Controller

&Open; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gifting platform in Dublin seeks a Controller for maternity cover. The role involves managing financial operations, ensuring compliance, and providing insights to support growth. Ideal candidates are ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CPA qualified with significant financial control experience. This position offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and exciting challenges in a fast-paced startup environment.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Hybrid Working Model

Company Pension

Healthcare cover

Qualifications

• Proven track record in financial control (IFRS).
• Experience in VC-backed environments preferred.
• Strong ability to collaborate cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day financial operations including payroll and invoicing.
• Oversee month-end close process and ensure reporting accuracy.
• Manage cash flow to ensure liquidity for growth.

Skills

Statutory financial control

Business partnering

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CPA qualified

Job description

About &Open

The world’s first happiness platform

Our gifting platform sends digital and physical gifts at scale

Clients include Etsy, Snapchat, Revolut and Intercom

Join our growing team

About The Team

&Open’s Finance Team care about the numbers and are driven by curiosity. We love uncovering useful insights for strategic data-driven decisions which will fuel our rapidly growing business. From accounting and compliance to forecasting and analysis, we proactively support every team within the business and play a key role in achieving our mission.

About The Role

We are seeking a highly capable Controller to join our finance team on a fixed-term maternity cover contract. In this role, you will take ownership of the company’s core financial operations — from month-end close and management reporting to cash flow oversight and statutory compliance — while partnering with senior leadership to provide actionable insights that support growth.

Reporting directly to the CFO, you will work closely with the Financial Accountant, Accounts Assistants, Commercial Finance Manager, and cross-functional teams across the business. This is an ideal opportunity for a Finance Manager with strong technical accounting skills and business mindset who is ready to step into a broader leadership role, combining day-to-day financial control with business partnering.

You’ll thrive here if you bring a sharp eye for detail, a structured approach to process improvement, and a curiosity for understanding the “why” behind the numbers. In a fast-paced, VC-backed environment, your work will directly influence our ability to scale efficiently and make confident, data-driven decisions to support a growth path to profitability.

What you'll do?

Financial Control & Compliance

• Lead day-to-day financial operations, including payroll, invoicing, financial reporting, and oversight of the accounting team.
• Lead the month-end close process, continuously improving time-to-close while ensuring reporting accuracy and completeness.
• Own cash flow management, ensuring sufficient liquidity for growth, operations, and compliance purposes.
• Maintain full oversight of the company’s cash flow statement, P&L, and balance sheet.
• Support direct and indirect tax processes (VAT, GST, CT, R&D Tax Credit) and ensure timely, accurate submissions.
• Manage the annual financial audit, liaising with auditors and other external stakeholders to ensure investor-grade reporting.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations and legislation.
  
  

Business Partnering

• Partner with the CFO and department heads to ensure alignment to strategic and operational goals.
• Prepare and present financial reports to senior leaders, translating variances into clear business drivers and actionable recommendations.
• Track and analyse key business metrics (e.g., gross margin, working capital) to inform decision-making.
• Work closely with other teams to connect & control operational data to financial impact and influence decision-making.
  
  

Process, Systems & Data

• Drive key finance initiatives, including process and system improvements, ERP selection and implementation, and automation projects.
• Enhance financial data integrity and visibility to enable real-time performance tracking.
  
  

What You'll Need

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CPA qualified, with a proven track record in statutory financial control (IFRS) and experience partnering with commercial teams.
• Prior experience in high-paced, frequently changing environments — preference for VC-backed scale-ups or those that have undergone transformation (e.g. ERP implementation).
• Strong communication skills, capable of translating finance into business terms for non-finance stakeholders.
• Demonstrated business partnering skills in a hybrid work set-up (2 days in the office), with a proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally to deliver multiple initiatives under tight deadlines.
• Proactive, growth-oriented mindset with the ability to shift focus from historical reporting to forward-looking analysis over time.
• Thrives on bringing clarity and structure to financial and business data, reporting, and teams, with a focus on continuous learning and development.
• Available to start on 15th October 2025.
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Hybrid Working Model
• Company Pension
• Healthcare cover
• Exciting experience in a fast-paced start-up environment
  
  

Location

Harold's Cross, Dublin 6

All Welcome Here Statement

We believe diverse teammates, opinions and backgrounds generate a larger global impact and more considerate acts of care. &Open is an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.