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HID Global Galway
We are seeking an operationally focused Finance Manager to join our international Finance team. Reporting to the EMEA Director Finance Shared Services, the successful candidate will lead elements of the Financial Reporting Function with the EMEA Shared Services team at our new Centre of Excellence (COE) in Galway Ireland.
Who are we?
HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.
We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,000 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo
As our EMEA Finance Manager, you’ll support HID’s success by:
Supporting the development of the Financial Reporting Shared Service team in Galway Ireland, building an effective partnership with all other finance and business functions.
Setting and managing the execution of departmental goals, metrics, and objectives, based upon overall corporate initiatives.
Areas of responsibility will include Record to Report, including statutory reporting.
Financial & Management reporting
Being responsible for delivering full monthly management accounts spanning a portfolio of countries, to strict deadlines.
Managing full Trial Balance and maintain monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations for multiple entities.
Statutory compliance, Taxation and & reporting
Continuous review of the regional legislative environment to ensure the financial/tax aspects are in order and assist non-finance departments in their compliance requirements.
Full responsibility for ensuring entities are aligned with local legislative requirements, i.e., Financial Statements, tax returns, etc.
Liaising with local financial/taxation advisors as required.
Relationships
Developing proven relationships with all finance functions as well as the non- finance departments.
Customer Service
Building and maintaining a strong customer centric culture within the financial reporting team.
Delivering SLAs/KPIs and improving efficiency of the operations each year.
Providing process oversight and support to the Business Areas to enable them to meet internal reporting requirements in a timely manner.
Process & Systems
Working as part of a global team, supporting continuous improvement in the Shared Services team, to create an environment that strives for global consistency of best practices, identified both internally and externally to the organization.
This includes standardization of processes and practices across the department and implementation of new systems.
Ensuring processes are robust and compliant with HID standard.
Integration of new entities into EMEA Finance Shared Services
What we will love about your background:
5+ years of financial management experience in a multinational public corporation.
Performance management and team development experience.
Very good knowledge of processes within SSC and an understanding of continuous improvement methodology.
Time management – ability to focus and get things done and know what is business critical; able to deal with conflicting priorities and ambiguity.
Pro-client attitude and excellent analytical skills.
Co-ordination/planning/resource allocation – ability to bring together different people with conflicting schedules/ideas and meet deadlines.
Diligent - strong work ethic.
Interpersonal skills – good level of written and verbal communication skills with the ability to see other people’s points of view and incorporate them into overall plans.
Proven analytical skills – able to decide when more work needs to be done or if high level analysis is sufficient.
High level of personal and professional integrity and confidentiality.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with a range of stakeholders.
Proven problem solver with the ability to work independently to research, test hypotheses, arrive at conclusions and make recommendations.
Your Experience and Education include:
Relevant professional qualification in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
Bachelor’s degree required (Finance, Business Administration, or Accounting preferred)
Recognized professional accounting qualification.
Excellent English, both verbal and in written.
Experience of Oracle or similar ERP.
Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite of tools.
Strong team player who thrives in working both cross functionally and globally.
Ability to simplify complex issues.
Energetic and analytical with a positive approach to problem solving.
Ability to translate data into actionable information.
Aptitude for adapting and performing in a constantly changing environment.
Strong presentation skills including previous experience presenting to senior executives.
A proven track record of setting priorities, managing expectations, and delivering on commitments.
Why apply?
Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.
Bachelors Degree
