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Barden has been engaged by a well-established and highly successful Irish business to identify an ambitious Finance Business Partner to join their Finance team. It is a multifaceted position, with a strong emphasis on strategic analysis and business partnering.

The ideal person will possess a high energy, positive attitude with strong analytical skills. There will regular exposure to senior leaders and this will suit someone who has a natural skill in translating Finance data into meaningful insights for the business.

This opportunity has a lot to offer, working with an exceptional Head of FP&A in a progressive organization where flexibility is promoted with a strong precedent for progression opportunities.

For more details about this exciting opportunity, please contact me (caroline.frawley@barden.ie) or Denis Galvin (denis.galvin@barden.ie).

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Take a lead role in the forecasting and budgeting setting process
• Serve as a key business partner to senior divisional finance leaders, to ensure timely and accurate reporting
• Perform detailed financial analysis with the ability to provide meaningful insights to business stakeholders
• Review and challenge divisional budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic plans
• Contribution to the establishment of a continuous improvement culture
• Engage in ad-hoc projects as required by the wider business

ABOUT THE PERSON

• Qualified accountant, with 5+ years PQE
• Possess excellent analytical skills
• Ability to influence across all levels
• Demonstrate strong proficiency in Excel and systems
• Exhibit excellent interpersonal and communication skills, functioning as a strong team player
• Express a desire to work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment

A growing renewable energy business is seeking a Procurement Analyst to join its expanding operations team. This role would suit someone looking to develop their career within a collaborative and growing international business where they will gain strong hands-on exposure across procurement and finance operations.

Working closely with procurement, finance, project teams, and suppliers, the successful person will support day-to-day procurement and purchase-to-pay activities while gaining broad exposure across supplier management, systems, reporting, and process improvement initiatives.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Supporting day-to-day procurement activities across multiple jurisdictions
• Assisting with purchase order management and supplier onboarding processes
• Liaising with Accounts Payable to ensure invoices are processed accurately and on time
• Supporting resolution of supplier queries and invoice discrepancies
• Maintaining procurement records, supplier documentation, and reporting data
• Assisting with procurement systems, process improvements, and workflow enhancements
• Working closely with project and finance teams to support purchasing activities across the business.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

• At least 1-2 years’ experience within procurement, finance, administration, or a related environment
• Good understanding of purchase-to-pay or invoice processing activities
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
• Strong Excel and general systems capability
• Good communication skills and comfortable working across teams
• Proactive, eager to learn, and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment

A large international retail business operating across Ireland, the UK, and the US is entering a 3-5 year digital transformation programme, focused on new websites and improved digital customer journeys.

To support this, a new Group Digital team is being formed, and they’re hiring a Web and Digital Platforms Developer – a brand new role in the organisation.

Reporting to the Group Head of Digital, this is a hands on web and platform role sitting between delivery, marketing, and technology.

You’ll work closely with external development partners who handle core builds, while taking ownership of CMS and web platforms in-house – helping to shape, manage, and evolve them over time.

Key areas include:

• Supporting delivery of new websites and digital customer journeys.
• Managing and evolving web/CMS platforms (headless environment).
• Building and maintaining digital content and components.
• Supporting setup of a new Digital Asset Management (DAM) system.
• Using analytics to monitor performance and improve user experience.

About the Person:

• Hands-on web/platform experience (mid-level).
• Comfortable with HTML/CSS, JavaScript, CMS tools, and working with external partners.
• A practical, delivery-focused mindset is key, along with the ability to take ownership in a fast-moving environment.

Barden is proud to be partnering with a leading Irish organisation to appoint a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead a critical function within their business. This is a senior leadership role with full responsibility for operational performance, customer experience, and transformation at scale.

• If you are motivated by the opportunity to shape and evolve a major operational function, then we should talk.
• If you’ve operated at senior leadership or COO/Director level with responsibility for large teams and complex operations, then we should talk.
• If you are an experienced operations leader from a regulated environment with a track record of delivering at scale, then we should talk.

“We have a strong operational foundation, but this is about what comes next. We’re looking for a leader who can balance operational excellence with meaningful transformation- someone who can lead at scale while evolving how we serve our customers into the future.” – Chief People Officer, Ireland.

Sitting on the Senior Leadership Team, this person will play a key role in shaping strategy, driving efficiency, and ensuring the organisation continues to deliver for customers in a highly regulated environment. This is a pivotal leadership role with responsibility for a large, complex operational function (c. 400 people), spanning several critically important business units.

This role comes with real scope and accountability, from maintaining a high-performing operational engine to leading critical programmes across resilience, regulation, and customer transformation. The opportunity is to influence both how the organisation operates today and how it evolves over time.

Working closely with executive peers, group functions, and key governance bodies, this person will be central to decision-making and delivery. Success will come from balancing control and compliance with innovation, efficiency, and customer-first thinking.

Curious? You should be. Hit apply or contact Cole Carroll (cole.carroll@barden.ie) and Cole and her team will take things from there. Simple.