Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.

The Vice President, FP&A is a senior finance leadership role responsible for leading enterprise-wide financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and strategic decision support within a complex, publicly listed global organisation. This role serves as a key business partner to the CFO, CAO, Executive Leadership Team, and Board, providing insightful financial leadership that supports growth, operational excellence, disciplined capital allocation, and long-term shareholder value creation. In addition to leading core FP&A activities, the Vice President will provide financial leadership for mergers and acquisitions activity and partner closely with Global Business Services (GBS) leadership to drive productivity, cost transparency, and operational efficiency initiatives across the organisation. This individual will operate within a highly regulated and SOX-compliant environment, ensuring strong financial governance, analytical rigor, and alignment between strategic priorities, operational execution, and external financial commitments.

What You Will Be Doing

Enterprise FP&A Leadership

• Lead the global annual budget, long-range planning, and rolling forecast processes in alignment with corporate objectives and public company reporting requirements.

• Deliver executive and Board-level financial reporting and analysis, including key performance drivers, risks, opportunities, sensitivities, and scenario modelling.

• Drive enterprise performance management processes, ensuring transparency, accountability, and actionable insight across the organisation.

• Partner with senior leadership to align strategic priorities, operating plans, and capital allocation decisions with financial performance objectives.

• Maintain high standards of forecast accuracy, analytical integrity, and financial discipline across the FP&A function.

Strategic Finance & M&A

• Serve as finance lead for mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investment activities, including valuation analysis, financial modelling, due diligence, investment committee materials, and post-acquisition value tracking.

• Support enterprise growth initiatives through robust financial evaluation, business case development, and strategic scenario analysis.

• Monitor and assess realised synergies and value creation against approved investment assumptions and strategic objectives.

Business Partnership & Operational Excellence

• Partner closely with GBS leadership to enhance cost transparency, improve operational efficiency, and deliver committed productivity initiatives.

• Provide financial insight and challenge to support operational decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives across the enterprise.

• Foster strong collaboration across Finance, Operations, Legal, Risk, Investor Relations, and Corporate functions.

Investor, Capital Markets & Disclosure Support

• Act as a key finance partner to the CFO, CAO, and Investor Relations teams in support of capital markets readiness and external financial communications.

• Develop and maintain earnings bridges, scenario analyses, outlook modelling, and sensitivity assessments supporting investor messaging and earnings preparedness.

• Support the preparation of materials for the Board, Audit Committee, and Disclosure Committee related to financial outlook, key judgements, and forward-looking statements.

• Ensure consistency and alignment between internal forecasts, external disclosures, and strategic communications within approved governance frameworks.

Governance, SOX & Controls

• Operate within a SOX-compliant environment, ensuring FP&A processes, assumptions, models, and reporting outputs are appropriately documented, reviewed, and controlled.

• Support Disclosure Controls and Procedures (DCP) through delivery of accurate, complete, and consistent forward-looking financial information.

• Partner with Controllership, Internal Audit, Legal, and Risk functions to support quarterly and annual certification processes.

• Promote a culture of accountability, transparency, governance, and continuous improvement throughout the organisation.

To Be Successful You Will Need

• Significant senior FP&A leadership experience within a large-scale, publicly listed multinational organisation.

• Demonstrated experience partnering with executive leadership teams, Boards, and investor-facing functions.

• Strong understanding of SOX compliance, disclosure controls, governance frameworks, and public company reporting environments.

• Proven experience supporting M&A activities, including financial due diligence, valuation analysis, and post-deal integration/value tracking.

• Strong strategic business partnering capabilities across global and shared services environments.

• Exceptional analytical, financial modelling, and executive communication skills.

• Ability to influence and challenge constructively at senior leadership level within a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment.

• Strategic, commercially focused, and highly disciplined in approach, with strong financial and operational acumen.

• Confident operating within a highly visible, publicly traded environment with demanding timelines and stakeholder expectations.

• Executive presence with the ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly and effectively to senior stakeholders.

• Collaborative and results-oriented leadership style with a strong commitment to developing high-performing teams and fostering accountability.

• Demonstrated integrity, sound judgement, and commitment to strong governance and financial transparency.

• Professional accounting qualification required (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent).

• Able to work from the Dublin office 3 days a week

• Bachelor’s degree required; Masters Degree preferred

Employment with ICON is contingent upon having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.

Rewards & Benefits

ICON offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and career development.

Benefits may include:

• Competitive base salary and performance related incentives
• Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable
• Retirement and pension plans
• Life assurance and disability coverage
• Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources
• Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways

Benefits may vary depending on role and location.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

Inclusion and Accessibility

ICON is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.

If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know or submit a request here.

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