Strategic Finance Assistant Manager

Position Overview

The Strategic Finance team for CRH Europe provide financial oversight, evaluation, guidance and direction to optimise CRH Europe’s strategic position and resulting financial performance. The team operate alongside Strategy and Development, Finance and other business professionals, working closely with business leaders to ensure CRH Europe develops its optimum strategic business plan and delivers financial growth in line with this. The team help to drive the financial plan and maximise EBITDA, margin, RONA and cash returns from the portfolio, ensuring that best value is derived from major investments and development projects across the Division.

This role will report to the Head of Strategic Finance, along with a Strategic Finance Senior Manager, who together will guide from a financial perspective in three areas:

1) M&A transactions and business development projects

2) Portfolio and strategic reviews

3) Land development strategy and related initiatives

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

We are looking for someone who is passionate about business partnering and strategic finance. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate to broaden the scope of their finance experience. It will provide practical experience of partnering to develop and deliver the businesses’ strategic business plan from a commercial and reporting perspective. As we evolve our strategic finance agenda, this role will flex and grow, but in the immediate term the focus of the role is to:

* Support with transactional due diligence, financial evaluation, proposal “quality assurance”, acquisition integration, divestment separation, etc.
* Review proposals, analyse and assess modelling to validate the business case presented.
* Primary point of contact, managing the flow of information, documents and feedback for the end-to-end acquisition and divestment oversight processes for CRH Europe.
* Help to maintain and improve resources (e.g. templates) for use throughout the business to build awareness and consistency in our approach to the financial aspects of the various M&A, investment and divestment activities.

Individual Competencies

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, is proactive and can manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

* Strong partnering and collaboration skills, with an ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders across the business
* Excellent planning and organizing skills, proficient at time management and multi-tasking with an attention to detail
* Courage to address challenges and help drive change and innovation

Key Functional Competencies

You possess the following:

* Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build, develop and maintain relationships
* Excellent communication skills
* A pragmatic approach, with flexibility and adaptability
* Demonstrated positive attitude, open-minded team player

Experience / Education

You are/have:

* A qualified accountant with c.5+ years PQE
* Knowledge of financial modelling and valuations is an advantage
* Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word

What CRH Offers You

* A culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion
* Highly competitive salary package
* Comprehensive secondary benefits
* Significant contribution to your pension plan
* Health and wellness programs, including an on-site gym and fitness classes
* Excellent opportunities to develop and progress with a global organization

Connect your future to CRH

We are curious to learn more about you. At CRH, we believe our mutual differences contribute to the healthy, productive, and enjoyable workspace we create. Please introduce yourself and send us your application.

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Please contact our recruitment team at careers@crh.com.

CRH is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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