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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head of Payroll to join a leading organisation based in Cork. This is a senior leadership role where you’ll drive payroll strategy, oversee outsourced payroll delivery, and lead a significant payroll transformation programme.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Leading the development of a new centralised payroll operating model.
• Managing outsourced payroll providers, ensuring service excellence and compliance.
• Driving payroll transformation, including HCM implementation, process improvement and automation.
• Establishing robust payroll governance, controls and risk management.
• Partnering with HR, Finance and senior stakeholders to deliver an efficient, compliant payroll function.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

You’ll bring:

• Extensive senior payroll leadership experience within a large, complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of Irish and UK payroll legislation and compliance.
• Experience managing third-party payroll providers.
• A proven track record delivering payroll transformation and HCM implementation projects.
• Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of payroll within a business committed to continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Barden are exclusively partnering with an innovative, scaling business at the intersection of clean energy, technology, and electric vehicles. Our clients intelligent platform helps consumers access renewable energy, understand their energy usage, and optimise EV charging through smart, data-driven solutions.

As the business continues to grow across international markets, we’re looking for a Management Accountant to join their finance team in Cork and play a key role in supporting the financial management and reporting of their expanding group of companies.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded accountant who enjoys working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Reporting into senior finance leadership, you’ll take ownership of management accounting, forecasting, reporting, and financial controls across the group.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyse monthly management accounts across the Group
• Manage month-end close processes, including journals, accruals, and prepayments
• Produce management and statutory accounts and present financial information to senior leadership
• Lead the annual budgeting process
• Prepare monthly and quarterly forecasts
• Assist with the preparation of annual financial statements
• Liaise with external auditors and tax advisors
• Manage treasury activities and cash flow reporting
• Oversee statutory compliance, including VAT returns and corporation tax requirements
• Support wider finance operations and contribute to process improvements and ad hoc projects

About You

You are a proactive, detail-oriented finance professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and enjoys contributing to a growing business.

Essential Requirements:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA or CIMA)
• Previous experience in a Management Accountant or similar role
• Strong technical accounting knowledge
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present financial information clearly to stakeholders
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a small team

Desirable:

• Experience with cloud-based accounting systems
• Experience working in a scaling or high-growth business environment

Do you want to make a significant impact in a dynamic, globally focused environment? We are delighted to be partnering exclusively with a prominent global pharmaceutical solutions organisation in their search for an ambitious individual to step into the role of Financial Accountant to support the continued growth of the business.

This business is a key player in the pharmaceutical industry. With a revenue exceeding $200 billion, they are dedicated to revolutionising healthcare worldwide.

This is very much a varied role where the successful person will have full remit to make it their own. This person will get exposure across the global business while liaising with multiple teams across finance and beyond.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Preparation of the month-end and quarter-end reporting processes
• Responsible for the preparation of management accounts for the business
• Key involvement in the budgeting and forecasting process
• The development of strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business
• Liaise with internal and external auditors and supports the audit process by providing timely and accurate information and data
• Evaluation of processes and recommends and implements process improvements
• Responsible for supporting the Statutory Accounting Activities
• Ad-hoc project and tax work as required.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• Qualified Accountant with post-qualification experience in industry
• Experience with SAP is a strong advantage
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• An effective team player, who demonstrates excellent leadership and negotiation skills.

Sounds interesting? Feel free to get in touch with Siobhán Sexton in Barden (siobhan.sexton@barden.ie) for more information.

Barden are delighted to be working with a well-established and hugely successful Irish business in the construction industry, headquartered here in Cork, who are looking for a strong Financial Accountant to join their high-performing Finance team. Reporting to a high-calibre Financial Controller, this person will have a wide range of responsibilities including month-end reporting, liaising with key stakeholders across the business on commercial activities and ad-hoc tax and project work. This will be a move for the long-term. 

“This would be a great move for someone who is keen to gain hands-on, practical experience while also being involved in the commercial activities of the business and getting the chance to work alongside senior members of the company on a daily basis” – Financial Controller

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Responsible for posting of month-end close and accounting transactions;
• Responsible for the budgeting and forecasting process for assigned entities;
• Preparation of cashflows and related tasks;
• Liaise with internal and external auditors and support the audit process by providing timely and accurate information and data;
• Assist with the preparation of board reports for the group;
• The development of strong relationships with key stakeholders;
• Evaluation of processes and recommends and implements process improvements;
• Ad-hoc projects as required.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• Qualified Accountant with 3+ years’ PQE;
• Experience in a similar industry preferred but not essential;
• Experience with IFRS is desirable;
• Strong technical skills;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – the ability to work effectively within a small, tight-knit team;
• An effective team player, who demonstrates excellent leadership and negotiation skills.

Sounds interesting? Feel free to get in touch with Siobhán Sexton in Barden (siobhan.sexton@barden.ie) for more information.

Barden is partnering with a very well established law firm currently seeking a Solicitor to join its highly reputed healthcare team in Dublin.

THE ROLE

The role primarily involves advocacy in the District Court, covering assisted decision-making cases, Inherent Jurisdiction applications, mental health matters, and other sensitive and complex healthcare applications.

THE PERSON

• Qualified Solicitor in Ireland with strong general litigation and advocacy experience in the District Court (essential). Advocacy experience in Circuit Court and High Court would be an advantage.
• Circa 2 years’ PQE.

Barden are delighted to be partnering exclusively with a successful Group in West Dublin to hire a newly qualified accountant in a broad Accountant role.

You will report to the Financial Controller, working closely with wider team. This role offers exposure to month-end close, financial statements, budgeting, and forecasting, with room for professional development.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Coordinating month-end activities, including intercompany reconciliations;
• Completing bank reconciliations and preparing daily cash flow forecasts for senior finance review;
• Preparing and presenting AR reports and month-end analysis, including bad debt provisioning and aged debt trend monitoring;
• Managing customer invoicing cycles and reconciling accounts to ensure adherence to credit terms;
• Liaising with different stakeholders.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• Newly Qualified Accountant;
• Advanced Excel skills;
• A self-starter;
• Excellent attention to detail;
• A strong communicator.

Barden have been exclusively engaged by a well-established distributor within Ireland and the UK who are seeking an experienced Assistant Accountant to join their expanding finance team.

This is a key hire for the finance team as the company continues to grow. The ideal individual will be an enthusiastic professional looking for a new challenge in a dynamic environment.

The Assistant Accountant will report to the Financial Controller, working closely with wider team. This role offers exposure to month-end close, financial statements, budgeting, and forecasting, with room for professional development.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Completing bank reconciliations and preparing daily cash flow forecasts for senior finance review.
• Processing daily customer refunds and settlements, ensuring accuracy before approval.
• Managing customer invoicing cycles and reconciling accounts to ensure adherence to credit terms.
• Preparing and presenting AR reports and month-end analyses, including bad debt provisioning and aged debt trend monitoring.
• Coordinating month-end activities, including intercompany reconciliations.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with finance and wider operational teams.
• Supporting audit processes with documentation for internal and external auditors.

ABOUT THE PERSON

• Accounting technician or part-qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA);
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an accounting role with expertise in bank reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, and payroll processing;
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, including debits and credits;
• Excellent analytical, numerical, and communication skills;
• High attention to detail and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment;
• Proficiency in Outlook, Word, Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables), and other ERP systems.

Senior Category Manager – IT, Business & Professional Services | Dublin OR Kilkenny (Hybrid)

We are delighted to be partnering with a leading Irish organisation to recruit a Senior Category Manager to join its procurement team.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement, this is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a diverse portfolio across IT, Business Services and Professional Services, driving procurement strategy, supplier performance and commercial value while working closely with key stakeholders across the business.

If you’re an experienced procurement professional looking to join a progressive organisation in a strategic role, we’d love to hear from you.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Develop and implement category strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Manage sourcing, supplier relationships and contract negotiations.
• Lead the end-to-end procurement process across a broad range of indirect spend categories.
• Monitor supplier performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies and best practice.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver value, innovation and service excellence.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• Degree qualified in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business or a related discipline.
• Minimum of five years’ experience in procurement and category management.
• IT procurement experience is highly desirable.
• Strong commercial, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with SAP, Ariba or similar procurement systems is an advantage.

ROLE: Finance Transformation Lead

CONTRACT:       18-Month Fixed-Term Contract

LOCATION:         Dublin

Barden have been selected to work exclusively with our client, a well-established business that is undertaking a major finance and systems transformation programme. They are seeking a Finance Lead – Transformation to act as the senior Finance owner of an ERP implementation (with a parallel CRM rollout).

Reporting into senior sponsors, you’ll be the primary Finance driver of the programme, bridging Finance, subject matter experts and external implementation partners.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the ERP implementation from a Finance perspective, owning design decisions across core modules (Record to Report, Order to Cash, GL, Procure to Pay, Commercial Pricing)
• Coordinate and challenge Finance subject matter leads, bringing cohesion and consistency across workstreams
• Act as the “finance conscience” of the programme, ensuring solutions support real-world finance operations
• Provide structured input into Steerco forums, flagging risks, issues and decisions. Work closely with established programme resources to ensure finance perpsectives are clearly articulated and understood at programme level.
• Drive Finance readiness across multiple regions and operations through to go-live and cutover

What you’ll bring:

• Qualified accountant (Big 4 or industry trained) or senior finance professional
• Proven experience on at least one ERP/CRM implementation in a finance-led role
• Strong understanding of how finance teams operate day to day
• A track record of bridging Finance, IT and external delivery partners
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and granular levels

This is an 18-month fixed-term contract offering the chance to shape a high-profile enterprise transformation from the Finance seat.