Finance Manager - North Wall Quay

Finance Manager

Location: North Wall Quay, Dublin
Contract Type: Full-Time Permanent
Salary: 55,000 - 65,000 plus Sodexo Benefits

About the Role
We're looking for an experienced and commercially minded Finance Manager to join our team supporting a key client account at the Central Bank of Ireland. This role plays a crucial part in driving financial performance, ensuring robust control, and supporting strategic decision-making across the contract.

Working closely with the Head of Finance and Account Manager, you'll oversee all financial activities including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and performance analysis. You'll act as a trusted business partner, providing insight and guidance to operational leaders and ensuring strong financial governance across the account.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage all financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes for the contract.
• Deliver accurate monthly accounts, variance analysis, and financial commentary.
• Support the Account Manager and operational teams in key business decisions.
• Coordinate month-end close, invoicing, and reporting processes with internal teams.
• Ensure financial controls, risk management, and compliance processes are in place.
• Provide financial insight to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Present financial performance at client and internal review meetings.
• Lead initiatives to improve efficiency, streamline processes, and support growth.

What We're Looking For

• Degree-level education or equivalent, with an accounting qualification (or working towards one).
• Minimum 5 years' experience in finance, ideally within a contract or service-based environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and business partnering experience.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly.
• Hands-on approach with a proactive attitude and attention to detail.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel; SAP experience is desirable.

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We're a Disability Confident Leader employer. We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

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