Financial Analyst, Midlands

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, you will:

• 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.

Apply today or call Shane Lynott, Talent Acquisition Manager, on 086-1282059 or email [email protected] to arrange a confidential conversation.