Title Cost Insight

4 weeks ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Irish Life Corporate Business Full time
TitleCost Insight & Analytics - Finance Manager

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  • Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices

    • Full Time Permanent position
    • Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices

    What We Offer

    We have embraced a hybrid working model for most of our positions, which means that you can enjoy a balanced approach of working from home for part of the week and working from the office for the remainder of the week.

    We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salaries and bonuses, robust Learning and Development support, excellent Defined Contribution pension and comprehensive Wellbeing initiatives and support to name but a few.

    Further details on our benefits package can be accessed here Benefits (life-careers.com)

    Company Values

    At Irish Life, our purpose is to help people build better futures. Our company values shape everything we do and underpin our vision of being the driving force behind Ireland's financial, physical, and mental well-being.

    We believe in doing the right thing—acting with integrity and making fair, responsible decisions. We aim high, setting ambitious goals and constantly find better ways to innovate and improve. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we are dedicated to understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations. We believe that as a team we work best together, in a supportive, collaborative environment where every idea and contribution is valued.

    Role Overview

    This Finance Manager role will be responsible for producing timely, accurate, and insightful analysis of cost data to support transformation initiatives. The role will focus on understanding key cost drivers, designing performance metrics, and generating insights to support business partners and senior stakeholders in driving cost efficiency.

    What You Will Help Us To Achieve
    • Support the Executive Finance Manager in partnering closely with Divisional Leaders to support transformational initiatives, ensuring alignment with organisational goals
    • Own the development and maintenance of cost analysis and insights using EPM tools, SAP data, and Power BI visualisations.
    • Analyse cost base trends and drivers to identify inefficiencies, transformation opportunities, and areas for deeper investigation.
    • Produce dashboards and reports to track change initiatives funding and benefits against targets.
    • Contribute to scenario modelling and planning cycles, embedding expected savings and costs associated with change initiatives.
    • Ensure integrity and consistency of underlying data across reporting layers.
    • Liaison with the Finance Business Partnering Team as necessary to ensure insightful cost reporting is provided to the business
    • Potentially line manage one of more direct reports in the future

    What you will need to be successful in the role

    The Ideal Candidate Will Have/be
    • An excellent academic record - university degree in a numerate and relevant discipline, additional accountancy professional qualifications.
    • 5-10 years of Finance experience in a FP&A or cost management role.
    • Advanced analytical and modelling skills with strong Excel, Power BI, and EPM capability.
    • Deep understanding of cost allocation, cost drivers, and financial planning processes.
    • Experience working with SAP, cost centre data and IFRS-based reporting.
    • Ability to translate raw financial data into meaningful insights and KPIs.
    • Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
    • The ability to work in a fast-moving environment, and the interpersonal skills required to interact with all stakeholders.
    • A motivated self-starter with significant experience in driving and managing cross-functional deliverables via collaboration.
    • Excellent presentation, communication and MS Office skills.

    Key Competencies

    Commercial Awareness

    Communication and Influencing

    Building and Maintaining Relationships

    Drive for Results

    Innovation and Change

    About Us

    Irish Life is one of Ireland's largest financial institutions with a presence across a range of financial services markets. We are one of Ireland's leading financial services groups with over 1.5 million customers. For over 80 years, we've been helping people to look after their life insurance, pension and investment needs, and more recently their health insurance.

    It is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco and a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.

    We are proud of our culture of developing and supporting the growth and professional development of our people. The focus has resulted in a team of top talent with high standards, positioning us at the forefront of our industry.

    The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process. Where Agency assistance is required the Irish Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Irish Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

    Irish Life is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued. We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported.

    We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.

    If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact lifecareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.

ILFS supports Equal Opportunity and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.Seniority level
  • Seniority levelMid-Senior level
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  • Employment typeFull-time
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  • Job functionFinance and Sales

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