Head of Finance-Dublin (Hybrid)

Job Reference	17701
Job type	Permanent
Location	Dublin
Salary	€ 80,000+, Negotiable

The Role

Head of Finance Ireland

Dublin (Hybrid)

To support the growth strategy, we are looking to appoint a Head of Finance to partner the Ireland MD and
the Ireland GM’s (and support the overarching Head of Finance and CFO for UK and Ireland) - to
influence the commercial operations of the business.

KEY OBJECTIVES / TASKS:
BUSINESS PARTNER THE CEO FOR EUROPE
The role will partner the MD and GMs to drive growth, efficiencies, and profit through the business.
It will involve using the data we generate from sales and costs to analyse the business to identify opportunities
and risk and help the GM’s to deliver them. This will also involve speaking with and negotiating with clients.
GROWTH
Assess new business opportunities and review bids presented by the Chief Growth Officer to enable the business
to grow successfully.
There are also likely to be M&A targets to review with Group M&A team.
FINANCIAL REPORTING & CONTROL
Oversee and manage the month end financial reporting processes, annual budgeting cycle and rolling forecasting
processes.
Also manage and oversee event day forecasts, post event reporting / P&Ls and working capital.
Manage and control all elements of finance. This includes liaising with auditors in producing statutory accounts for
Ireland.
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRATION
A range of new systems have already been implemented in Ireland. There will be a degree of ongoing systems
planning and implementation needed also as part of the role.

The Person

PLC experience preferred****

PERSONAL QUALITIES:
1. Presenting detailed information in a succinct and clear way – often to non-finance people
• Know the detail but then be able lift oneself to the strategic level quickly
• Be data numerate and comfortable working with data to make data driven decisions – we have moved to
data warehouses and dashboards as the way to drive the business.
• Understand the core drivers/issues and present in a way that is succinct and appropriate for the audience
• Ability to see the bigger picture amongst the noise
• Being able to explain the ‘so what’ that leads from analysis, results & proposals.

2. Accountability & resilience
• Fast paced environment - able to make decisions quickly.
• There are a lot of competing requirements – need to be able to balance time and achieve tight deadlines.
• Commercially astute and quick to work through the many deadlines required back-to-back through the year
• Attention to detail - ensuring the results and analysis presented is accurate and meaningful.

3. Relationship building
• Able to build relationships with senior stakeholders (MD, CEO, COO, CFO, etc.) in the right way to be able to
engage, interact and challenge in a way that gets the right outcome for the business

4. Leadership
• Be confident in challenging the ‘norm’ - we are in a constantly changing world and business
• Head up projects for Ireland independently and see them through to completion
• Ability to manage and lead a team of people to ensure the sector teams need to be able to see you as a
leader of the business and respect your decisions but feel comfortable to come to you for advice.

5. Previous experience
• Experience in the hospitality sector (or similar) preferable.