Financial Leadership Role
This role provides financial leadership to the Irish manufacturing site, with overall financial responsibility for the Irish manufacturing legal entity.
Key Responsibilities
* Establish Financial Direction: Plays a key role in establishing the financial direction for the site, coordinates, consolidates, and analyses financial results, plans, and forecasts.
* Financial Analysis: Prepares financial analysis for various business opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives, accesses associated risks, and makes recommendations.
* Month End Close and Forecast Process: Leads the month end close and forecast process, analyses and interprets results/cost trends, explains key variances, makes recommendations for action and ensures compliance with balance sheet reconciliation process.
* R&D Tax Credit Submission: Supports the preparation of the annual R&D Tax credit submission process for the Irish Entity.
* IDC Grants: Coordinates preparation and submission of specific IDA grants.
* Liaison with External Bodies: Responsible for liaison with external bodies including Statutory Auditors, Tax Authorities and other service providers as necessary.
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* Inventory Management: Partners with Procurement and Operations to maintain accurate and efficient inventory and coordinates periodic inventory counts and variance reconciliations.
* Cost Team Management: Contributes as a member of the global cost team that works to drive consistency and continuous improvement across the organisation.
* Training and Development: Manages cost team, including training, development, & performance management.
* Continuous Improvement: Seeks out continuous improvement best practices with an emphasis on what can be learned and implemented at Cook Ireland to drive a best in class operation and efficient processes.
Required Qualifications
* Operations Finance Experience: 10 years operations finance experience with strong working knowledge of financial and non-financial metrics, lean manufacturing practices, and product costing.
* Leadership Skills: Strong leadership skills with the ability to clearly communicate a vision, educate individuals and teams, and influence decisions.
* Team Management: Previous experience managing a team.
* Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Self-Motivation: High level of self-motivation.
* Technical Skills: Experience with Microsoft office products.
* SAP Experience: Experience in SAP's Business Objects preferred.
* Travel Requirements: Availability and willingness to travel on company business.