Senior Financial Analyst

Our client is a leading financial services firm with headquarters based in Dublin City Centre. They are looking to recruit a Senior Financial Analyst on a full-time, permanent basis. This role is well suited to a recently qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CPA) with 3+ years’ experience in commercial finance role or a related financial discipline, who is eager to develop their career in a dynamic and commercially focused environment.

Main Responsibilities:

• Produce monthly management reports covering the full P&L, delivering meaningful financial analysis and commentary
• Monitor operating costs, investigating and explaining variances against budget and forecast
• Act as a finance business partner to department heads, providing insights on actual spend, outlook, and financial performance
• Work closely with the accounting team throughout month-end to ensure an accurate and timely close
• Assist in generating forward-looking analysis as part of the monthly forecasting and annual budgeting processes
• Coordinate the budgeting process in collaboration with departmental stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to automate, streamline, and standardise finance processes
• Develop automated financial models and reporting solutions using Power BI and other tools
• Support additional ad hoc financial analysis and projects as required

Requirements:

• Qualified Accountant +3 years commercial finance experience
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL or data visualisation tools
• Experience within the financial services sector an advantage
• Passion and knowledge for driving process improvements, automation, and standardisation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey financial information to financial and non-financial stakeholders

For more information please contact Simon Morris in Morgan McKinley via simonmorris@morganmckinley.com or LinkedIn DM