Finance Business Partner - Part Qualified
CPM Ireland, Ireland

Join our Finance Team and be a part of on-going CPM success story !

You will be responsible for all aspects of client accounting for a selection of clients:

• Coordination and review of client reconciliations (client budget v cost incurred)
• Production of monthly management accounts ensuring revenue recognition is in line with ASC 606, investigating variances amp; reporting monthly results to business partners
• Review account performance with relevant business and commercial partners providing insights and analysis to help improve account performance.
• Ownership of balance sheet and project ledger reconciliations for your account portfolio
• Delivering the internal plan, quarterly and adhoc forecasts in partnership with Client Service Directors (CSD)
• Ownership of invoicing process for client activity. Monthly review with business partners of outstanding debt amp; unbilled production. Driving actions to ensuring optimum levels of working capital are achieved.
• Attend monthly commercial meetings with Client Service Managers (CSM’s) amp; CSD’s and help support and drive improved commercial performance.
• General business partnering, adhoc analysis amp; supporting business projects/initiatives
• Ensuring all costs are budgeted amp; charged appropriately thereby protecting CPM profitability
• Undertaking analysis and reporting of accounting information for business units, helping the operational manager amp; client director understand their cost base. Look for areas of improved profitability through cost reduction or better pricing.
• Reviewing forecast consistency of financial data driven by business assumptions and rate cards.
• Working closely with non-financial personnel to improve their understanding of the drivers of CPM’s Pamp;L and identify / deliver initiatives around profitability.
• Ensure accounting entries amp; transactions adhere to the CPM control and compliance framework.
• All work must be completed accurately / to deadline.

Requirements

• At least two years relevant experience of working in a financial environment.
• Passed Part 1 of a relevant professional qualification e.g. CIMA or ACCA, or have exemptions from part 1 through another accounting qualification obtained by examination, e.g. AAT.
• Ability to manage own resources: good at planning and maintaining own workload, working to tight deadlines, able to determine relevant upward referral of issues, producing high quality, accurate work and able to show relevant initiative.
• PC literate with highly developed Excel skills and intermediate Office skills. Experience of PeopleSoft, Cognos and Planning Analytics are an advantage.
• Good communication skills the ability to listen and interpret requests accurately, draw out information from non-financially based employees, presenting clearly on accounting issues relevant to the role either orally or in writing.

• Working to extremely tight deadlines at month end
• Contact with the client service team, internal and external suppliers is a daily job requirement.
• The requirements of the role are such that activity outside of normal working hours is sometimes required.
• The requirements of the role are such that activity outside of normal working hours is sometimes required. This may include working unsociable hours.
• The jobholder must possess a versatile approach to work with a wide range of technology to meet current and future requirements through coaching and development.

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary
• Performance bonus

• Employee Assistance Program
• Structured Personal development supported by internal and external development activities
• Companywide recognition awards
• Discounted Health Insurance and access to company pension provider
• Active Diversity and Inclusion teams across the business
• IVF Support Policy
• Regular Company events and activities
• Product Discounts
• Bike to Work Scheme
• TaxSaver Scheme discounted travel tickets.
• Referral payment schemes

Job Rewards and Benefits