Director, Finance – Strategic Leader of Financial Reporting, Audit & Compliance**

**CLOSED TO NEW APPLICATIONS AT PRESENT

Director, Finance – Leader of Strategic Vision for Financial Reporting, Statutory Audit & Compliance

What this Finance Director job offers you

This brand new Finance Executive job in Galway (hybrid working available), created as a result of continued investment by Corporate HQ in the Irish operation, offers you a highly influential, Director level position in a multi-billion dollar US MnC.

Joining the Board of Directors for the corporation’s Irish companies, and leading Financial Reporting, Statutory Audit and Compliance for Ireland (multi-billion dollar balance sheet), you will be a trusted advisor on governance & controls to Corporate HQ, local Senior Finance Directors, Operational Directors & Divisional Leaders, as well as your 8-strong team of Senior Finance leaders & experts. A subject matter expert, you will be empowered with developing the strategic direction for financial reporting, compliance, governance and transformation initiatives in this highly complex, extremely impressive & ambitious global manufacturing corporation.

Your new job

Calling on your vast expertise as a finance leader of multifaceted financial statements for world leading corporation(s), you will act as advisor on all technical concepts across financial reporting, statutory audit and compliance for Ireland. You will partner with Corporate Tax, Corporate Accounting, Big 4 Advisors and your Senior Managers in Audit, Tax and Payroll to create innovative strategic plans & initiatives for this best-in-class global organisation. Securing a job that never existed before, you will make your mark as you project manage major transformation initiatives, e.g. ESG reporting in a soon-to-be carbon neutral company, company structure changes, ERP systems implementation, overhaul of 3^rd party SLAs, as well as advising on IP valuations, acquisitions and subsidiary investment valuations.

You will partner with your stakeholders to develop robust controls, assess risk and determine when to call on external advisors. A strategist by nature, you will provide high level support to your finance team, developing unique, tailored strategic plans and processes for your financial area (for example, how to implement the auto-enrolment pension programme or maximise on the Small Benefit Exemption Scheme), and sell these new concepts to business leaders in a large matrix of multiple stakeholder.

A proven leader of senior finance managers in the world’s largest commercial organisation(s), you will devise strategies to continuously engage & inspire your high-achieving finance team, ensuring the company’s culture of autonomy, collaboration & reward is true for each of your team members. You will also lead cross-functional teams on strategic, continuous improvement projects.

What you’ll need to succeed:

To be successful in the highly sought-after Finance Director job, you will be a qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA) with a passion for governance & controls and 15+ years’ experience in Audit & Compliance at senior leadership level in world-leading manufacturing, engineering, life science or technology organisation(s).

Your Reward:

Apart from having a job where you can make your mark and provide critical strategic support in a progressive and innovative global organisation, you will be rewarded with an impressive remuneration package of c€150,000-200,000, which includes attractive base, bonus, car allowance, pension, healthcare and other incentives typically associated with a position of this status

What you need to do next:

To express your interest in this amazing job, please apply now to this advert or contact Edel Vahey, Director at FP&A Senior Finance & Executive Search, in strict confidence for an exploratory conversation on +353 9495 57033.