CFO

BR111180
  • €110,000 - 120,000
  • Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland
  • Full Time

About Your New Employer

Kilkenny based CFO role with a large Irish business with operations nationwide. (hybrid working).

About Your New Job

  • Lead and develop the finance function to ensure financial strategy, systems, controls and reporting support long-term business objectives.
  • Guide the organisation’s financial strategy in collaboration with the CEO, executive team, and board.
  • Deliver clear financial insight, commercial challenge, and strategic leadership to support effective decision-making and sustainable growth.
  • Oversee long-term financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and treasury functions.
  • Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax legislation, regulatory requirements, and manage external audit processes.
  • Act as a strategic partner across the organisation, providing meaningful financial insight for business decisions, pricing, investment, and M&A activity.
  • Build and lead a high-performing finance team, ensuring succession planning and continuous development.

What Skills You Need

  • Qualified accountant with senior leadership experience, ideally within a large Irish business.
  • Strong strategic and commercial financial acumen.
  • Excellent technical knowledge of accounting, reporting, tax, and compliance.
  • Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and financial planning.
  • Strong risk, controls, and governance expertise.
  • Previous experience with mergers/acquisitions.
  • Experienced in partnering with CEOs, boards, and senior leadership.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Proven ability to build and lead high-performing finance teams.
  • Stamp 4 or EU Passport required.

What’s on Offer

  • €110,000 - €120,000 plus benefits.
  • Hybrid working long term.
  • Great opportunities long term within the business.

What next

  • Apply now by clicking the “Apply Now" button or get in touch with me, Ben Ryan at bryan@sigmar.ie for more details.
  • Or if the job isn’t quite right but you are looking for something similar, please get in touch.

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Ben Ryan Principal Recruitment Consultant, Accountancy & Finance

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