Financial Accounting & Reporting Manager

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. Huron is expanding its Belfast-based delivery centre, establishing a centre of excellence for high-impact Finance Transformation projects.

We are seeking functional finance managers who speak the language of the CFO office and can translate complex financial strategies into world‑class technology solutions. This role is designed for managers with a strong foundation in Accounting, FP&A or Finance Operations who want to apply their domain expertise to the world of cloud technology. You will lead a team in our European practice, bridging the gap between technical configuration and strategic financial objectives.

We provide robust support, cutting‑edge tools (Oracle, Workday, One Stream) and global resources to empower you to deliver transformative results.

• Solution Design & Implementation:
  Conduct deep‑dive analyses of complex client requirements through virtual workshops and process‑mapping sessions. Translate these business needs into robust, scalable, and best‑practice‑aligned solution designs. Configure market‑leading cloud applications (such as Oracle EPM/ERP, One Stream, Workday, etc.), build financial models, develop integration workflows, and create sophisticated reports and dashboards that provide critical insights to our clients.

• Functional Solution Design:
  Lead the functional design of financial systems. Conduct workshops with Controllers and FP&A Directors to define Chart of Accounts (CoA) structures, design financial consolidation logic and map “Record‑to‑Report” or “Plan‑to‑Perform” processes, ensuring the technology solution aligns strictly with accounting standards (IFRS/GAAP) and strategic reporting needs.

• Finance Transformation:
  Advise clients on best‑practice finance operating models. Streamline period‑end close cycles, automate reconciliation processes and design driver‑based forecasting models that provide actionable commercial insights.

• Client
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Serve as the translator between IT and Finance, managing relationships with finance stakeholders across Europe and articulating how cloud solutions impact day‑to‑day accounting operations and strategic planning.

• Project Delivery:
  Manage specific functional work streams (e.g., General Ledger, Consolidation, Planning) with autonomy. Own the creation of functional specifications, user acceptance testing (UAT) scripts and training materials for finance users.

• Onsite Engagement:
  While primarily based in Belfast (hybrid), travel to client sites across Europe for critical design workshops and go‑live support, ensuring the human side of finance transformation is managed effectively.

We look for candidates who are accountants or finance professionals first, and technologists second.

• Experience: 10+ years in Finance Transformation, FP&A or Core Accounting with exposure to implementing financial software, and demonstrated team‑leadership experience.

• Professional
  
  Qualifications:
  
  A recognized accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CPA, ACA or European equivalent) is highly desirable. Deep understanding of financial statements, double‑entry bookkeeping and consolidation rules is essential.

• Essential Background: Experience with in a Big 4, Finance Transformation practice or a top‑tier consulting firm is highly preferred. Alternatively, industry professionals (Finance Managers, Systems Accountants) with strong project experience are welcome.

• Functional & Technical Expertise:

  • Financials:
    Oracle Cloud ERP (GL, AP, AR, FA), Workday Financials or SAP S/4
    
    HANA.
  • EPM/FP&A:
    Oracle EPM (FCCS, PBSC), One Stream or Anaplan.

• Client‑Facing
  
  Skills:
  
  Discuss variance analysis with a Financial Controller as comfortably as you discuss data integrations with an IT Lead. Excel at solving complex functional problems (e.g., intercompany eliminations, multi‑currency reporting).

• Languages: Fluency in English is essential. Professional proficiency in another European language (German, French, Spanish, Dutch) is desirable.

Huron is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability or any other legally protected status. In connection with your application, we will process your personal data in accordance with our privacy policy.

• Healthcare
• Bonus
• Hybrid
• Pension