Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Location: North East Ireland

A well-established and growing services organisation based in the North East of Ireland is seeking to appoint a highly experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This is a search for a senior finance leader who will act as the CEO’s trusted partner and provide real-time financial insight across the entire business.

The CFO will play a central role in driving financial discipline, strengthening reporting and supporting the strategic growth of the company. The successful candidate will oversee a finance team of approximately 10 professionals and ensure the organisation has clear, accurate and timely financial information to support operational and strategic decision making.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the CEO’s key financial advisor, providing real-time visibility of the financial health and performance of the business.
• Lead and manage the finance function, overseeing a team of c.10 people and ensuring strong processes, accountability and development across the team.
• Deliver high-quality financial reporting and analysis to support management decision making.
• Maintain rigorous oversight of cashflow management, forecasting and liquidity planning.
• Implement robust financial controls, reporting frameworks and operational finance processes across the business.
• Support the leadership team with strategic initiatives including potential future investments, acquisitions and growth opportunities.
• Provide financial insight across all divisions, ensuring leadership has clear visibility of performance drivers and risks.
• Work closely with operational leaders to ensure financial information supports commercial decision making and performance improvement.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will be an experienced CFO or Finance Director with a proven track record of leading finance functions within a dynamic services-based organisation.

Key attributes will include:

• Significant senior finance leadership experience, ideally within a multi-division services environment.
• Strong financial reporting, forecasting and cashflow management expertise.
• Experience managing and developing finance teams.
• Commercial acumen and the ability to provide strategic financial insight to senior leadership.
• Experience supporting growth strategies, including exposure to M&A, investment evaluation or corporate development initiatives.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to act as a trusted partner to the CEO and executive team.

While candidates from a range of sectors will be considered, experience within service-led businesses or environments where financial insight drives operational performance will be particularly relevant.

This is a key leadership appointment offering the opportunity to shape the financial strategy of a growing organisation and play a central role in its next phase of development.