Financial Reporting, AVP

at  State Street Corporation

SUMMARY

A senior leadership role in the financial reporting department, particular focus to lead Financial Reporting delivery across key client relationships, lead team and staff management and development, possess a strong technical expertise on financial reporting related matters, drive department strategy at a local and global level and implement necessary change, strengthen internal control and risk management processes as appropriate and general management of ad hoc tasks as required.

Principal Tasks

• Lead, manage and develop relationships with your assigned clients and associated auditors.
• Work closely with the department head and other senior staff within the financial reporting and across functions to manage and lead the Financial Reporting team.
• Provide a technical senior manager insight and review to financial statements to ensure a financial statements represent ‘best in class’ at local and global levels.
• Provide senior leadership and technical financial reporting advice to your staff, clients, audit firms and other parties as required.
• Observe, inspect and evaluate performance of staff in the department. Put in place ongoing development plans to develop as part of development and career progression.
• Successfully lead and implement business transformation targets and objectives as part of ongoing development and change.
• Continuously challenge and steer change in the department, encourage new ways of making department more efficient and risk controlled through use of technology, automation, process review and change.
• Ensure sound that procedures, policies, controls and processes are adhered to so that a best in class service is delivered. Propose and/or implement procedural changes to improve performance of the department.
• Ensure all internal policies are complied with by the Financial Reporting teams in Ireland and demonstrate the ‘Risk Excellence’ culture in your behavior. Establish and nurture a culture of ‘Risk Excellence’ within the team, encourage an environment of openness that welcomes effective challenge and supports open discussion.
• Represent State Street Ireland financial reporting at industry and State Street regional and global levels as appropriate.
• Environment Reporting to a Vice President, this position offers an opportunity for the successful candidate to lead a number of global client relationships across Financial Reporting and manage a team of people in the Financial Reporting department a leading fund administrator in Ireland.THE PERSON Qualifications A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA) with a business or related degree and having at least 8-10 years’ experience in a similar financial reporting environment.Core Competencies
• Excellent people-management skills, demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to multi-task and be comfortable with managing difficult situations as they arise.
• Have an enquiring mind and a willingness to investigate and solve problems.
• Ability to delegate work to others.
• Proficient in Microsoft office (eg. excel, word, power point).
• Ability to multi-task and be comfortable with managing difficult situations as they arise.
• Possess a strong technical knowledge in relation to financial reporting accounting and regulatory disclosure.
• Have an enquiring mind and a willingness to investigate and solve problems.
• Self-motivated and determined to achieve (drive, determination, execution, work ethic).
• Excellent risk excellence mindset and application.
• Advanced PC literacy including: PowerPoint, MS Office, Outlook, excel.
• Take ownership of outcomes and be personally accountable for the end result.
• Possess a strong empathy and emotional intelligence
• Disposition
• Self-motivated
• Professional
• Strong attention to detail
• Multi-tasking ability
• Enthusiastic
• Adaptable - ability to develop new approaches to solving problems
• Innovative
• Flexible
• Strong inter-personal skills

• Lead, manage and develop relationships with your assigned clients and associated auditors.
• Work closely with the department head and other senior staff within the financial reporting and across functions to manage and lead the Financial Reporting team.
• Provide a technical senior manager insight and review to financial statements to ensure a financial statements represent ‘best in class’ at local and global levels.
• Provide senior leadership and technical financial reporting advice to your staff, clients, audit firms and other parties as required.
• Observe, inspect and evaluate performance of staff in the department. Put in place ongoing development plans to develop as part of development and career progression.
• Successfully lead and implement business transformation targets and objectives as part of ongoing development and change.
• Continuously challenge and steer change in the department, encourage new ways of making department more efficient and risk controlled through use of technology, automation, process review and change.
• Ensure sound that procedures, policies, controls and processes are adhered to so that a best in class service is delivered. Propose and/or implement procedural changes to improve performance of the department.
• Ensure all internal policies are complied with by the Financial Reporting teams in Ireland and demonstrate the ‘Risk Excellence’ culture in your behavior. Establish and nurture a culture of ‘Risk Excellence’ within the team, encourage an environment of openness that welcomes effective challenge and supports open discussion.
• Represent State Street Ireland financial reporting at industry and State Street regional and global levels as appropriate.
• Environment Reporting to a Vice President, this position offers an opportunity for the successful candidate to lead a number of global client relationships across Financial Reporting and manage a team of people in the Financial Reporting department a leading fund administrator in Ireland.THE PERSON Qualifications A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA) with a business or related degree and having at least 8-10 years’ experience in a similar financial reporting environment.Core Competencies
• Excellent people-management skills, demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to multi-task and be comfortable with managing difficult situations as they arise.
• Have an enquiring mind and a willingness to investigate and solve problems.
• Ability to delegate work to others.
• Proficient in Microsoft office (eg. excel, word, power point).
• Ability to multi-task and be comfortable with managing difficult situations as they arise.
• Possess a strong technical knowledge in relation to financial reporting accounting and regulatory disclosure.
• Have an enquiring mind and a willingness to investigate and solve problems.
• Self-motivated and determined to achieve (drive, determination, execution, work ethic).
• Excellent risk excellence mindset and application.
• Advanced PC literacy including: PowerPoint, MS Office, Outlook, excel.
• Take ownership of outcomes and be personally accountable for the end result.
• Possess a strong empathy and emotional intelligence
• Disposition
• Self-motivated
• Professional
• Strong attention to detail
• Multi-tasking ability
• Enthusiastic
• Adaptable - ability to develop new approaches to solving problems
• Innovative
• Flexible
• Strong inter-personal skill