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Finance Business Partner, Ireland
Healthy animals and happy owners – that’s the goal.
IVC Evidensia is proud to be one of the world’s leading veterinary care providers based in 19 different countries. IVC Evidensia has revenues of over £3.4bn and network of more than 2,400 sites, including first opinion clinics, hospitals and out-of-hour centres and a number of pet crematoria and other ancillary businesses. IVC Evidensia operates a high growth model, typically looking to acquire around 300 sites a year across all countries.
You will work in partnership with the UK and RoI Finance Director, Ireland leadership team and Ireland Area Directors to positively deliver strategic business outcomes through meaningful and actionable insights from historic and future financial performance. Working closely with our shared services team this role will also ensure accuracy of month end close and ensure any corresponding follow ups are actioned in a timely manner.
This individual will form an integral part of the Operational leadership team and participate in strategic development and planning. As part of driving performance, the Finance Business Partner is responsible for identifying opportunities and risks as well as recommending actions plans and serving as a catalyst to challenge the business and drive forward critical initiatives to deliver the strategy.
The role is hybrid with a main location of Dublin and expected travel across the network of clinics.
Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:
Work in partnership with the Operations team with a focus on P&L performance, cost management and delivery of financial and non-financial KPIs
Identify opportunities for practice growth and implement actions to deliver, working closely with the Area Ops Directors to deliver projects and initiatives that enhance or improve practice performance
Calibrate clinics and drive the underperforming brands / emerging risks by identifying areas for improvement and supporting Operations team with resources, planning, implementation and tracking
Work with the Commercial Finance team to ensure that the suite of reports coming out of Finance to the business is user-friendly and provides the required level of detail on the key topics
Delivery of insights and training to ensure the best use of metrics to understand and drive performance
Build a strong relationship with the FP&A team to drive the budget and reforecasting process
Liaise with the management accounting team to deliver month end reporting, understand and build commentary on key variances
Complete investment appraisals to ensure appropriate allocation of the ROI capex budget
Deliver weekly and monthly trading packs on timely basis
Deliver Month end close and drive follow ups to conclusion
Support 2-way internal communications throughout the business, specifically between Ops and Finance
Project work as allocated by the UK&I/CEO / Directors including Central Finance transformation projects
Experience/Qualifications:
Essential:
Educated to degree level and having completed their professional accounting qualification (CA / ACCA / CIMA / ACA or similar).
Previous Finance Business Partnering experience
Team player able to collaborate with stakeholders but also challenge appropriately
Strong emotional intelligence and communication skills with the ability to discuss financial performance with non-financial people, whilst building rapport and relationships
Comfortable generating own tasks based on business needs and working without set structure
Ability to adapt, reprioritise and thrive in a constantly changing environment
Delivery-focused and capable of operating to tight deadlines
Confidence in presentation skills, especially to large groups of people
Excellent IT skills including advanced Excel, Powerpoint and Power BI
Confident working with various management reporting systems
Comfortable working within a clinical environment where compassion is key
Desirable:
Experience of Oracle
Experience working with outsourced Finance
Veterinary or broader health care experience
Following receipt of your application, you will be contacted by one of our experienced hire recruitment team.
At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
What We Offer:
At IVC Evidensia we recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from
Work-life balance
25 days annual leave
Your birthday as a paid day off
Cycle to Work scheme
Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
Pension
Discounted staff pet care
Dog Friendly office
Parking available
At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
IVC Evidensia UK
IVC Evidensia, The Chocolate Factory, Keynsham, BS31 2AU, United Kingdom
Any questions before applying?
Speak to Neil Merritt from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.