Business Process Outsourcing Manager

We are Partnering with one of Ireland's leading professional service firms to fill the position of Business Process Outsourcing Manager.

The Role

This is a high profile position. It involves working closely with Partners and other senior personnel internally, but also with key finance people in both publicly listed companies and multinational environments.

The FAAS team are a group of proactive accounting specialists who are focused on providing practical solutions to their clients’ complex financial reporting issues. Our client pride themselves on their ability to respond quickly to fast moving business processes and timelines – whether assisting with advice related to transactions or working to tight financial close deadlines.

Main responsibilities:

• project managing compliance assignments for multi nationals including centralised statutory accounting projects, centralised statutory audit projects and global taxation compliance project;

• providing practical accounting advice to clients on a variety of issues;

• advice on accounting requirements under IFRS and Irish & UK GAAP;

• identifying new business opportunities and working with internal contacts to convert leads and opportunities into projects;

• building and maintaining strong relationships with senior finance personnel;

• managing and coaching junior team members; and

• promoting FAAS both internally and externally, articulating all FAAS services and the value that we bring to our clients.

Skills and attributes:

• experience of relationship management, negotiating with and influencing senior individuals, both internally and externally;

• experience in Multi National / Shared Services desirable;

• experience of managing audit relationships with knowledge of multi-jurisdictional audit assignments;

• committed to relationship development and able to identify opportunities to deliver the best value;

• a genuine interest in financial reporting issues;

• good communicator, highly articulate with excellent report writing skills;

• a passion for client service;

• ability to learn quickly and keep abreast of the latest developments in financial reporting;

• strong project management skills;

• recognised accounting qualification;

• minimum of 3 years of practical experience in dealing with accounting issues in a plc or equivalent organisation, either in Practice or Industry;

• an audit background; and

• a strong knowledge of IFRS, Irish or UK GAAP and Irish or UK company law.