Head of finance, Ireland

The role

You will own financial reporting, capital position, and financial controls for Seccl Ireland. You will act as the named individual accountable to the Central Bank of Ireland and build the finance function from scratch.

What you will do

• Owning Seccl Ireland’s statutory accounts, management accounts and board financial reporting
• Leading the annual external audit
• Owning the regulatory reporting calendar and monitoring capital, own funds and liquidity
• Acting as the key point of contact for the Central Bank on finance and regulatory matters
• Building the financial controls, policies and processes for a regulated business from scratch
• Leading budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling with the Irish leadership team
• Giving the Ireland CEO and leadership team clear, commercially minded financial insight

Required qualifications

• Significant finance experience in a regulated Irish financial services business
• Hold a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent)
• Membership of a recognised professional body
• Understand the prudential requirements for investment firms in Ireland, including capital, own funds and liquidity
• Strong technical grounding in financial reporting, statutory accounts and audit under IFRS or FRS 102
• Confident presenting to boards and audit committees
• Engaging directly with auditors and regulators
• Hands-on and self-sufficient

Nice to have

• Worked with finance systems and automation

Benefits

• €100,000-€125,000 salary ranged dependant on experience, reviewed annually
• 6% employer pension contribution
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexibility around bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Two volunteering days each year
• Option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year
• Secclbrate 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

Before you apply

• This is a Pre-Approval Controlled Function (PCF-11) under the Central Bank's Fitness and Probity regime
• 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

About the company

Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform. They are building the infrastructure behind the next generation of investing.