Cost and Tax Manager

About Goodbody

Goodbody is a leading financial services firm, committed to serving and growing client relationships for 150 years. We are a full service, investment-led business offering wealth management, asset management, investment banking and private equity services. Our staff of over 400 work in offices across Dublin, London, Cork and Galway. We’re proud to offer prospective employees a professional, collegial work environment that encourages diversity of thought and background. Our reputation in the Irish market for putting customers first is as consistent as the company’s long-standing commitment to giving back to the communities that we work in.

Business Accountabilities:

The successful candidate will hold a broad range of responsibilities in Financial Control, including the following:

• Responsible for leading, overseeing and developing the Cost and Tax team, including providing guidance to the team on a day-to-day basis.
• Review and attestation regarding monthly costs for the firm, engaging with key stakeholders.
• Provide detailed oversight and reporting insights on costs, including relevant policy compliance, cost trends, variances, budget overrun through the development of detailed monthly cost reporting in conjunction with relevant business partners.
• Monitoring and tracking annual cost budget following agreement, and preparing cost input to the financial planning process, including engagement with HR and other key stakeholders.
• Accountable for Goodbody tax reporting, including inputs to AIB Group in terms of VAT, CT and other third party returns as required.
• Oversight of engagement and management of insurance requirements for the Firm. 
• Responsible for overseeing fixed asset reporting.
• Accounts payable oversight, including resolution of issues with existing processes and holding business lines to account for mis-postings/driving an improved cost culture and adherence with Firm policies.
• Ensuring a robust risk and control environment is in place through the documentation of detailed processes and procedures.
• Working with team and auditors on audit co-ordination and financial statement production
• Working with the team on ad hoc projects during the year.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Qualified Accountant.
• Minimum of five years post qualified experience, with strong hands-on financial accounting and reporting experience.
• Financial services / investment firm experience would be advantageous.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Excel is essential. Due to the high level of spreadsheet-based work in the role an excellent knowledge of Excel would be an advantage: Pivot tables, v-lookups and knowledge of formulae etc.
• Managerial experience or experience managing a team to deliver key objectives.

Ideal Characteristics:

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Client focus - Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with clients and banks.
• Leadership skills
• Working as One - Ability to be a team player with a strong appreciation of deadlines.
• Innovation - Proactivity and high levels of personal initiative.

Goodbody is focused on helping our employees thrive, and we do this by bringing to life our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) ‘Together we prosper’. Our firm’s purpose is to create long-term prosperity, and we cannot execute on our purpose without the right talent at Goodbody. To make sure we attract and retain industry-leading, passionate and inspiring talent, we’ve built a vibrant culture based on inclusion, opportunities to grow and a commitment to ‘do the right thing’, one of our core values. We live this by offering:

• Regular employee events through our universal inclusion programme fostering a sense of belonging and celebrating differences. And an ‘always on’ approach to social, financial, mental and physical wellbeing. 
• A benefits package that includes a generous pension scheme, educational sponsorship and health insurance, along with a hybrid working model to promote better work/life balance
• Opportunities to give back through sustainability initiatives, volunteering and on-site and online meetings with our charity partners

Goodbody is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce.

Please read the Goodbody Recruitment Privacy Notice. By submitting your personal data to us, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Notice and agree to the use of your personal data in line with this. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully in accordance with the Data Protection Acts, 1988 and 2003 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Goodbody Stockbrokers UC, trading as Goodbody, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. In the UK, Goodbody is also subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority. Goodbody is a member of Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange. Goodbody is a member of the group of companies headed by AIB Group plc.