Financial Reporting, AVP

Summary

A senior leadership role in the financial reporting department, particular focus to lead Financial Reporting delivery across key client relationships, lead team and staff management and development, possess a strong technical expertise on financial reporting related matters, drive department strategy at a local and global level and implement necessary change, strengthen internal control and risk management processes as appropriate and general management of ad hoc tasks as required. 

Principal Tasks

• Lead, manage and develop relationships with your assigned clients and associated auditors.

• Work closely with the department head and other senior staff within the financial reporting and across functions to manage and lead the Financial Reporting team.

• Provide a technical senior manager insight and review to financial statements to ensure a financial statements represent ‘best in class’ at local and global levels.

• Provide senior leadership and technical financial reporting advice to your staff, clients, audit firms and other parties as required.

• Observe, inspect and evaluate performance of staff in the department. Put in place ongoing development plans to develop as part of development and career progression.

• Successfully lead and implement business transformation targets and objectives as part of ongoing development and change.

• Continuously challenge and steer change in the department, encourage new ways of making department more efficient and risk controlled through use of technology, automation, process review and change.

• Ensure sound that procedures, policies, controls and processes are adhered to so that a best in class service is delivered. Propose and/or implement procedural changes to improve performance of the department.

• Ensure all internal policies are complied with by the Financial Reporting teams in Ireland and demonstrate the ‘Risk Excellence’ culture in your behavior. Establish and nurture a culture of ‘Risk Excellence’ within the team, encourage an environment of openness that welcomes effective challenge and supports open discussion.

• Represent State Street Ireland financial reporting at industry and State Street regional and global levels as appropriate.

• Environment

  Reporting to a Vice President, this position offers an opportunity for the successful candidate to lead a number of global client relationships across Financial Reporting and manage a team of people in the Financial Reporting department a leading fund administrator in Ireland.

  THE PERSONQualifications

  A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA) with a business or related degree and having at least 8-10 years’ experience in a similar financial reporting environment.

  Core Competencies

• Excellent people-management skills, demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills.

• Ability to multi-task and be comfortable with managing difficult situations as they arise. 

• Have an enquiring mind and a willingness to investigate and solve problems.

• Ability to delegate work to others.

• Proficient in Microsoft office (eg. excel, word, power point).

• Ability to multi-task and be comfortable with managing difficult situations as they arise. 

• Possess a strong technical knowledge in relation to financial reporting accounting and regulatory disclosure.

• Have an enquiring mind and a willingness to investigate and solve problems.

• Self-motivated and determined to achieve (drive, determination, execution, work ethic).

• Excellent risk excellence mindset and application. 

• Advanced PC literacy including: PowerPoint, MS Office, Outlook, excel.

• Take ownership of outcomes and be personally accountable for the end result.

• Possess a strong empathy and emotional intelligence

• Disposition

• Self-motivated

• Professional

• Strong attention to detail

• Multi-tasking ability

• Enthusiastic

• Adaptable – ability to develop new approaches to solving problems

• Innovative

• Flexible

• Strong inter-personal skills

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