Financial Controller: Leading National Company
Location: West Cork
Business Overview
We are a leading private company with a significant national presence in Ireland. Our main activities span the full project lifecycle of our core business, including establishment, management, land sourcing, investment, valuations, infrastructure development, and core operations. We are a profitable and well-capitalized organization renowned for providing a highly professional service offering.
This role is based at our Head Office in West Cork, leading a team of approximately 20 staff and reporting directly to the General Manager and the Board of Directors.
The Role: Financial and Strategic Leadership
The Financial Controller will be a key strategic partner to the management team, taking full control of the Company's financial and administrative functions to optimize overall performance and contribute directly to company strategy.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Financial Leadership: Provide leadership to the Company's finance and administration function to optimize overall performance.
- Strategic Contribution: Join the management team and participate fully across all matters of strategic importance, contributing directly to the development of Company strategy across all areas of the business.
- Reporting & Compliance: Prepare annual budgets and monthly management accounts, providing ongoing performance monitoring. Ensure the company is fully tax compliant and that financial systems are robust and compliant.
- Working Capital & Treasury: Manage the company's debtors and creditors and focus on optimizing its working capital.
- Operational Partnership: Act as a critical liaison with field teams nationwide to assist on costings, returns, grant applications, and other ad hoc queries.
- Grant Management: Liaise directly with field teams and relevant government departments regarding project grants.
Candidate Attributes
- Professional Qualification: Be a qualified member of a recognized accountancy body.
- Commercial Acumen: Must be commercially astute, technically strong, and capable of driving business performance through the finances.
- Technical Skills: Be familiar with the use of an accounting package (such as Sage/MS Access/Database management).
- Data Proficiency: A high degree of proficiency in Excel is a significant advantage (e.g., Sumifs, VLOOKUPs, Pivots).
- Integrity & Administration: Possess a high degree of integrity, be an excellent administrator, and demonstrate strong time management and prioritization skills.
