Head of Finance (PCF 11) & Head of Safeguarding (PCF 56)

The role

The Head of Finance and Head of Safeguarding holds responsibility for financial resources, reporting, and safeguarding of customer funds for TrueLayer (Ireland) Limited. This senior role involves acting as the named PCF holder for the Central Bank of Ireland and managing end-to-end safeguarding and statutory reporting.

What you will do

• Hold the PCF-11 Head of Finance function for TIL
• Act as a point of contact for the CBI on finance and safeguarding matters
• Own end-to-end responsibility for the safeguarding of customer funds
• Oversee daily internal and external safeguarding reconciliations
• Manage relationships with safeguarding banking partners
• Act as the business owner for the annual internal safeguarding audit
• Own TIL's statutory financial statements, management accounts, and Board reporting
• Lead the annual Financial Statement Audit and act as primary liaison for external auditors
• Maintain financial controls and policies
• Own the regulatory reporting calendar to the CBI

Required qualifications

• Previously held a Pre-Approval Controlled Function (ideally PCF-11 or equivalent)
• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
• Strong technical grounding in financial reporting, statutory accounts, and audit management
• Practical experience of client asset or safeguarding regimes (e.g. CASS, EU Payment Services Regulations)
• Meeting the CBI's suitability requirements
• Being approved by the CBI for a PCF role

Nice to have

• Experience in a regulated financial services, payments, or fintech environment
• A growth mindset suited to a scaling business
• AI fluency and curiosity
• Experience using AI tools in day-to-day work
• Experience introducing or championing AI-driven process improvement
• An interest in being the hands-on owner of finance and safeguarding for a single entity

Benefits

• Meaningful equity in the company
• Flexible hours and hybrid working
• 24 days holiday as standard with flexible bank holidays
• 12 fully-paid wellbeing days a year and your birthday off
• 2 volunteering days
• Life Cover
• 90 day work from abroad policy
• Generous parental leave
• Competitive pension contribution at 4% & 4%
• Private health insurance from the day you start
• Membership of mental wellbeing platform Spill and premium Calm subscription
• A €1000 budget to spend on learning & development each year

About the company

TrueLayer is Europe's fastest-growing Pay by Bank network. They power payments by combining real-time bank payments with financial and identity data.