We are seeking an experienced professional to join our client’s Finance Outsourcing Strategy team on a full time contract role for 9 months. The role is remote within Ireland. You will support the team’s outsourcing strategy to develop and execute goals, manage roadmaps and initiatives, and identify opportunities to enhance the value they deliver to the Finance stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have expertise in working with outsourced partners, experience leading service delivery transformation strategies and initiatives, and strong communication and interpersonal skills to partner with external teams.

• Assist with developing Finance Outsourcing Strategy goals and strategies to enable Finance and Accounting teams to enhance business process outsourcing (BPO) operating model and add new capabilities and technologies with the 3rd party BPO service providers.
• Partner with 3rd party BPO service providers and Finance and Accounting teams to identify process and system improvements and track the expected benefits and return on investment of selected initiatives.
• Research outsourcing leading practices and the overall landscape to bring insights and recommendations back to the team.
• Manage strategic outsourcing projects using proven project management processes, as required.
• Build and cultivate strategic relationships with finance, XFN, and 3rd party teams and leaders.
• Partner with the global team to enhance the service levels of our BPO service providers, including evaluating data standards, operational excellence, and continuous monitoring.
• Build an effective working relationship with the global team, proactively contributing to optimization of the structure and the operating model of the global team.
• Implementation & management of governance oversight procedures including responsibility for driving process improvement and automation initiatives relating to the Governance of our BPO service providers
• Provide change management oversight & assistance with BPO service provider readiness to support new process rollouts, changes to business processes and systems.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent along with an Accounting Qualification
• 6+ years of relevant experience including working in multi-national, public companies.
• Experience working in shared services and outsourcing, with specific experience in finance functions.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to get into the details yet also articulate findings to finance leadership.
• Ability to drive governance processes in a shared services or outsourcing environment.
• Strong project management skills.
• Understanding of process and operational excellence frameworks and the ability to apply them to different environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and experience applying these skills to resolve issues strategically.
• Ability to provide insights which result in better business decisions.
• Experience working collaboratively in a cross-functional, global environment.