Head of Finance Strategy
About Your New Employer
Join a leading global insurance and financial services organisation with a strong international presence and a clear focus on helping customers live better lives. You’ll provide strategic guidance and constructive challenge across key governance forums, ensuring decisions align with the organisation’s business objectives, risk appetite, customer commitments and regulatory requirements.
About Your New Job
As Head of Finance Strategy, you will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer and act as a trusted strategic adviser to the CFO, CEO and Executive Committee.
You will:
- Deliver robust financial insight, constructive challenge and strategic guidance to inform key business decisions.
- Produce clear, concise and actionable reports, strategic papers and recommendations for senior executives, governance committees and the Board.
- Lead the financial assessment of strategic initiatives, including business case development, scenario analysis, investment appraisal and cost-benefit evaluation.
- Monitor and oversee the performance, costs, benefits and delivery of the strategic portfolio, identifying emerging risks and recommending appropriate remedial actions.
- Provide strategic financial oversight across investment decisions, capital allocation, customer outcomes, outsourcing arrangements and portfolio prioritisation.
- Enhance financial governance, risk management and conduct oversight, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and Central Bank of Ireland requirements.
- Ensure strategic and financial decisions appropriately balance customer outcomes, risk appetite, investment discipline and commercial performance.
- This is a highly visible leadership role where you will translate complex financial and strategic information into clear choices and compelling recommendations for senior stakeholders.
What Skills You Need
- Extensive senior leadership experience across finance, strategy, corporate development, consulting or a similar discipline within a complex, regulated environment.
- Strong understanding of the insurance or financial services sector, including its regulatory framework, customer expectations, risk landscape and operational dynamics.
- Demonstrated ability to advise and influence CFOs, CEOs, Boards and executive leadership teams, providing credible challenge and strategic direction at the most senior levels.
- Advanced expertise in financial planning and forecasting, management reporting, investment evaluation, business case development and performance analysis..
What's on Offer
- A highly influential executive-level role with the opportunity to shape strategic choices, investment discipline and long-term financial performance.
- Competitive salary, annual salary review and an annual company and performance-based bonus.
- Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 10%, life assurance, generous annual leave and Bank Holidays.
What's Next
Apply now by clicking the “Apply Now” button or contact alowe@sigmar.ie, 01 474 4643.
