Manage EMEA financial accounting operations, including a team of qualified accountants, monthly and year-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, reporting, audits, tax and VAT compliance, forecasting, cash management, SOX compliance, and M&A integration. The role coordinates with European controllers, corporate accounting, treasury, tax teams, and external advisers while ensuring accurate, timely delivery under corporate policies and deadlines.
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health. At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Job Title: Finance Manager Location: Dublin Reports to: Finance Director Job Overview:
Additional Information:
- Finance Manager as a member of the EMEA Controller Team, working in a shared services environment.
Ø Manage a team of 2-3 qualified accountants
Ø M&A integration management
Ø Financial accounting
Ø Monthly, Quarterly and Year end close
Ø Balance sheet reconciliations
Ø Ownership of balance sheet & profit and loss
Ø Quarter end reporting
Ø Fixed asset accounting for the entities
Ø US GAAP lease accounting for the entities
Ø Statutory audit and reporting
Ø US GAAP year-end audit clearance
Ø Corporate income tax returns
Ø Tax audits and enquiries from tax authorities
Ø Tax compliance
Ø VAT compliance and reporting
Ø Cash flow and balance sheet forecasting
Ø Cash management
Ø Bank reconciliations
Ø Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for the entities
Ø Ensure financial processes are in accordance with and adhere to corporate policies
· Key role as part of Finance team with key interfaces with other internal customers and European controllers, A/P, A/R, Payroll, Cadence US treasury, US Corporate accounting, US Tax and local tax advisers.
· Ad hoc projects
Job Qualifications:- Fully qualified accountant – ACA/ACCA
- 4-5 years PQE preferable
- Leadership experience preferable
- Fluent English
- Considerable experience of financial statement preparation
- Good working knowledge of GAAP
CompetencyDefinition
Teamwork
- Both Supports others and asks for and receives help from others
- Understands and contributes to team objectives
- Constructively resolves conflicts with team members
- Gives opinions and listens to other member’s ideas during team meetings
Customer Focus
- Understand and acts on customer needs (including internal customers)
- Approaches work from the perspective of “what customer problems will I solve” by doing this?
- Works with “suppliers” to make sure that customer needs can be met
Accountability
- Is self-accountable for situations, attitudes, and behaviors
- Recognizes true intent of situations and owns their role in outcome whether positive or negative
- Self-examines and learns from outcomes
- Demonstrates willingness to renew attitudes and behaviors to achieve desired outcomes
Communication
· Communicates ideas, opinions, status, and suggestions to individuals & groups
- Written and verbal communications convey ideas and information in a concise, understandable, and grammatically correct manner, using appropriate style and tone
Leadership
· Takes responsibility for strategic action and initiatives
- Finds innovative solutions to Cadence problems (in business, people, and technology areas)
- Assesses alternative courses of action and seeks information needed to make timely decisions
- Makes effective and efficient decisions and aligns actions with values
- Participates in cross-group initiatives
- undefined
- SAP experience
- US GAAP/MNC experience
- European language skills – not required but a bonus
- Ability to deliver to immovable deadlines with a high degree of accuracy
- Strong sense of responsibility for completion of deliverables to meet own objectives
- Ability to work within a matrix business structure with internal customers in multicultural environment with multiple locations and time zones
- undefined
Additional Information:
- Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Travel: >5%
Cadence Design Systems Dublin, Dublin, IRL Office
70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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