Job Title: Head of Finance Shared Services
Employer: National Shared Services Office
Location: Galway
Closing Date: 3pm, Thursday, 22 May 2025
Salary: Starting at €166,473
About the Employer
The National Shared Services Office (NSSO) is the multifunction shared services provider of human resources, pensions, payroll, finance, and accounting administration services to the civil service. It follows a now accepted business model that is common in most large organisations and Government administrations around the world.
Since its establishment in 2012, as part of the Public Sector Reform Programme, the NSSO has a significant service mandate to support whole of Government shared service provision and has evolved to become one of the largest shared services operations in the State. The Office was established as a separate statutory body under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform in 2018.
The service functions include customer service support and operations that apply the Government’s Human Resources, pensions, payroll, and accounting policies on behalf of Government Departments and Offices. The NSSO plays an important role in the long-term professional development of the Civil Service and delivery of Government’s strategic priorities through modernised and innovative corporate function administration as set out in the Civil Service Renewal Strategy 2030.
About the Role:
The Head of Finance Shared Services will report directly to the CEO of the NSSO. Subject to the overall direction and accountability of the CEO, the Head of Finance Shared Services will be expected to provide effective leadership and management of the largescale and complex programme of work with a particular focus on achieving value for money, transformation, and innovation of client-facing financial shared services.
Finance Shared Services (FSS) is the third and most recent shared service offering launched by the NSSO. FSS is currently tasked with delivering the Integrated Financial Management and Reporting System; a single standardised system of accounting and financial reporting processes across central government.
The Head of Finance Shared Services will be expected to ensure the programme of work, most prominently the Financial Management Shared Service project, is delivered by reference to high standards of governance and oversight and that there is an appropriate risk, compliance, and benefit framework in place in addition to leading, managing and delivering on the operations of the Finance Shared Services. In particular, the Head of Financial Shared Services will report as part of the FMSS project as appropriate to the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and other Government Departments and public bodies in line with any governance and oversight arrangements prescribed by the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform.
The Finance Shared Services division is organised across a number of operational and programme management pillars. The Head of Finance Shared Services will have responsibility for leading, managing and reporting on the following programme management pillars:
• Central Accounting including General Ledger Accounting and Reporting;
• Financial Operations including Accounts Payable, Receivables and Bank Management;
• Service and Governance including Customer Service Support, Risk and Audit Management;
• Programme management including FMSS detailed design, build, test and cutover; and
• Business readiness including change management and training.
The Head of Finance Shared Services will also be part of the Management Board of the NSSO. Subject to the overall direction and accountability of the CEO, the Management Board promotes:
• The optimal governance culture in the NSSO;
• The effective delivery of the NSSO’s mission and objectives, and reporting thereon, as laid down by statute, to the Government and the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform;
• Coherence and coordination across the NSSO’s objectives and responsibilities;
• Accountability within the NSSO and to the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; and
• A supportive work environment for staff that underpins the fulfilment of the NSSO’s mission; and the effective management of the NSSO in all its operations and responsibilities.
A full list of essential requirements is available in the Information Booklet.
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 3pm on Thursday, 22 May, 2025.
We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act.
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