Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a (Senior) Financial Controller to join the team at Eurofins National Service Centre in Dungarvan Co Waterford. We are looking for a strong all round Financial Controller who has experience of both monthly Management Accounts and year-end Financial Statements to join the financial controlling team.

The Financial Controller will assist with the accounting function for multiple legal entities. They will be involved in the optimisation of the Finance function to ensure best practice in reporting systems, internal control framework and IT systems. Project work will form a significant portion of the role so the ability to grasp complex topics quickly is a must.

Main Duties : 

• Month end routines and procedures. The successful candidate will have responsibility for the accounts of a number of legal entities including:
  • Balance Sheet Reconciliations
  • Review and validation of results prepared by Shared Services Centre
  • Recodes and corrections as required.
  • Conducting Review of accounts with Business Unit Leaders
• Assisting with and supporting the annual external audit
• Financial analysis and KPI delivery
• Cashflow Forecasting & Treasury support
• Assisting with accounting systems development
• Continuous review and improvement of processes
• Ensuring compliance with Group accounting principles and policies
• Other tasks / duties that may be required in order to perform the role and support the finance function.
• Supporting the business on financial matters as needed.
• Ad hoc reporting and investigations.

• A relevant third level degree
• Qualified or part qualified accountant working towards a recognised accounting qualification
• A strong self-starter who is prepared to lead agenda’s directly with General Managers and senior team members.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to convert data into analysis / information which enables users to understand business performance and make informed decisions
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain what the numbers are saying
• Solid knowledge of finance policies, processes and finance systems
• Organised with the ability to prioritise and deliver to agreed deadline.
• Diligent, hard-working, takes ownership of tasks
• Organised, accurate, with good productivity and attention to detail
• Must be highly motivated with the ability to work under pressure in a dynamic and fast moving environment
• Strong IT skills / Excel

(Senior) Financial ControllerWe support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.