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I’m delighted to be working on a really interesting opportunity for an experienced Senior Accounts Receivable Analyst to join a growing, technology-led business in Cork.

This is a great role for someone who enjoys owning the full AR process, but also wants to have a genuine impact on how a Finance function operates. It’s not just about processing invoices and chasing payments, there’s a strong focus here on process improvement, automation, data and AI, with the opportunity to use tools such as ChatGPT and Claude to make Finance processes more efficient.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You’ll take ownership of the end-to-end AR process, including:

• Customer invoicing, cash collection, payment allocation and reconciliations.
• Managing the AR ageing report, following up outstanding balances and resolving payment discrepancies.
• Monitoring DSO and proactively addressing high-risk or overdue accounts.
• Working closely with Sales and Revenue Operations on Annual Contract Value (ACV) reporting, including new business, renewals, upsells, downsells and churn.
• Supporting month-end close, bank reconciliations and audit requirements.
• Reconciling AR, ACV, invoicing and revenue data and investigating unusual items.
• Reviewing existing processes, identifying inefficiencies and strengthening controls.
• Driving O2C and AR process improvements and automation, using technology and AI to reduce manual work.
• Supporting wider Finance projects and providing cover across the team when required.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

You’ll ideally have:

• 3+ years’ experience in Accounts Receivable, O2C, Finance Operations or a similar environment.
• Strong practical experience across invoicing, collections and reconciliations.
• Good Excel / Google Sheets skills and strong general systems capability.
• A process-driven and analytical approach, with excellent attention to detail.
• Someone who takes ownership and is comfortable following issues through to resolution.
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work with Finance, Sales, Revenue Operations and customers.
• A genuine interest in technology, automation and AI, and a willingness to challenge how things are currently done.

This is a role for someone who is ready to take a significant step in their logistics career, with genuine responsibility for people, performance and operational delivery.

I’m working on a new opportunity for an experienced Logistics / Supply Chain professional to step into a senior leadership role with a growing Pan-European wholesale distribution business.

This is a key position within the logistics function, supporting the Head of Logistics and deputising in their absence, while taking responsibility for the day-to-day performance and development of the wider logistics operation.

The business operates across Ireland, the UK and Europe. It’s a fast-moving environment where strong leadership, operational efficiency and customer service are really important.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You’ll play a key role in leading and developing the logistics function, including:

• Leading and developing teams across logistics, transport, warehousing and inventory.
• Supporting the Head of Logistics with the overall strategy and deputising when required.
• Setting clear objectives and KPIs, managing performance and supporting employee development.
• Overseeing daily warehouse and transport operations, ensuring products are received, stored and delivered efficiently.
• Monitoring warehouse productivity, transport performance, stock accuracy and service levels.
• Managing relationships with customers, suppliers, warehouse partners and transport providers.
• Supporting workforce planning, recruitment, training and succession planning.
• Analysing operational performance and identifying opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency and cost.
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives across warehousing, transport and supply chain operations.
• Acting as a key escalation point for operational and customer service issues.
• Ensuring strong standards around health & safety, compliance, risk management and operational controls.
• Providing regular updates, analysis and recommendations to senior management.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• 5+ years’ experience in logistics, transport, warehousing or supply chain management.
• Strong experience leading and developing operational teams.
• A solid understanding of warehouse operations, transport, inventory control and customer service.
• Experience managing KPIs, productivity, budgets and operational performance.
• A proven track record of delivering process improvements and operational efficiencies.
• Strong leadership, communication and people management skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Experience within FMCG, retail, manufacturing, distribution or 3PL would be particularly relevant.
• A degree or professional qualification in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business or a related discipline would be advantageous, as would project management experience or professional membership of CILT/APICS

IT Systems & Support Analyst

Our client, a global organisation with Dublin as a key hub, is hiring an IT Systems & Support Analyst – a genuinely blended role combining real business systems analysis with hands-on IT support.

About the Role

You’ll play a genuine role in how the business uses its core systems – including Workday and Microsoft Power Platform – helping gather requirements, support workflow improvements, and drive better use of existing tools across the organisation. Alongside this, you’ll be a key local point of contact for day-to-day IT support for the Dublin office. This is a role for someone who wants to build real depth on both the systems and support side, not a narrow helpdesk position.

About the Person

2-5 years’ experience in systems analysis, IT, or technology projects, with a genuine interest in business systems work as well as hands-on support. Training provided on internal systems – what matters most is problem-solving, communication, and a proactive mindset.

Other Details

Fully onsite in Dublin, 5 days a week.

Some flexibility on hours required due to collaboration with US-based colleagues.

ROLE:                 PMO Lead                        

LOCATION:        Dublin (Hybrid – 3 days on site) 

CONTRACT:       12 month contract

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Barden is delighted to partner with a global organisation as they establish a Programme Management Office (PMO) function across their operations network. This is a newly created role, built from the ground up, with the mandate to bring order, visibility, and consistency to a portfolio of strategic, business-critical projects spanning multiple sites and functions.

You’ll be the central point of coordination for how projects are tracked, reported, and prioritised; designing the governance, tools, and reporting cadences from scratch, and working directly with senior operations leadership to give them a clear, decision-ready view of performance and risk. It’s a highly visible role with genuine influence, ideal for someone who wants to shape a function rather than inherit one.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and stand up the PMO operating model, including governance, reporting cadence, and escalation pathways.
• Select and implement the tools (Smartsheet, Power BI, or similar) to track and report portfolio performance.
• Build a single source of truth for project status, milestones, risks, and dependencies across the network.
• Turn complex project data into clear, decision-ready reporting for senior leadership.
• Run structured prioritisation reviews and demand planning to keep the portfolio aligned to strategic need.
• Champion AI-enabled tools for status reporting and portfolio health analysis.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Significant experience (7+ years) in programme or portfolio management, ideally within pharma, biotech, or complex manufacturing.
• A proven track record of building or significantly maturing a PMO function from scratch.
• Strong portfolio reporting and analytics skills, translating complex data into clear insight.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally across multiple sites, functions, and seniority levels.
• Confident engaging and influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• A self-starter who thrives building structure in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.

We are thrilled to be exclusively partnering with a highly respected firm in Cork that is known for its people first culture, technical excellence and supportive, inclusive environment.

The firm continues to grow here in Cork and this role will offer strong progression, exposure and long term career development.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲

An opportunity has arisen for an Audit Director to join the leadership team.

This position involves managing a diverse portfolio of local and international businesses and working closely with senior Partners and directors across the firm.

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀

• Lead audit engagements using the firm’s global methodology

• Manage resource planning and utilisation across your portfolio

• Support departmental performance across key financial metrics

• Mentor and develop team members through training and guidance

• Contribute to advisory projects including business planning, technical accounting and collaborative project work

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂

• Qualified Accountant with min. 5 years PQE in audit

• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills

• Confident leader with strong commercial awareness

• Skilled at building trusted relationships

• Organised, efficient and calm under pressure

• Strong technical and computer literacy skills

If you are eager to develop your career in audit contact Aideen for more information aideen.murphy@barden.ie

Barden is working with a well established retail business to hire a hands on IT Manager. With a nationwide store estate, a busy eCommerce operation, and plans to double in size over five years, this is a chance for real ownership of a retail IT environment.

Reporting to the CFO with one direct report, you’ll cover everything from day to day store and online support to bigger projects – new store openings, and POS/network upgrades.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• The role starts out weighted toward hands on work, at roughly 70% hands on and 30% strategic.
• Own IT across stores, support office, warehouse, and eCommerce – POS, network, infrastructure, and application stack.
• Lead day to day operations and incident response, working alongside one IT Support direct report.
• Manage external vendors/MSPs on service, cost, and delivery.
• Keep the environment secure and compliant (GDPR, PCI-DSS).

ABOUT THE PERSON

• Strong IT operations background in retail or multi-site environments – hands-on retail experience is what sets you apart.
• Genuinely hands on, not someone who stays above the detail.
• Solid infrastructure skills: networks, firewalls/VPNs, Wi-Fi, Windows endpoints/servers, M365/Azure AD.
• Practical experience with retail platforms (POS, Business Central, Power BI, Shopify or similar).
• Vendor management track record across multiple sites.

OTHER DETAILS

Full time, Permanent, Dublin, four days onsite.

Travel to stores nationwide is a key part of the role.

No on-call – overnight/out of hours cover is handled by external vendors.

About the Company

Barden are exclusively partnering with a rapidly growing organisation operating within the live events, experiential, and entertainment space. Delivering large-scale projects and memorable experiences across multiple markets, the business is entering an exciting phase of expansion and investment.

As part of this growth, they are looking to strengthen their finance team with the appointment of a Financial Accountant who will play a key role in supporting financial performance, reporting, and operational excellence across the organisation.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified accountant looking to broaden their commercial finance experience within a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Working closely with the Finance Manager, you’ll gain exposure across management reporting, operational finance, controls, stakeholder engagement, and business improvement initiatives, making this an ideal next step for someone keen to develop a well-rounded finance career.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day operations of the finance function, ensuring transactions are processed accurately and efficiently.
• Prepare month-end management accounts, including journals, accruals, prepayments, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Assist in the production of monthly reporting packs and financial commentary for senior management.
• Review and manage employee expense submissions, ensuring policy compliance and timely processing.
• Maintain accurate accounting records and support robust financial controls.
• Assist with cash flow reporting, supplier payments, customer receipts, and general ledger maintenance.
• Partner with budget holders to understand expenditure, investigate variances, and provide financial insight.
• Support year-end processes, external audits, and statutory reporting requirements.
• Contribute to finance transformation projects, system improvements, and process enhancement initiatives.
• Provide wider support across the finance team and take ownership of key responsibilities as the business continues to grow.

About You

Qualifications

• Newly qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.

Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of month-end accounting processes, management accounts, reconciliations, and financial controls.
• Previous Big 4 or Top 10 practice experience would be advantageous.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work accurately under deadlines.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with finance systems.
• Effective communicator, capable of translating financial information for non-finance stakeholders.
• Highly organised, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Commercially minded with a willingness to contribute beyond traditional accounting responsibilities.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving and evolving business environment.

Finance Graduate Programme (3 and a half year contract)

Are you a recent Finance or Accounting graduate looking to launch your career with a global multinational or are you someone who wants to pivot into MNC?

We are recruiting for a Trainee Accountant to join a high-performing team in Cork. This is an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience across finance, internal controls, audit, data analysis and global business operations.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You will gain hands-on experience in:

• Internal control testing across key finance processes.
• Financial data analysis, reconciliations and reporting.
• Using Excel and ERP systems such as SAP.
• Reviewing risks, controls and business processes.
• Supporting internal and external audit activities.
• Working with Finance and Operations teams across global locations.
• Identifying control issues and supporting remediation and process improvements.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

We’re looking for someone who has:

• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookups.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• A proactive attitude and genuine interest in developing a career in Finance.

WHATS ON OFFER?

This graduate programme provides structured development, exposure to a global finance environment and excellent opportunities for career progression.

You’ll build valuable experience across Finance, Accounting, Risk, Controls and Audit, while working with experienced professionals and international teams.

If you’re ambitious, analytical and ready to build your career within a global organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits:

• Additional study leave
• Professional exam fees covered
• Bonus
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Work from home

Barden are delighted to be partnering with a large multinational and global brand to identify a Lead Financial Accountant to join a high performing Finance team.

Working closely with local and international finance leaders, this organisation has an excellent reputation in the market, both as an employer and brand. This role will have a strong focus on financial accounting, controls, US GAAP and statutory compliance, as well as partnering with cross functional teams across Finance, Tax and Legal.

It’s a role that offers real variety, ownership and the opportunity to develop further within a global environment. The successful candidate will be technically strong, a self-starter, and confident operating in a fast paced, multinational setting.

While initially a fixed term contract, there may be more longer-term opportunities for the right person. If this sounds interesting please get in touch with myself (caroline.frawley@barden.ie) or my colleague Denis Galvin (denis.galvin@barden.ie)

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Responsibility for accurate and timely month end, quarterly and year end close activities for multiple legal entities
• Preparation of high quality financial statements and ownership of statutory accounting requirements
• Lead role in managing relationships with external advisors and statutory auditors
• Active partnering with stakeholders across Finance, Tax, Legal and wider business teams to deliver successful outcomes
• Support for external audits, including tax audits from governmental agencies
• Driving standardisation and continuous improvement of processes and controls to ensure the highest level of compliance
• Contribution to wider group initiatives and ad hoc projects, offering variety and broader organisational impact

ABOUT THE PERSON

• Fully Qualified Accountant with 5+ years PQE
• Strong technical knowledge
• Excellent financial and analytical acumen
• Organised, detail oriented and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across regions and functions
• A natural problem solver with the ability to assess complex accounting and tax matters and provide practical, business focused solutions