Reporting Excellence Manager - Hybrid

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Audit and Assurance is one of Deloitte Ireland’s largest service lines and a core engine of our business. As the world’s number one professional services firm, we bring challenge, curiosity and edge to the financial reporting ecosystem. We deliver insight, confidence and value for leading local and international clients.

Our teams combine advanced technology with deep professional expertise to evolve our audit and assurance processes. You will work with talented colleagues across our global network to make an impact that matters every day. Number one never stops challenging and neither do we.

Why you'll enjoy this new opportunity

Reporting Excellence is an exciting and growing team within Deloitte Ireland's Assurance business. We help finance functions produce better, faster and more reliable financial reporting, and we support them through the moments that matter most: transactions, new accounting standards, system change and the adoption of AI. Our work is built around four key pillars: 

• Reporting Excellence & Solutions: optimising reporting cycles through standardisation, consolidation, automation and Operate expansion; 

• Accounting Advice & Transaction Support: providing expert technical accounting support for M&A, IPOs and new standards; 

• Technology & AI Advisory: advising finance functions on accounting, controls and audit considerations as they implement system changes and AI-enabled automation; and 

• Specialist Functions: providing integrated support across audit and advisory. 
  

We are looking for generalists: people who can confidently engage with clients and who understand the end-to-end financial reporting process, the systems that support it and the reporting outputs it produces. Breadth, curiosity and sound accounting judgement are what we value most, and you will have the opportunity to work across all four pillars on a wide variety of clients and projects. 

As a Reporting Excellence Manager, you will manage engagements from scoping through to delivery, acting as a trusted adviser to Financial Controllers and CFO teams. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams across our four pillars, bringing together accounting, process, systems and controls perspectives to solve the reporting challenges our clients face. Alongside delivery, you will play an active role in developing our people, building client relationships and winning new work, helping to shape the growth of a team that is expanding its offering in areas such as Operate services and Technology & AI Advisory. 

Key skills and prior experience that align well with this position 

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent) with a strong academic record and substantial post-qualification experience gained through audit, industry or project-based advisory work. This is essential. 

• Advanced technical expertise in IFRS and/or FRS 102 (US GAAP a bonus). You can form and defend well-reasoned judgements on complex matters, including M&A, IPOs and new standards, and take responsibility for the quality of the team's technical output. 

• Broad understanding of finance functions: the financial reporting process, systems, controls and reporting outputs. You can advise on how system change and AI-enabled automation affect accounting, controls and audit considerations, and you understand the independence requirements that apply when serving audit and non-audit clients. 

• Engagement management and delivery excellence: the ability to oversee engagements from scoping and planning through execution and client sign-off, manage budgets, risks and multiple workstreams, and consistently deliver high-quality outputs on time. 

• People leadership and commercial acumen: experience leading and developing teams, building trusted relationships with senior finance stakeholders, identifying follow-on opportunities and leading the drafting of proposals. You engage confidently with clients across sectors and enjoy the variety of a generalist role. 

What type of work will I be doing? 

• Engagement Management & Delivery (45%): Manage the full cycle of engagements, from scoping and planning through execution and sign-off. Lead teams, coordinate with audit, technology and advisory colleagues, manage budgets and risks, and ensure deliverables meet quality and timeline expectations. 

• Technical Advisory & Problem-Solving (20%): Provide expert guidance on complex financial reporting matters, transactions and new standards. Review and approve accounting papers and recommendations, and translate technical requirements into practical solutions for clients' processes and systems. 

• Team Leadership & Development (20%): Lead, coach and develop engagement teams, act as a counsellor, lead performance reviews and contribute to recruitment, learning and team culture. 

• Business Development & Market Presence (15%): Build relationships with existing and prospective clients, identify and pursue follow-on opportunities, lead the drafting of proposals and contribute to thought leadership and the development of new service offerings. 

Who is the Hiring Manager?
 

The Hiring Manager is a Partner or Director in the Reporting Excellence team within Deloitte Ireland's Assurance business, with deep expertise in financial reporting, finance processes, transactions, technology, automation and process improvement. They are a collaborative, outcomes-focused leader who values both technical rigour and commercial pragmatism. They lead by example, staying close to developments in accounting standards, technology and AI while maintaining strong client relationships, and create an environment where diverse perspectives are valued and people are empowered to take ownership of client outcomes. 

Where is this role based? 

This role is based in Dublin, Ireland, with a hybrid working model. You'll divide your time between our Dublin office, client sites across Ireland and remote work, depending on project demands and team needs. 

If you meet most of the criteria above, we encourage you to apply. Deloitte is an equal opportunities employer and will ensure that any reasonable accommodations are implemented throughout the recruitment and selection process.

What we offer

Your reward at Deloitte is competitive, purpose driven and designed to support your growth. It is more than salary. We invest in your personal and professional development, empower your work life balance and offer benefits that support you at every stage of life. These include health and wellbeing supports, pension and savings options, training and coaching and enhanced leave options.