Financial Controller – Fixed Term Contract
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Financial Controller overseeing accounting, controls, treasury, tax, and reporting for Nearform, which builds AI-enabled digital solutions. Leading finance operations across Irish and international entities during an 18-month remote contract.
Responsibilities:
- Own the integrity and accuracy of the general ledger and financial records for the Irish and relevant international entities
- Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
- Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, and accounting adjustments
- Prepare and review management accounts and financial reporting packages
- Analyze financial performance, variances, and trends for management
- Maintain a robust financial control environment and accounting policies
- Oversee the end-to-end revenue cycle, revenue recognition, billing, reconciliations, and collections support
- Own cash flow forecasts, monitor cash positions, oversee bank reconciliations and payment processes, and support treasury activities
- Oversee legal entity and subsidiary accounting, intercompany accounting, statutory accounts, tax compliance, and audits
- Develop and remediate financial controls and coordinate internal and external audit activities
- Lead finance process improvement, standardization, automation, and documentation initiatives
- Own ERP and accounting systems, financial data integrity, systems optimization, and reporting enhancements
- Provide leadership and oversight to finance team members and partner with senior stakeholders on financial decision-making
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
- ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent accounting qualification required
- 10+ years of post-qualification experience, ideally including Financial Controller experience
- Strong technical accounting and financial reporting experience
- Experience leading month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
- Knowledge of financial reporting and management accounts
- Knowledge of financial controls and accounting policies
- Knowledge of revenue accounting and invoicing
- Knowledge of multi-entity and intercompany accounting
- Knowledge of cash flow forecasting and treasury activities
- Knowledge of bank reconciliations and general ledger management
- Knowledge of audit and statutory reporting processes
- Experience in multinational and/or high-growth environments
- Strong ERP systems experience; NetSuite experience strongly preferred
- Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capability
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Highly organized, commercially minded, and able to manage competing priorities
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify and resolve issues independently
- Preferred: experience in technology services, SaaS, or international/high-growth businesses
- Preferred: experience managing finance operations across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions
- Preferred: working knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP
- Preferred: multi-currency accounting and international transactions experience
- Preferred: Irish VAT, statutory accounts, and local regulatory compliance experience
- Preferred: ERP and finance systems implementation or improvement experience
- Preferred: finance transformation, automation, and process improvement experience
- Preferred: experience managing or mentoring accounting/finance team members
Benefits:
- Annual Company Bonus, with a share of profits based on company performance
- Flexible remote working culture
- 24 days annual leave plus public holidays
- Sick leave
- Marriage leave
- Remote working allowance of up to €1250 every 2 years
- Essential equipment provided by Nearform
- Training and development allowance
- Private healthcare
- Pension match of up to 5%
- Income Protection
- Death in Service
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