Location/Office Policy: Hybrid working, which will include a blend of onsite (Dublin) and remote working. AIB Finance are looking for a talented and ambitious Accountant to join our Financial Planning and Forecasting team in Finance Business Partners. Are you a highly motivated individual with well:developed commercial acumen? Are you skilled at influencing stakeholders to drive the delivery of strategic and financial objectives? Are you a leader who can create a culture of high performance, accountability and engagement? Would you like to work as part of a team whose ambition is to become a world class Finance function, exceptional at developing talent and turning information into insights? What is the Role: As future focussed finance business partners, our objective is to support senior Leadership in the development and delivery of AIB's strategic and financial objectives. The Planning and Forecasting team has responsibility for managing and co:ordinating financial planning and forecasting in AIB, and presentation of key information to Executive Leadership Team and AIB Board. Critical to our success is an ability to understand the business and a mix of analytical, commercial and communication skills to deliver information and insights to key stakeholders in a clear and concise manner. A vacancy now exists for the role of an Accountant in the Planning and Forecasting Finance Business Partner team. This is an important role in delivering proactive financial management and support to the business ensuring robust financial analysis, ongoing financial performance assessment and planning and forecasting. Key accountabilities: stylemargin:bottom:0.0cm;margin:top:0.0px: : Support in the production of the 3:year Financial Plan and Forecasts ensuring adherence with finance planning guidelines and alignment to integrated business, financial, credit and risk planning processes :Work closely with Finance BPs, business units and other plan stakeholders to bring together the overall AIB group financial plans and forecasts :Responsible for running forecast updates and assisting in the preparation of forecast presentations, including key metrics, insights and commentary for Executive Leadership Team and AIB Board :Perform review and challenge of forecasts and plans, carrying out analysis to provide insights on key business trends and issues :Other scenario and ad hoc analysis for management :Support the management of the onePlan system (AIB's planning system) : Work with peers and colleagues across all levels, identifying and developing relationships within AIB What you Will Bring: stylemargin:top:0.0cm;margin:bottom:0.0cm: :Minimum 3 years relevant experience working in a financial services and/or other finance role with an ability to 'hit the ground running' :Professional qualification (ACCA/ ACA/ CIMA or equivalent) :Strong relationship builder and capable of managing a range of stakeholders on a cross functional basis :Proven business understanding and highly developed commercial acumen :Ability to analyse and interpret data, to assess its value and to present the findings to the relevant stakeholders concisely, with excellent attention to detail :Results:oriented, with an ability to work to deadlines and act with discretion and confidentiality :Be motivated, enthusiastic and forward looking, positive can:do approach is a necessity :Excellent Excel and PowerPoint capability Why Work for AIB? We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work and live and our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to their role, the needs of our customers and business requirements. Some of our benefits include; stylemargin:bottom:0.0cm;margin:top:0.0px: :Market leading Pension Sch