Finance Business Partner

The Central Bank of Ireland serves the public interest by safeguarding monetary and financial stability and by working to ensure that the financial system operates in the best interests of consumers and the wider economy.We currently have a vacancy for a Finance Business Partner on a contract of indefinite duration in the Finance Division.This role is aligned with the Bank Professional 3 grade and the BP3 salary scale, between €61,092 and €81,235 applies. Please click here for further information on our salary scales.The purpose of the role is to support the IT Directorate with which you will be partnered in aligning financial strategy with overall business goals, to provide financial insight and robust challenge to ensure sound financial decisions and to ensure that any impact on the Bank’s future budgets are understood. You will collaborate with the IT Directorate to enable them to understand the impact of financial decisions on business performance, to ensure that the cost drivers of the business Directorate are understood and communicated. Responsibilities:

• Responsible for monthly reporting to both Senior Management within the IT Directorate, and internally to Finance ensuring that reports are completed accurately, and distributed in a timely and efficient manner.
• Analyse financial data and trends to provide insights into business performance, thereby supporting the IT Directorate in monitoring and control of operating expense and capital budgets, providing recommendations for improvement.
• Build partnerships and maintain strong collaborative and professional relationships with senior managers and their teams in the IT Directorate, and across operations and the wider Bank, driving a culture of effective cost management.
• Lead the IT forecast and budget processes, working closely with divisional heads to ensure realistic and achievable financial targets. Ensure smooth running of the budget cycle, version control and input into final budget presentation.
• Provide effective analysis, which will give commercial and financial insight into decisions being taken by senior managers, including identifying risks and opportunities and an understanding of the impact of decisions on future year budgets.
• Support the finance team, championing system and process improvements and new ways of working, participating in projects as required to facilitate delivery of the team objectives on a timely basis.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls at all times to maintain the integrity of financial data, while contributing to monitoring the accuracy of accounts, proposing improvements and remediation and taking proactive steps to correct ad-hoc and ongoing issues where gaps are identified.
• Ad hoc support requirements for the IT Directorate.

Requirements:

• A third level honours degree or professional qualification in a related discipline.
• A professional Accounting qualification with Membership of a Professional Accounting Body
• Demonstrable experience in the area of IT financial budgeting planning and analysis.
• Track record of producing insightful, timely and accurate reporting.
• Excellent Stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills is required to convey complex financial issues in a clear, concise, and logical manner to non-financial stakeholders.
• Ability to act on your own initiative, providing financial insight and implementing key processes and controls as required experience with accounting for Cloud implementation and management is desirable.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, decision making, planning and organisational skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
• SAP experience an advantage.
• A team player with a proactive and collaborative approach.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment.

We know it's our people who make the Central Bank special and we are focused on creating a diverse, inclusive, fulfilling and progressive work environment. We encourage applications from candidates with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives as it strengthens us, as individuals and as an organisation. We are committed to positively supporting candidates with disabilities. If we can make any reasonable accommodations for you in the recruitment process in order to give you the opportunity to perform to your best, please email our Disability Inclusion Partner, Rebecca Daly at Rebecca.daly@centralbank.ie or 01 224 6711. Any information that you provide will be used only for the purposes of providing relevant support and will have no bearing on how your application will be viewed. We have recently implemented a hybrid working model to balance the flexibility working from home provides with the value our office environments bring to support collaboration and connection with colleagues. Our approach to hybrid working enables colleagues to work from home up to 50% of working days, building on an existing broad range of flexible working policies and practices already in place to support our people achieve the right balance.Our policies also provide insight into our organisational culture, work environment and working arrangements. Here are some of the key policies (subject to ongoing review and amendment) which may be of interest as you consider a career with us.The Central Bank pension scheme mirrors the rules of the civil service pension scheme. Therefore if you are in receipt of civil/public service pension, abatement may apply to your current pension. Details of the appropriate pension scheme will be provided upon determination of the appointee’s status.Application Details: Closing Date: 24th OctoberTo apply, please complete the application form attached (via the “apply” link).Before starting your application you will be asked to create a profile with us, this will allow you to track and review your application throughout the process. Click "register" to create a profile and complete the application process.Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive an automatic email from us acknowledging receipt. If you do not receive this auto-acknowledgement, please contact recruitment@centralbank.ie Cuirfear fáilte roimh iarratais i nGaeilgeThe Central Bank of Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.