Job Title: Finance Lead
We are partnering with a leading Kilkenny-based organisation to oversee the financial operations of their local business unit.
This is a broad and high-impact role with responsibility for financial control, margin management, forecasting, statutory reporting, and partnering closely with operations and sales teams to drive performance.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of gross margin mechanics and commercial finance, as well as excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead and manage a local finance team of 3, each responsible for AP, AR, and Banking.
* Oversight of improvements in AP processes, with particular focus on efficiency and centralisation.
* Collaboration with local heads of operations to prepare weekly gross margin reports, ensuring cut-offs and costing are accurate.
* Delivery of actionable insights on pricing and margin to the local MD, sales teams, and operations.
* Accountability across the business for margin improvement actions and report progress weekly to the CFO, CEO, and Group Sales Director.
* Management of the monthly close process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
* Oversight of statutory reporting obligations, with a view to transitioning this to the Assistant Financial Controller / Company Accountant over time.
* Oversight of relationships with outsourced payroll, IT, and HR providers, ensuring services are delivered efficiently and in line with contractual obligations.
* Leadership and support of financial projects, audit preparations, and resolution of ad hoc finance queries.
* Support and coordination of the annual budgeting process.
* Development and maintenance of the financial model for the business.
* Preparation and update of monthly rolling forecasts with value-adding insights.
Key Requirements:
* Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
* Proven experience in a similar financial leadership role, ideally in a dynamic, multi-functional environment.
* Strong understanding of gross margin mechanics and commercial finance.
* Demonstrated ability to manage month-end processes and statutory compliance.
* Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
* Experience working with or transitioning to shared services and finance tech solutions is highly desirable.
* High attention to detail with a proactive and hands-on approach.