Finance Business Partner

What is the opportunity?

An exciting chance for an experienced business partner to work alongside senior partners in the Wealth and Insurance Finance team partnering our Distribution channels. This role offers an outstanding opportunity to combine your analytical skills and planning and forecasting expertise to deliver meaningful insights, drive continuous improvement, and contribute to the growth of a life and pensions provider.

In this role, you will:

• Deliver timely and accurate weekly sales reporting, working with Distribution and IT teams.
• Provide insights on business performance to Management and Board.
• Lead annual planning and regular forecasting of APE with detailed review of Actuals vs. Budgets.
• Provide internal and external market share and sales data insights.
• Prepare quarterly commission calculations for Distribution staff.
• Drive process automation and continuous improvement.

What will make you stand out?

You are an experienced business partner who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a track record of delivering results. Strong partner management and commercial awareness make you an invaluable partner in driving business growth. Analytical and problem-solving skills are paired with a passion for continuous improvement. Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel, and the ability to prioritise tasks in a dynamic setting, will ensure success. Someone with a collaborative approach, excellent communication skills, who is able to handle cross-functional projects with ease, all while focusing on delivering positive business outcomes.

Essential Qualifications

Qualified Accountant, with at least 5 years PQE and experience in finance business partnering in a prior role. Knowledge of the Wealth and Insurance Industry and Tableau is considered desirable.

More about the team:

The Wealth and Insurance division of Bank of Ireland is a leader in life, pension, and insurance solutions in the Irish market. This role is based within New Ireland Assurance, distributing through the Group's channels, financial brokers, and a tied advisor network. Passionate about retail and SME customers, we provide access to a broad range of protection, investment, and pension products, alongside home and car insurance solutions through established partnerships.

This is a hybrid role and can be done anywhere in the Republic of Ireland with the primary office location as Dublin. Travel will be required for in person collaboration exact frequency to be agreed with manager.

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Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 23 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.

Your wellbeing is important to us, we have an employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Key Competencies

• Agile - Self
• Accountable - Self
• Customer Focused - Self
• Manage Risk - Self
• Champion Transformation - Self

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email.

Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.