FINANCE DIRECTOR - Ireland and UK

FINANCE DIRECTOR - Ireland and UK

Co. Meath | Permanent | Board & Senior Leadership Exposure

On behalf of a privately owned, growth-oriented organisation, we are conducting an executive search for a Finance Director to join the senior leadership team.

Please note this role requires the person to be office based 5 days per week to work alongside the senior management team.

This appointment is central to the organisation’s next phase of development. The Finance Director will assume full responsibility for the operational finance function, ensuring strong financial control, governance, reporting discipline, and effective cash and risk management across a multi-entity structure.

The role is execution-led, working in close partnership with the Managing Director and an established FP&A capability. Responsibility for long-term financial strategy sits elsewhere; this position exists to ensure the business operates on robust, reliable financial foundations.

The Finance Director will:

• Act as a senior finance leader and trusted advisor to the Managing Director and leadership team.

• Own the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial reporting and group consolidation.

• Lead statutory reporting, audit processes, and regulatory compliance.

• Strengthen internal controls, governance frameworks, and financial discipline.

• Oversee cash flow, liquidity, banking relationships, and covenant compliance.

• Identify, manage, and mitigate financial and operational risk.

• Lead finance execution for acquisitions, including due diligence support and post-acquisition integration.

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing finance team.
• Drive continuous improvement across finance systems, processes, and automation.

This role will suit a senior financial leader with a strong track record in operational finance and control, ideally gained within complex, growing, or multi-entity environments.

Key requirements include:

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• 10+ years post-qualification experience in senior finance leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in financial control, statutory reporting, and consolidation.
• Proven experience leading audits and managing external advisors.
• Exposure to acquisitions and post-deal integration.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and operate effectively at senior leadership level.
• Commitment to working in the office 5 days per week along the senior management team.

This search is being conducted on a strictly confidential basis.

Interested parties are invited to make contact for an initial, exploratory discussion.

Please reach out to Shirley Kiernan on 086 783 1786 or email shirley.kiernan@forcerecruitment.com.