Senior Financial Accountant

FuturEnergy Ireland; Leinster; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

FuturEnergy Ireland is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to provide hands-on finance partnering across development, delivery and senior management teams. The role suits a newly qualified accountant with 1–2 years PQE, capable of challenging budgets, forecasts and cost drivers while maintaining strong financial controls in capital-intensive renewable projects across Ireland.

You will collaborate with project managers, ensure accurate monthly reporting and support year-end audits and process

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with 1–2 years PQE.
• Experience in a finance business partnering or commercially focused finance role.
• Background in a capital-intensive environment, such as infrastructure, utilities, energy, construction or property development.
• Strong experience in monthly reporting and management accounts, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis and commercial challenge.
• Confident engaging with and constructively challenging non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong technical finance capability with good tax awareness.

Responsibilities

• Act as the finance business partner to project managers, development teams and senior stakeholders.
• Provide robust commercial challenge on budgets, forecasts, cost profiles and business cases.
• Support investment and project decisions through financial insight, scenario analysis and risk assessment.
• Work closely with non-finance teams, challenging assumptions, timelines and cost drivers.
• Support and review monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and clear commentary.
• Support year-end financial statement preparation and audit processes.
• Maintain strong financial controls, governance and cost discipline across projects and entities.
• Assist with cashflow forecasting, cost tracking and performance monitoring.

Job description

• Company Description FuturEnergy Ireland is a joint venture between Coillte and ESB, created in 2021 to accelerate Ireland’s transition to a low carbon energy economy. The company combines leading national expertise in renewable energy development with significant wind and land resources. Its mission is to maximise Ireland’s renewable energy potential through high-quality, locally supported green energy projects. FuturEnergy Ireland aims to develop more than 1GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 and contribute significantly to Ireland’s goal of producing 80% of electricity from renewable sources by the end of the decade.

FuturEnergy Ireland is seeking aSenior Financial Accountant reporting to Finance Business Partner

to support a growing portfolio of large‑scale renewable and infrastructure projects. This is a hands‑on, end‑to‑end role that combines strong financial control with commercial insight and real business partnering across development, delivery and senior management teams.

The role suits a newly qualified accountant (1–2 years PQE) with experience in capital‑intensive, project‑based environments, who is comfortable operating close to the business, challenging assumptions, and influencing decision‑making.

Role/Responsibilities

Business Partnering & Commercial Insight

• Act as the finance business partner to project managers, development teams and senior stakeholders.
• Provide robust commercial challenge on budgets, forecasts, cost profiles and business cases.
• Support investment and project decisions through financial insight, scenario analysis and risk assessment.
• Work closely with non‑finance teams, challenging assumptions, timelines and cost drivers.
• Support and review monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and clear commentary.
• Support year‑end financial statement preparation and audit processes.
• Maintain strong financial controls, governance and cost discipline across projects and entities.
• Assist with cashflow forecasting, cost tracking and performance monitoring.

Technical Finance & Tax

• Apply a sound understanding of accounting and tax principles relevant to project‑based and development entities.
• Support tax compliance and commercial structuring alongside internal and external advisers.
• Ensure appropriate accounting treatment across development‑stage and operational entities.

Wider Finance Contribution

• Contribute to the ongoing development and scaling of finance processes.
• Work cross‑functionally with corporate finance, commercial and technical teams.
• Support continuous improvement across reporting, planning and decision support.

A role model for living our values (trust, resilience, teamwork, energy) and maintaining the right environment for those on the FuturEnergy Ireland team to do the same:

• Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal, communication and experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to Influence: Ability to influence across project and senior management teams.
• Highly Energetic: Highly energetic and self- motivated individual.
• Problem Solver: Ability to find innovative solutions to issues as they arise.

Desired Technical/Professional Competencies:

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with 1–2 years PQE.
• Experience in a finance business partnering or commercially focused finance role.
• Background in a capital‑intensive environment, such as infrastructure, utilities, energy, construction or property development.
• Strong experience in:
• monthly reporting and management accounts,
• budgeting and forecasting,
• financial analysis and commercial challenge.
• Confident engaging with and constructively challenging non‑finance stakeholders.
• Strong technical finance capability with good tax awareness.

Desirable (But not essential)

• Exposure to renewable energy or regulated infrastructure.
• Experience with project‑based or multi‑entity structures.
• Experience working in a fast‑growing or evolving organisation.