report variance vs budget.
• Engage with budget owners to identify variance drivers and mitigate repeats.
• Provide commentary on variances for monthly board packs.
• Work with GL team to repost journals and close projects in cost centres.
• Contribute to sustainability reporting and IT/HR project spend.
• Assist with preparing the annual budget for next fiscal year.

Skills

Budgeting & Forecasting

Variance analysis

Financial analysis

Cost control

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

SAP

Job description

This newly created Financial Analyst job in Westmeath joins a 20+ person FP&A team with a global remit. Easily commutable from Roscommon, Offaly, Longford, East Galway and East Mayo, you will work onsite 2 days a week supporting Finance Business Partners with cost centre budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.

Reporting to the Finance Manager

• Analyse monthly spend across cost centres based in Ireland and overseas and complete a variance analysis of actual spend vs budgeted spend to be reviewed by the Finance Business Partners
• Engage with budget owners to understand variance drivers so you can put measures in place to mitigate variances occurring again
• Provide commentary on why variances occurred for inclusion in the monthly board pack
• Work with the GL team after month-end close and repost corrective journals related to projects in your cost centres
• Utilise SAP to track project costs from PO to the P&L, journal posting and reporting
• Work across a variety of projects and departments including contributing to sustainability impact reporting on emissions reductions, IT projects, regulatory affairs and HR department spend
• Assist the Finance BPs and Finance Manager with preparation of the annual budget for the following fiscal year

Your new company are a multinational player in the medical device manufacturing field, they have a strong presence in Westmeath and the finance leadership team onsite have grown the team in recent years. You’ll have real flexibility in your working life with 2 days a week onsite typically and flexibility in working hours that accommodates the other commitments in your life. It’s their European hub for corporate services as they support manufacturing and distribution sites globally, they have best-in-class finance systems and processes making this a great learning ground for a newly qualified accountant.

The package

on offer is €55,000-€65,000 including base salary, bonus, pension, health insurance cover, life assurance, annual pay reviews and hybrid working.

To become the Financial Analyst you will hold a professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with experience working in a large Irish company, including accountancy practices, or multinational businesses.