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 amulti-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.
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