Nostra is a leading Managed Service Provider (MSP) in Ireland, dedicated to delivering advanced IT solutions that enable businesses to build reliable, secure, and scalable IT foundations. With a commitment to continuous improvement, we serve a diverse range of industries, providing exceptional services that empower our clients to focus on their core business goals.

We are seeking a commercially minded and ambitious individual to join our newly established FP&A function within a fast-growing Managed Services Provider (MSP) business.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape how financial and operational reporting is developed across the organisation. The successful candidate will work closely with teams across Finance, Operations, Sales, Service Delivery, and Leadership to create meaningful habitual reporting, improve visibility of business performance, and support strategic decision-making.

The role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with data, building processes from the ground up, and partnering with stakeholders across the business to drive insight and accountability.

Nostra has offices in Dublin, Galway, Cork and Belfast. This role will be Dublin based.

Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis:

Support the development of the FP&A function and reporting framework across the business.
Own weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reporting packs.
Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes.
Provide value adding insight to decision makers from analysis of revenue, margin, utilisation, and operational KPIs within the MSP environment.
Provide financial insight to support commercial and operational decision-making.

Reporting & Process Improvement:

Design, implement and own new habitual reporting across departments.
Partner with operational teams to define meaningful KPIs and performance metrics.
Improve reporting accuracy, consistency, and automation where possible.
Develop dashboards and management information for senior leadership.
Help establish scalable reporting processes suitable for a growing business.

Business Partnering:

Collaborate with teams across Service Delivery, Sales and Operations.
Translate financial and operational data into clear business insights.
Partner with Senior department heads in understanding performance drivers and trends.
Build strong working relationships across the organisation.

Data & Systems:

Work with finance and operational systems to extract, validate, and analyse data
Drive and support initiatives to improve data quality, refine reporting tools, and enhance data governance, ensuring greater accuracy, transparency, and effectiveness in financial reporting
Assist with implementation or optimisation of BI/reporting platforms where relevant.

Essential Requirements:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Strong attention to detail with a proactive mindset.
Ability to work independently and adapt in a growing environment.

Desirable:

Experience with Microsoft Business Central.
Experience/Knowledge within an MSP, technology or services-based business.
Exposure to FP&A, management reporting, or commercial finance.
Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar reporting tools.
Familiarity with KPI reporting and operational metrics.

Benefits:

Generous professional development budget.
Company Pension.
Health Plan.
Wellness Benefit.
On-site Gym.

At Nostra we value our people. We are a passionate team committed to doing our best, our values are trust, accountability, expertise, people, integrity, and empathy. These values form a central part of our recruitment process. Nostra is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

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