78 Finance Strategy jobs in Ireland

This role involves collaborating with multiple business teams including Business Development, Account Management, Innovation, Product, Wholesale, and Finance to develop innovative, mutually beneficial commercial propositions that drive new partnerships and contribute to bottom-line growth. You will focus on assessing and designing commercial structures and business cases for both existing products and new business opportunities. Working closely with the Commercial Strategy Manager and Commercial Strategy Director, you will help shape commercial strategies across the business. This position offers significant exposure to senior leadership, providing a platform for high visibility and career progression within business.

Responsibilities:

• Lead commercial proposals from a commercial strategy and pricing perspective, owning the development of robust business cases.
• Serve as a trusted partner to the Business Development, Account Management and Product teams, providing commercial insight, guidance and challenge.
• Develop pricing strategies and conduct financial assessments to evaluate the viability and expected returns of new products and features.
• Present pricing proposals and business cases to governance committees for review and approval.
• Produce thought leadership on key commercial and strategic topics relevant to business objectives.

Experience and Qualifications

• Qualifed Accountant with 4+ years PQE
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to present complex commercial proposals to senior leadership and governance committees.
• A critical thinker with the ability to think outside the box, see the bigger picture through consideration of future implications and scenarios and use these insights when making recommendations.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and influence stakeholders at
• Strong commercial acumen with experience in pricing strategy, business case development, and financial analysis.
• Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously, delivering high-quality outputs within tight deadlines.

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role/Department:

The Management Reporting Planning & Analysis (MRP&A) team provide financial analysis and decision-making support to senior business stakeholders across EMEA. The MRP&A team play a key role as partner, adviser and consultant to the business teams and support them in achieving their business, financial and strategic growth objectives.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Present and analyse business performance through the provision of informative financials, detailed analytics and evaluation of key performance drivers.
• Facilitate and support business decision making through regular targeted assessments including client financial performance, expense management and revenue growth opportunities.
• Produce presentations and high value financial analysis to support regular business reviews between senior regional business management and senior business unit leadership.
• Complete the monthly financial forecast and the annual profit plan process including the collection, assessment and impact analysis of key assumptions and inputs to the process.
• Act as liaison between business stakeholders and broader corporate finance team.
• Partner with MRP&A team members to complete a wide variety of tasks each month which support wider team deliverables.

Skills/Qualifications:

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• Strong financial acumen gained through prior roles and experiences.
• Deep analytical skills with high level of attention to detail.
• Motivated, proactive and resilient self-starter who takes the initiative and drives tangible and credible outcomes.
• Positive and solutions orientated individual with an adaptable and hands-on approach that can work independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to review and interpret complex data with actionable insights that support business decisions.
• Ability to deliver accurate and sound financial analysis under tight deadlines.
• Confident verbal and written presentation and communication skills.
• Qualified accountant with experience gained in a multi-currency / multinational environment is preferred

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and sustainable companies Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

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Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

Brilliant opportunity for an experienced FP&A professional to join a international financial services firm with exciting growth plans in Dublin City Centre at VP level within their FP&A function.

Responsibilities:

• Ownership of the production of the monthly operating results & quarterly board packs for senior management.
• Develop and manage KPI reporting across European entities
• Analyse productivity drivers, identify risks and opportunities to business performance, and business partner to implement recommended actions.
• Drive ad-hoc analysis and decision support, translating complex financial data into actionable recommendations for business strategy and performance optimization.
• Champion process improvements and automation initiatives
• Partner with Finance Operations and Product Control functions to ensure management reporting is accurate and fit for decision-making.
• Lead the annual planning and quarterly forecasting process
• Develop and maintain good relationships with key stakeholders across the business

Requirements:

• ACA/ACCA/CPA/CIMA qualified accountant with 7+ years PQE
• Significant experience within Financial Services or Global Markets
• Proven expertise in financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and budgeting
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint; Experience with Hyperion, PeopleSoft, PowerBI or Python is a plus
• Effective communicator who's comfortable working with all members of the organisation.
• Problem-solver who anticipates business needs
• Strategic thinker who can manipulate complex data and analyse this for decision making

ABOUT NTR

Founded in 1978, NTR is an investor in and asset manager of European clean energy transition funds.

NTR has transacted more than €4 billion of sustainable infrastructure investments in wind, solar, bioenergy, water treatment, energy storage and recycling across Europe and North America. Today, NTR is exclusively focused on the clean energy transition. NTR plc is an unlisted Irish public company.

NTR currently manages c.€2 billion of total capital on behalf of a range of institutional investors in the three funds it provides asset management services to. This translates into c.1.5GW of energy transition projects at different stages of the development lifecycle across 66 locations throughout Europe. NTR's fourth clean power transition strategy, managed in conjunction with Legal & General, will be launched in late 2025. Alongside its fund management activities, NTR also invests its own balance sheet directly in the space.

Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the NTR team comprises circa 50 individuals, with team members also located in hubs in the UK, Sweden, Spain and France. The team has deep technical and commercial expertise, with backgrounds in energy utilities, independent power producers, finance, banking and investment.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Office Location:
Sandyford Business Park, Dublin, Ireland

Hybrid Working
: Office-based days are Tue, Wed and Thurs. Option to work from home Mon and Fri.

ROLE: Corporate Finance & Strategy Manager

Reports to the Managing Director of Strategy and Capital Formation with a dotted reporting line to the CFO of NTR on certain activities.

This is an exciting role for an ambitious person who wishes to be at the centre of delivering new investment strategies for one of Europe's leading clean energy transition managers.

The role supports the business by working alongside and supporting members of the NTR leadership team in:

(a)   Driving the strategic and financial design of NTR fund/managed account propositions and fundraising activities; and

(b)   the ongoing support and monitoring of the NTR group's strategy and completion of group corporate finance activities.

Product Development, Fundraising and Investor Relations Activities:

• Supporting the development of new fund/product strategies.
• Construction of new, and maintenance of existing, financial models for funds or managed accounts.
• Preparation and review of fund marketing materials and supporting review of fund legal documents to ensure reflective of the proposition(s) being proposed.
• Leading production, update and oversight of relevant and accurate data for investor marketing and preparation for investor due diligence (including the set-up, management, and oversight of the investor data room), including DDQs, track record information, and marketing presentations.
• Ongoing co-ordination of NTR responses to prospective investors' inbound due diligence questions. Liaising with internal personnel, staying current on NTR's investment pipeline and track-record and liaising with external tax and legal advisors as required to provide accurate and consistent responses.
• Running investor sensitivities and scenarios through financial models as required. Providing analysis and scenarios in support of fee negotiations and returns analysis.

NTR Group Corporate Finance Activities:

• Supporting the ideation, assessment, and presentation of future strategy considerations to the Board of Directors of NTR plc. This can include modelling for business planning at both group and vertical level.
• Support assessment of fund-wide activities as appropriate, e.g. fund level debt facilities.
• Collaborating (with NTR Finance) on the NTR group cash financial modelling, including layering new fund propositions (and sensitivities) on top of existing NTR group cash flows to ascertain impact and returns and the annual NTR Group valuation for main shareholder.
• Sensitivity and scenario analysis of NTR group cash financial modelling for NTR board.
• Any other activities required to support the maximisation of NTR's valuation and profitability.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Significant exposure to corporate finance activities essential, including:
• Understanding of key performance metrics and how to model them in the context of private capital real assets (IRRs, TVPI etc)
• Exposure to preparation of fundraising / marketing materials, e.g. prospectuses, management presentations, DDQ and other marketing documents;
• Financial modelling (new model development and updating of existing models) & scenario analysis;
• Inbound due diligence processes;
• Conceptual thinking of the proposition that will attract investor support and slide preparation; and
• Preparation, presentation and communication of outputs to executive management and highly experienced international Board of Directors.
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Skilled in dealing with third parties, including inbound due diligence leads and analysts on the investor side, and third-party legal firms.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage priorities and multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines with attention to detail.
• Background in professional transaction services and/or corporate finance required (e.g. investment bank or accounting firm). Minimum five years' experience.
• Exposure to regulated entities, such as Alternative Investment Fund Managers, beneficial but not essential.
• Advanced software application skills, in particular Excel, as well as Power Point and Word.

Barden have been exclusively engaged by a reknown Irish company that is significantly growing and set to double in size within the next year. They are now building out their finance team in line with this growth and are creating a transactions sub-team. The transactions team will focus on creating value and growth within the company.

They are now inviting three corporate finance professional to join their team as
Corporate Finance Associate
.

This is a unique opportunity at this level sitting on a close knit team, gaining direct exposure to a broad range of activities working closely with the senior leadership team.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This role provides an excellent opportunity to utilise one's corporate finance experience within an industry setting and add real value to a leading irish business.

Main duties and responsibilities will include:

• Support the execution of acquisitions, disposals, and financing activities.
• Assist with the development of financial models, investment analysis, and performance forecasting.
• Contribute to due diligence efforts and manage data flow and documentation for live transactions.
• Help create high-impact presentations, internal papers, and investor materials.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across multiple departments to gather insights and input for transaction work.
• Liaise with external partners, including advisors, lenders, and investors, throughout deal lifecycles.
• Monitor financial obligations and covenant compliance tied to active financing structures.
• Identify areas for process improvement across processes.
• Ad hoc projects as required.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• ACA or CFA Qualified with 0-3 years PQE;
• Previous corporate finance, transactions services or investment experience a strong advantage;
• Strong financial modelling skills essential;
• Advanced Excel skills;
• Ability to deliver both qualitative and quantitative analysis for decision making at senior management level;
• Good commercial acumen and ability to analyse qualitative information;
• Good problem solving and analytical skills;
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel.

This is an ideal role for someone looking for the opportunity to advance their career in Corporate Finance and progress within a progressive and significantly growing company.

Barden's Accounting and Tax recruitment practice is where finance professionals go before they start looking for a job. Make sure you get expert advice about your Accounting / Tax career from Barden first – your future is just too important to leave to chance.

Barden have been exclusively engaged by a reknown Irish property company that is significantly growing and set to double in size within the next year. They are now building out their finance team in line with this growth and are creating a transactions sub-team. The transactions team will focus on creating value and growth within the company.

They are now inviting three corporate finance professional to join their team as
Corporate Finance Analyst
.

This is a unique opportunity at this level sitting on a close knit team, gaining direct exposure to a broad range of activities working closely with the senior leadership team.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This role provides an excellent opportunity to utilise one's corporate finance experience within an industry setting and add real value to a leading irish business.

Main duties and responsibilities will include:

• Support the execution of acquisitions, disposals, and financing activities.
• Assist with the development of financial models, investment analysis, and performance forecasting.
• Contribute to due diligence efforts and manage data flow and documentation for live transactions.
• Help create high-impact presentations, internal papers, and investor materials.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across multiple departments to gather insights and input for transaction work.
• Liaise with external partners, including advisors, lenders, and investors, throughout deal lifecycles.
• Monitor financial obligations and covenant compliance tied to active financing structures.
• Identify areas for process improvement across processes.
• Ad hoc projects as required.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• ACA or CFA Qualified with 0-3 years PQE;
• Previous corporate finance, transactions services or investment experience a strong advantage;
• Strong financial modelling skills essential;
• Advanced Excel skills;
• Ability to deliver both qualitative and quantitative analysis for decision making at senior management level;
• Good commercial acumen and ability to analyse qualitative information;
• Good problem solving and analytical skills;
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel.

This is an ideal role for someone looking for the opportunity to advance their career in Corporate Finance and progress within a progressive and significantly growing company.

Barden's Accounting and Tax recruitment practice is where finance professionals go before they start looking for a job. Make sure you get expert advice about your Accounting / Tax career from Barden first – your future is just too important to leave to chance.

Coopman Search & Selection are delighted to be working with a company in the aviation sector who are looking to add a specialist corporate finance professional to their team.

Key Deliverables:

• Prepare detailed financial models to support bids on aviation acquisitions and lease strategy.
• Analysis of borrowing options from financial institutions
• Provide support to management in the preparation of business plans and proposals.
• Supporting external stakeholders with closing process, providing in-depth analysis.
• Responsible for all financial forecasting regarding financial performance, liquidity and investments.
• Drive process improvements and efficiencies through best practices and automation.
• Maintain database of portfolio details with summaries of deals and lease summaries for accurate tracking.
• Offer strategic insights and analyses for executive and board-level leasing decisions.

Core Competencies:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent) preferable with aircraft leasing exposure
• Financial modelling experience essential
• Good work ethic with a professional approach to working in customer facing environments
• Ability to run meetings, presentations and demonstrations which provide thorough solution design and implementation support eg. requirements gathering and documentation, solution design, project planning, training, testing, etc.
• Must be comfortable working in a project environment interacting with senior level executives
• Advanced user of PowerPoint, Word & Excel

"Coopman Search & Selection is a purpose-led financial services recruitment company that combines lateral thinking with sector expertise across Financial Services operating in Dublin, London and New York.

Coopman's expertise spans across front office, compliance, risk, accounting and finance - delivering solutions on a retained, contingent and interim basis.

As a Certified B Corporation, we take a different approach to how we do business. Recognised on an international scale as a company that operates for good, we value & incorporate the interests of all of our stakeholders to grow in the most sustainable manner. As a recognised Great Place to Work, we ensure our workplace is one that fosters professional growth and collaboration."

Corporate Finance Manager - M&A

A boutique corporate finance firm is looking for a Corporate Finance Manager to join their thriving business.

Based in Dublin with hybrid/remote working as standard, you will be tasked with providing strategic advice to a portfolio of clients on the buy side, the sell side, and on fundraising mandates.

The role

You will be an integral part of the firm, reporting to the MD, and managing a range of M&A transactions across numerous industries.

You will be out and about - meeting clients is important. You will prepare pitch decks for corporate finance mandates, ensuring the stellar brand of the firm is represented well at all times.

The sky is the limit in terms of progression and career development in this role; good people will go far

Does this sound like you?

Fully qualified accountant with experience in managing M&A transactions end-to-end.

Sound knowledge of capital markets and financial modelling.

Excellent communication skills with a hunger to succeed.

What's in it for you?

A market-leading compensation package including an excellent bonus structure and flexible working as standard.

Interested?

Apply below or reach out to Keith at Engage People Recruitment for more information.