CFO

Sigmar Recruitment; Kilkenny; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working long term

Competitive salary €110k-€120k

Job summary

Sigmar Recruitment is seeking a CFO-level candidate for a Kilkenny-based role within a large Irish business, offering hybrid working and national scope. The role leads the finance function, shaping long-term strategy and robust financial controls while partnering with the CEO, board, and executive team to drive sustainable growth.

You will oversee budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and treasury, ensuring compliant reporting and external audits, with a focus on strategic insights for pricing and

Qualifications

• 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 budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and financial planning experience.
• Strong risk, controls, and governance expertise.
• Experience with mergers/acquisitions.
• Experience partnering with CEOs, boards and senior leadership.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing finance teams.
• Stamp 4 or EU Passport required.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Senior leadership

Strategic financial acumen

Accounting & compliance

Budgeting & forecasting

Risk & governance

Mergers & acquisitions

Executive partnering

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Stamp 4 / EU Passport

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

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.