Senior Finance Manager / Financial Controller
Full-time, permanent
South-East commuter region (within commuting distance of South Dublin)
The Opportunity
A well-established Irish SME is appointing a Senior Finance Manager / Financial Controller to take full ownership of finance across a multi-million euro operation with multi-jurisdiction trading. This is a broad, hands-on role: you'll lead a small team, tighten controls, and provide clear commercial insight to the leadership team.
Key Responsibilities
* Own monthly management accounts, KPIs, variance analysis and commentary for leadership.
* Deliver accurate multi-entity / multi-jurisdiction reporting (e.g., Ireland + UK/Europe), including consolidations where required.
* Lead budgeting, forecasting, and rolling cashflow planning (short and medium term).
* Provide practical commercial insight on margins, pricing, productivity, and project performance.
* Maintain discipline around project set-up, cost coding, approvals and timely close-out.
* Support operational teams with clear reporting on WIP / project performance
* Oversee tax compliance across jurisdictions: VAT/RTD/Payroll taxes as relevant, and liaise with external advisors.
* Ensure company policies and procedures are followed and improved as the business scales.
* Manage day-to-day cash visibility and longer-range cash forecasting.
* Oversee banking relationships, facilities, and covenant/pack reporting
* Drive working-capital performance: debtor days, supplier terms, retention management, and credit control rhythm.
* Lead, develop, and set clear standards for a small finance team
* Be the escalation point for finance queries across the business.
* Own finance systems and reporting tools; improve month-end close efficiency and accuracy.
* Identify process gaps, fix them, document them, and make them stick.
Requirements:
* Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
* Strong experience in a
multi-million turnover environment with multi-jurisdiction exposure
* Proven ability to run an end-to-end finance function: reporting, cashflow, controls, compliance, audit, team leadership.
* Strong Excel and finance systems capability; confident producing clear board-level packs.