Associate Finance Manager

Associate Finance Manager

Contract: 15 Month Contract

Hybrid: On Average 2 Days Per Week On-Site

Location: Anngrove, Carrigtwohill, Cork

Position Summary:

The Associate Manager Finance is responsible for managing Additive and GQO R&D Financials and supporting Additive business units and strategy information to excellence.  The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the timely provision of finance support to the Additive R&D teams, local team leaders and the Director Finance - Additive to allow for effective strategic planning and control of the business.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Work closely with the Director Finance – Additive and the R&D teams to manage the financial requirements for Additive R&D
• Manage the financials relating to all GQO R&D budgets, forecasts and actuals including working with budget owners and GQO finance to optimize reporting
• Support and review business cases for new products and technologies
• Support information requirements in relation to Additive Wave III/IV strategy
• Engage with Additive teams to review business cases and ensure alignment and focus on commercial outcomes
• Responsible for all information and presentations on incremental revenues and related requirements
• Provide financial information as required for business unit reviews or other presentations
• Manage all monthly and quarterly financial reports including P&Ls, Headcount and Additive Sales
• Quarterly reporting to Additive SLT on future availability (3yrs+) of tax credits and government grants available for investment by Additive
• Develop and deliver ongoing structured financial acumen training to the Additive R&D teams ensuring improvement in their commercial awareness and ability
• Ensure that adequate internal financial controls exist and all Compliance activities are supported
• Lead and participate in cross-functional and cross divisional process improvement initiatives
• Drive process changes in the Finance area to ensure the provision of information to key business owners is more efficient
• Partner with the local Management Accounting team
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications Knowledge Skills:

• A Degree in accounting or relevant 3rd level qualification is required
• Hold a recognized professional accounting qualification
• 6+ years’ experience in a finance position supporting a high-performing business with experience in a manufacturing environment preferable
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship building
• Be customer focused and act as a liaison between Finance and R&D
• Excellent communication, organisation and time management skills with the ability to manage several priorities at once will be required as will a high level of flexibility with a high-level commitment to success
• Be commercially aware and enjoy interacting with cross functional teams across the organisation
• High level of PC skills required. The successful candidate must be proficient with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint packages

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