Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP & A) -- Dublin -- Hybrid

Job title: Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP & A) -- Dublin -- Hybrid

About the Role ICON plc is seeking a Vice President, FP&A to lead enterprise-wide financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and strategic decision support within a complex, publicly listed global organization. The role serves as a key business partner to the CFO, CAO, Executive Leadership Team, and Board, delivering insightful financial leadership to drive growth, operational excellence, disciplined capital allocation, and long-term shareholder value. It also provides financial leadership for mergers and acquisitions and partners with Global Business Services (GBS) to enhance productivity, cost transparency, and operational efficiency in a highly regulated, SOX-compliant environment.

What You'll Do

• Lead the global annual budget, long-range planning, and rolling forecast processes in alignment with corporate objectives and public company reporting requirements.
• Deliver executive and Board-level financial reporting and analysis, including key performance drivers, risks, opportunities, sensitivities, and scenario modelling.
• Drive enterprise performance management processes, ensuring transparency, accountability, and actionable insight across the organisation.
• Partner with senior leadership to align strategic priorities, operating plans, and capital allocation decisions with financial performance objectives.
• Maintain high standards of forecast accuracy, analytical integrity, and financial discipline across the FP&A function.
• Serve as finance lead for mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investment activities, including valuation analysis, financial modelling, due diligence, investment committee materials, and post-acquisition value tracking.
• Support enterprise growth initiatives through robust financial evaluation, business case development, and strategic scenario analysis.
• Monitor and assess realised synergies and value creation against approved investment assumptions and strategic objectives.
• Partner closely with GBS leadership to enhance cost transparency, improve operational efficiency, and deliver committed productivity initiatives.
• Provide financial insight and challenge to support operational decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives across the enterprise.
• Foster strong collaboration across Finance, Operations, Legal, Risk, Investor Relations, and Corporate functions.
• Act as a key finance partner to the CFO, CAO, and Investor Relations teams in support of capital markets readiness and external financial communications.
• Develop and maintain earnings bridges, scenario analyses, outlook modelling, and sensitivity assessments supporting investor messaging and earnings preparedness.
• Support the preparation of materials for the Board, Audit Committee, and Disclosure Committee related to financial outlook, key judgements, and forward-looking statements.
• Ensure consistency and alignment between internal forecasts, external disclosures, and strategic communications within approved governance frameworks.
• Operate within a SOX-compliant environment, ensuring FP&A processes, assumptions, models, and reporting outputs are appropriately documented, reviewed, and controlled.
• Support Disclosure Controls and Procedures (DCP) through delivery of accurate, complete, and consistent forward-looking financial information.
• Partner with Controllership, Internal Audit, Legal, and Risk functions to support quarterly and annual certification processes.
• Promote a culture of accountability, transparency, governance, and continuous improvement throughout the organisation.
• Maintain an appropriate controls environment within your function.