Financial Applications Technical Specialist

Financial Applications Technical Specialist

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Financial Applications Technical Specialist

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Talent Acquisition Specialist @ Uisce Éireann | End to End Recruitments

This role is available in Dublin and Cork.

We are Uisce Éireann. Every day, we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. As Ireland's national regulated water utility, our vision is a sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.

Our purpose at Uisce Éireann is to rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. That means we are proud to take on the responsibility of protecting our water supply and passing on a safe and secure water system to a rapidly growing population and empowering Ireland's social and economic growth.

We are passionate about empowering our people, enabling them to make a positive impact on communities across Ireland. We are guided by a shared vision and purpose, grounded in values that define who we are and shape how we work, where we deliver for customers and communities, we work better together, we do the right thing, we aim high, and we keep each other safe. Our behaviours define how we interact, communicate, and succeed together. These values and behaviours apply to each one of us, across every role, location, and level.

Our goal is to attract and develop skilled and talented people from diverse backgrounds, who bring a dynamic range of expertise and insights to our work. With a strong, values-driven workforce, we ensure Uisce Éireann can continue advancing Ireland's water services and meeting the needs of the communities we serve for generations to come.

The Role:

Uisce Éireann IT (UÉ IT) provides IT services and support to the wider Uisce Éireann business. IT Applications and Service Operations is responsible for all operational run activities across all Applications and Service Management areas.

The Enterprise Applications (EA) Team are responsible for implementing, upgrading and managing systems supporting Financial Operations, HR and Payroll, Enterprise Content Management, Middleware and the Software Development Lifecycle. These systems support over one billion euro in investment each year, a large permanent workforce, a large contingent workforce, thousands of projects, millions of documents and hundreds of thousands of transaction per annum. All EA teams have a pivotal role to play in business as usual and project delivery of new and upgraded systems as well as working collaboratively with the other UÉ IT groups and business stakeholders.

Reporting to the Enterprise Applications Manager the Financial Applications Technical Specialist role is responsible for the Management, Development, Modification and Maintenance of financial processes and associated systems including Oracle E-Business Suite, Hyperion, Kofax, Markview, Treasury and Tax applications. The role is exciting, technically challenging, and rewarding with opportunities for cross training, upskilling and diversification within the EA Team, IT Operations and the broader IT group.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and drive a strong context and understanding of the key capabilities an business processes which the technology is supporting
• Lead engagement with the business stakeholders to ensure their requirements are understood and delivered to meet a changing business landscape.
• Oversee and support IT operational activities to ensure smooth and efficient running of the IT financial system applications.
• Build and maintain expertise in all the business process and functional requirements supported by all the applications within the scope of this role and work closely with business users to improve and streamline processes.
• Lead, coach, support and motivate junior team members.
• Responsible for ensuring the design, architecture, build and testing of new systems for both business as usual and project initiatives are aligned to business, operational and technical requirements
• Management of multiple external vendors, contractors and IT Managed Service providers
• Management of software version management and patching of applications within the scope of the role
• Lead Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning and testing for applications within the scope of the role.
• Manage the resolution of Incidents and Problems impacting business operations supported by all applications in the role scope and align with internal ITL standards
• Support with management of both Capex and Opex budgets.
• Support with management of the Development and Maintenance teams, in relation to change requests, incidents and also Project requirements.
• Keep abreast of industry trends and undertake technical training to maintain skills currency.
• Secondment to IT project teams as necessary and engagement with the Design & Strategy, Build & Delivery, Business Change teams.
• Provide out-of-hours cover as part of the Standby Rota as required.
• Other duties as required from time to time.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Experience in managing end-to-end processes to ensure delivery meets customer expectations
• Demonstrable experience to continuously developing and improving ways of working and points of escalation for customers
• Ability to develop and maintain effective strategic partnerships with key stakeholders internally and externally and offer guidance and support to make the right decisions
• Proven track record of creating a collaborative environment and communicate clearly within the team
• Highly motivated individual, working to the highest professional and ethical standards with proven ability to deliver results
• Proven track record with dealing with complex issues, proactively and in a timely fashion along with the ability to communicate complex information to others
• Proactively identifying new areas of improvement by challenging current processes and encouraging creative thinking
• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements, and propose and implement solutions
• Skilled in continuously reviewing safety practices and suggest ways for improvement
• Experience in contributing to a safe working environment by checking regularly that safety and wellbeing practices are being followed.

The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is 07/08/2025.

Please note that applications submitted after this closing date will not be accepted.

*Please be advised that if successful you will be placed on the salary range based on your skills and experience. Please note the Market reference point (midpoint) of the range is generally the upper end of the offer where someone is deemed to be fully competent to take on the duties of the role, and leaves room for the employee to progress through the pay range as their experience develops further.

Uisce Éireann is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionInformation Technology
• IndustriesUtilities

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