Barden is delighted to partner with a growing finance firm in Dublin, looking to hire an Accounting Team Lead to take charge of a portfolio of owner-managed businesses. You will lead a small team of 2-3.

Hybrid working.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Own the finance relationship with a group of business owners;
• Lead a small team and oversee its output;
• Prepare budgets and forecasts, and review management accounts;
• Grow the portfolio and agree terms with new clients.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• Qualified Accountant (5+ years PQE);
• Strong reporting, planning, and analysis background;
• Commercially minded, with an appetite to win new work;
• Personable, with the confidence to advise owners directly.

Barden is working with a global payments business as they look to hire a Legal Counsel in Dublin, with 0 to 3 years’ PQE.

The legal team is in the middle of a major integration programme, so the work is varied and moves quickly. You will support the Head of Legal for the UK and Ireland and work alongside lawyers in London, building broad in-house experience from day one.

THE ROLE

• Draft and negotiate commercial agreements
• Support on disputes and escalated complaints
• Advise on general corporate and corporate governance matters
• Support on compliance, risk, and privacy matters
• Research and review for the wider legal team

THE PERSON

• Qualified lawyer with 0 to 3 years’ PQE
• Solid grounding in commercial or corporate work
• Practical, commercial, and comfortable with volume and a changing environment

Barden has been exclusively engaged by a top boutique law firm in Dublin to hire two to three corporate M&A solicitors as part of its M&A team’s expansion. These are additional roles, created by growth rather than replacement.

You will work on substantial M&A transactions alongside the partners, while a dedicated transaction management team handles due diligence, ancillary documentation, data rooms, and other process-related work. Your time goes on the legal work, and the firm has built the right support around it, including investing in its own proprietary legal technology.

THE PERSON

• Qualified Solicitor with 2 to 5 years’ PQE
• Exceptional corporate M&A experience gained in a top-tier law firm
• Interested in, and comfortable with, the use of legal technology
• Open to a different kind of firm, without any drop in the quality of work

The firm is not looking to just fill seats. The partners are looking for the best M&A lawyers in the market and are happy to wait for them, and to compensate in line with the top-tier law firms.

The partners would welcome a coffee with anyone suitable who is even slightly curious, as a fully confidential and non-committal conversation.

ROLE:                                       Director Business Systems and AI Enablement

LOCATION:                              Dublin

REPORTING TO:                     Chief Operating Officer

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Barden is delighted to partner with a fast-growing international investment business as they look to appoint a Director of Business Systems and AI Enablement in Dublin. The business is lean and flat, with a strong platform in place and ambitious plans to keep growing.

The goal is efficiency and automation. You will be a visible, trusted partner to senior leadership and the executive team and the various functions across the business, and you will build solutions securely within the business’s own Microsoft environment.

“The groundwork is done: the business has mapped a long pipeline of AI and automation ideas across functions including finance, operations and the investment team. An AI strategy partner and an implementation partner are engaged, and the first projects are under way. What it needs now is a dedicated, hands-on leader to own that pipeline, drive delivery inside the Microsoft environment, and keep it moving as new ideas are added to the pipeline” – Chief Operating Officer

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee day-to-day IT through a well-established managed service provider, keeping support in balance with transformation delivery.
• Own the AI and automation pipeline end to end, from prioritising use cases to delivery and adoption.
• Work with functions and stakeholders across the business including finance, operations, and the investment team to turn ideas into working solutions.
• Lead the AI strategy and implementation partners, and build proprietary solutions hands-on using for example Microsoft Copilot and Foundry.
• Connect systems to automate and combine reporting from multiple platforms, replacing manual processes.
• Shape the data architecture, models, and governance so colleagues can trust the data across systems.
• Get more from Oracle Fusion and a Salesforce-based asset management system through continuous enhancement.
• Set the systems and technology strategy, manage the project budget, and own governance and risk.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

This is a strategic role that also needs a hands-on mentality. Transformation and delivery carry the heavier weighting, so we are looking for a senior leader who is as comfortable in the detail as they are in the boardroom.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• 10+ years in systems architecture, data, and IT, including senior hands-on leadership.
• Strong Microsoft background, including Copilot and Foundry or comparable AI tooling, as the business will keep building within its Microsoft environment.
• Experience starting to deliver AI and automation initiatives, and a real interest in AI as the direction of your career.
• Strong data mining, data governance, and data architecture experience, including consolidating reporting across multiple systems.
• Proven systems integration and deployment experience, with solid knowledge of cloud, cybersecurity, and data management.
• Confident managing consultants, implementation partners, and managed service providers.
• Credibility with senior leadership and executive stakeholders, and a collaborative, self-starting approach.
• Private equity or financial services experience would be a plus, particularly investment management. Industry knowledge can be learned.

OTHER DETAILS:

• This is a permanent role based in Dublin, operating five days a week in office.
• Competitive salary plus bonus

If you are excited by the chance to lead AI and automation in a business that wants to make colleagues’ working lives easier, apply through the link or contact Catherine Drysdale (catherine.drysdale@barden.ie) for a confidential conversat

Barden is working with an international law firm well established in Dublin who are looking to hire a Solicitor to join its highly reputed Financial Regulatory department.

The firm has an excellent domestic and international client base in the financial sector, including banks, asset managers, broker-dealers, trading platforms, insurers, payment services and FinTech companies.

The Financial Regulatory team provides regulatory advisory and transactional services to the world’s largest financial institutions, ranging from setting up businesses and launching new products and services, to dealing with regulators, advising on anti-money laundering, financial sanctions, risk management, compliance frameworks, audits, investigations, etc.

The organisation is known for promoting faster career progression than usual, with a very non-hierarchical environment and very close access to the Partners.

The firm is open to considering applications from Solicitors with financial regulatory experience in top law firms ranging from 3+ years’ PQE up to Of Counsel level. They welcome exploratory and informal conversations with potential candidates who might be interested in hearing more about the opportunity and the team.

Barden is working with an international law firm well established in Dublin who are looking to hire a Tax Associate to join its highly regarded Tax team.

The firm has an excellent domestic and international client base including leading financial institutions, multinational corporations and investment managers.

You will advise on a broad range of tax matters across financial services and corporate transactions, including debt capital markets, investment funds, M&A, aircraft leasing, real estate and cross-border tax planning.

You will work closely with partners on complex tax advisory work, collaborating with colleagues across practice groups and supporting clients on both domestic and international matters.

THE PERSON

The successful individual will be a qualified lawyer with circa 1 – 3 years’ PQE who has completed or is in the process of completing the AITI Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) qualification, with relevant tax experience in financial services gained in a law firm or accounting practice.

Barden is working with an international law firm well established in Dublin who are looking to hire a Solicitor to join its highly reputed Asset Management and Investment Funds department.

The firm has an excellent domestic and international client base including several leading asset management firms.

You will advise on the establishment and ongoing operation of Irish-domiciled investment funds and their managers, working with a broad range of clients across the funds industry.

You will draft, review and negotiate key documentation, while taking ownership of matters and collaborating with colleagues across offices.

The team often works on complex cross-border funds related transactions.

THE PERSON

The successful individual will be an Irish qualified Solicitor with 3-5 years’ PQE in asset management and investment funds, either in practice or in-house.

We are delighted to be working with a fast-growing Irish brand to help identify a part-time Financial Controller. This opportunity has a lot to offer – a scaling business, lovely team environment, great flexibility, the ability to set up a modern Finance function and partner with impressive leaders. This is highly regarded business within its sector, known for its innovation, strong brand reputation, and commitment to delivering meaningful impact to its customers.

This is a hands-on Financial Controller role with broad exposure across Finance. It will involve responsibility for day-to-day Finance activities, month-end reporting, cashflow management as well as implementing best practice systems and controls. There are also commercial aspects of the role including margin and channel analysis, providing value-add information to the leadership team. Working closely with a charismatic and well-respected leader, the Financial Controller will have an opportunity to be close to the decision-making as well as being part of an exciting growth story.

This will suit someone who enjoys the hands-on entrepreneurial nature of an SME environment, and who has a great energy to bring to the team.

If you are looking for the next step in your career in an exciting role, while having the opportunity to do this on a part-time basis, please get in touch – caroline.frawley@barden.ie

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Responsibility for monthly and year end reporting, investigation of variances and overall results to assist business performance.
• Continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging existing and new technologies to enhance the control environment and improve all elements of financial information.
• Responsible for regular commercial reporting to Executive management providing insights that are accurate and timely to support strategic planning and decision making.
• Maintain a strong control environment during a period of growth and expansion.
• Contribute towards the strategies for driving revenue growth and cost efficiencies.
• Provide strong balance sheet and working capital management.
• Assist with the preparation and coordination of the budgeting and forecasting process.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• Qualified Accountant with 5+ years PQE.
• Strong analytical, presentation and communication skills.
• Proven ability to influence at all levels in the organization.
• Excellent commercial acumen.
• Ability to prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
• Organized and efficient personality, positive attitude.

ROLE:                 Finance Systems Manager                                     

LOCATION:        Dublin or Kilkenny

Barden is delighted to partner with a large, established Irish organisation as they look to appoint a Digital Finance Manager to oversee and optimise our finance-related IT landscape. As the business builds out its own in-house IT capability, this role will lead the finance applications estate and the team behind it. Finance transformation and project delivery will form a significant part of this role.

You will lead the suite of SAP finance applications, including SAP FICO, BlackLine and Concur, and lead a small team across Ireland and remote location. You will work closely with Finance, Technology, and a managed service partner to build the strategic roadmap and to target optimising functionality and capability from the systems already in place. You will also explore how SAP’s AI tools can automate routine finance work.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This role will span across management of the finance system landscape, managing project delivery and system transformation.

• Shape the finance systems roadmap and contribute to the wider IT strategy as the business builds its own IT capability.
• Own the SAP finance estate, including FICO, consolidation, treasury, BlackLine and Concur.
• Unlock more value from existing systems, including SAP’s AI tools to automate routine finance work.
• Lead a team of five, including managed capacity resources based offshore, and set clear priorities – Supervise the daily activities, set priorities for the team, ensures quality and timely completion of tasks and coordinates work activities with other managers/team leads.
• Collaborate with Finance and other CoE teams, ensuring data, integration and reporting alignment.
• Drive the implementation of new features, upgrades, and enhancements in alignment with business needs and compliance standards.

• Keep systems running through month-end, year-end, budgeting, and forecasting, escalating quickly when needed.
• Deliver key projects, including a new group reporting solution and the annual SAP upgrade.
• Manage vendors and partners on performance and delivery and challenge them on direction.
• Strengthen controls, data integrity, security, and access across all finance platforms.
• Own a multi-million euro CapEx budget alongside the finance business partners.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• +5 years managing SAP finance systems, including FICO, consolidation, and treasury.
• A background weighted towards IT or finance systems, with a solid grasp of finance processes.
• Experience in system integration, process automation, and change management.
• Proven team leadership, ideally including offshore or managed service resources.
• Strong vendor management, with experience negotiating contracts and holding partners to account.
• Confident communicating with stakeholders at all levels; a qualified accountant would be ideal but is not essential.

OTHER DETAILS:

• Hybrid working, two to three days a week, in Kilkenny or Dublin.