Head of finance, Ireland

Seccl; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Annual learning budget

Pension contribution

Sabbatical after eight years

Job summary

Seccl Ireland is seeking a Head of Finance to own financial reporting, capital position and controls for the Irish arm as part of its European expansion. You will report to the Seccl Ireland Board and interact with the Central Bank of Ireland, ensuring audit readiness and robust controls.

You will set up processes and reporting rhythms for a regulated business, collaborate with UK finance, and present to the board with practical, commercially focused insights.

Qualifications

• Significant finance experience in a regulated Irish financial services business.
• Professional accounting qualification and membership of a recognized body.
• Understanding of prudential requirements for investment firms in Ireland, including capital, own funds and liquidity.
• Strong grounding in financial reporting, statutory accounts and audit under IFRS or FRS 102.

Responsibilities

• Own statutory accounts, management accounts and board financial reporting for Seccl Ireland.
• Lead the annual external audit process.
• Own regulatory reporting calendar and monitor capital, own funds and liquidity.
• Be the key contact for the Central Bank on finance and regulatory matters.
• Build financial controls, policies and processes for a regulated business from scratch.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling with the Irish leadership team.
• Provide commercially minded financial insight to the Ireland CEO and leadership team.

Skills

Regulated Irish finance

Financial reporting

Board presentation

Audit liaison

IFRS/FRS 102

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA or equivalent

Job description

Hybrid role based in our Dublin office, with occasional travel to our UK offices as needed

About us

Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform, on a mission to help more people invest, and invest well.

We're building the infrastructure behind the next generation of investing. Our technology already powers some of the UK’s most ambitious fintechs, banks, financial advisers and wealth firms, with close to a million investors relying on Seccl-powered platforms. And we're now expanding into Europe, starting in Ireland.

We've got a proven product, strong momentum and big ambitions for what comes next: helping more household-name brands launch and scale investment propositions, entering new markets and replacing outdated investment infrastructure with technology that’s faster, simpler and built for scale.

We're proud to be part of Octopus, one of the UK’s most successful privately held investment and technology groups. That gives us the backing and long-term perspective to build something substantial, while keeping the pace and energy of a high-growth business. Seccl and Octopus are both B Corp certified and share a belief that profit and purpose should go hand in hand.

If you want to help build the next chapter of Seccl in Ireland and shape the future of investing across Europe, you'll be in good company.

Check out the Seccl website to see what we're building and read more about our mission to shape the future of investments.

The role

As Head of finance for Seccl Ireland, you'll own our financial reporting, capital position and financial controls. You'll make sure the numbers are right, the capital is there, and that our board and the Central Bank of Ireland can rely on both.

This is a Pre-Approval Controlled Function (PCF-11) under the Central Bank's Fitness and Probity regime. You'll be the named individual accountable for finance at Seccl Ireland, reporting on those matters to the Seccl Ireland Board. You can be a previous PCF holder, or a first-time PCF holder who is ready to take a step up to take on that responsibility.

You'll join as one of our early Dublin hires, supporting authorisation and building the finance function as we grow. That means setting up the processes, controls and reporting rhythm of a regulated business from the start, while working closely with finance colleagues in the UK. You'll be as comfortable presenting to the board as you are getting into the detail of a reconciliation.

What you'll own

• Owning Seccl Ireland's statutory accounts, management accounts and board financial reporting, so they're accurate, timely and audit-ready
• Leading the annual external audit, from the timetable and evidence requests through to responding to findings
• Owning the regulatory reporting calendar and monitoring capital, own funds and liquidity, so the board always has a clear view of our position
• Acting as the key point of contact for the Central Bank on finance and regulatory matters, supporting our authorisation and ongoing supervisory relationship
• Building the financial controls, policies and processes for a regulated business from scratch, using automation where it makes sense
• Leading budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling with the Irish leadership team, and recommending the annual plan to the board
• Giving our Ireland CEO and leadership team clear, commercially minded financial insight that shapes decisions early

This role's for you if...

• You have significant finance experience in a regulated Irish financial services business
• You hold a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent) and membership of a recognized professional body
• You understand the prudential requirements for investment firms in Ireland, including capital, own funds and liquidity
• You have a strong technical grounding in financial reporting, statutory accounts and audit under IFRS or FRS 102
• You're confident presenting to boards and audit committees, and engaging directly with auditors and regulators
• You're hands‑on and self‑sufficient, comfortable building processes from scratch and flexing across the group
• Desirable: you've worked with finance systems and automation, and want to replace manual, spreadsheet‑heavy processes

This role isn't for you if...

• You prefer a defined remit. Breadth is the point here: you'll move between reporting, audit, regulatory returns, planning and ad hoc group projects
• You rely on top‑down direction. You'll be very self‑sufficient, setting your own priorities as the function takes shape
• You'd rather stay out of the detail. This role is hands‑on, so you'll need to get into reconciliations, reporting and audit evidence as well as setting strategy
• You're not comfortable being personally accountable to the Central Bank. As the named individual for finance, you'll need to stand behind the numbers and the regulatory relationship

What's in it for you

We offer a generous mix of benefits designed around the things that matter to our people:

• €100,000-€125,000 salary ranged dependant on experience, reviewed annually, plus a 6% employer pension contribution
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with some flexibility around bank holidays, plus your birthday off
• Two volunteering days each year
• The option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year
• Secclbrate, our recognition programme offering flexible rewards including extra pay, additional holiday and increased learning budget
• One‑month paid sabbatical after eight years
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• MacBook and up to €500 towards your home office set-up
• Annual learning budget
• Health and wellbeing support, including free therapy through Wellness Cloud and mental health support through Headspace
• Perkbox, with flexible points and a range of discounts and perks

Our culture

We put people first and try hard to create an environment where people feel trusted, heard and able to do their best work.

We value openness, curiosity and different perspectives. You'll have the freedom to challenge how things are done, experiment with better ways of working and take real ownership of your impact.

As our Dublin team grows, you'll also have the opportunity to help shape the culture we build in Ireland while being part of the wider Seccl team.

Check out our Glassdoor page for the latest reviews or our LinkedIn for company updates and insights from the team.

Interview process

Interviewing is a two‑way process. Our interviews are conversational, with plenty of time for you to get to know us and ask questions too.

• First stage: a 45‑minute conversation with our Ireland CEO
• Second stage: a technical interview with our finance team
• Final stage: a bar raiser interview with senior leaders, including our Head of Strategic Delivery and Chief risk officer

We review applications as they come in and may close the role once we have enough candidates to move forward. We'll keep you updated throughout.

Everyone's welcome

We want to build a diverse and inclusive company full of brilliant people with different skills, experiences and perspectives. All applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran status, neurodiversity or disability.

If this sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We'd love to hear from you.