054.EI.26E – Assistant Executive – Financial Performance & Reporting

Grade: Level C

Department: Financial Performance \& Reporting

Division: Finance

Reporting to: Senior Executive, Financial Performance \& Reporting

Location: East Point, Dublin

Job Reference: 054\.EI.26E

Salary: €32,045

Closing date: 17th June 2026

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Applicants must have employment eligibility to work in Ireland and to be available to work in

the Enterprise Ireland location specified for the role.

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Background

Enterprise Ireland is the Irish government’s trade and innovation agency, helping innovative Irish

businesses go global. We support ambitious, internationally focused Irish companies to grow,

create jobs and achieve greater scale and global reach. Our clients, employing 230,000\+ people

across all regions of Ireland, make a crucial contribution to the Irish economy. Delivering for Ireland,

Leading Globally (2025\-2029\) is our strategy that outlines our aims and ambitions for the Irish

enterprise base and its purpose to ‘Accelerate Sustainable Irish Business’. The ambition of the

strategy is to support Irish exporting companies to make an even greater contribution to the Irish

economy through international growth and nationwide employment, with the long\-term ambition that

exporting Irish companies become the primary driver of the Irish economy. The strategy sets out

four strategic objectives for the Irish enterprise base; Start, Compete, Scale and Connect.

Enterprise Ireland supports businesses throughout Ireland with a comprehensive, tailored and

client\-focused approach. Its programmes include extensive start\-up, scaling, innovation and

management development programmes and supports, direct investment, funding seed and venture

capital schemes and services, all of which is supported by a highly experienced employee

complement of c.850 across a network of offices in Ireland and 42 overseas locations to help Irish

enterprise succeed globally.

Role Purpose

The successful candidate will be a key member of the Financial Performance and Reporting team,

assisting Operations in the areas of budgeting, financial analysis and reporting. This

team works closely with budget managers throughout the budgeting process, providing expertise on

financial planning and budgeting.

The candidate will help develop capital and operational expenditure budgets, monitor performance

against budget, and assist with providing accurate and timely performance information to the Senior

Leadership Team. This team will also liaise with colleagues in Government Departments to report

and provide insights on budget performance and budget planning. The candidate will assist in the

preparation of the Statutory Accounts and the year end audit by the Comptroller and Auditor

General.

Key Deliverables

• Assist in preparing reconciliations, working papers and draft reports for internal and external

reporting cycles.

• Assist with providing accurate and timely performance information to the Senior Leadership

Team, support the preparation of monthly management accounts.

• Assist in the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements and the year\-end audit by the

Comptroller and Auditor General.

• Support the preparation of balance sheet and journal reconciliations.


• Contribute to financial assurance activities by verifying basic supporting documentation and

highlighting gaps for escalation.

• Maintain and organise financial records, documentation and data sources.


• Help produce insights on financial performance of the agency to be provided to Government

stakeholders, including Department of Enterprise, Tourism \& Employment (DETE).

• Contribute to the identifying process and system opportunities to further develop Oracle Fusion

EPM functionality and the adoption of same.

• Support the monitoring and reporting on budgets at department, divisional and agency level.


• Work with finance colleagues to support the budget managers in developing and analysing their

capital and operational budgets, providing insights, challenge and support to ensure

robust controls and accurate forecasts.

• Contribute to the production of annual and multi\-year budgets for the agency, supporting senior

team members in FP\&R to liaise with relevant internal and external stakeholders to

prepare balanced budgets for approval by the Senior Leadership Team and the Board.

• Analyse accounting data and support with the preparation of reports for various stakeholders,

explaining the significance of matters of financial importance, and facilitating effective financial

decision\-making, management and control.

• Reconcile financial data between the financial management system and other systems.


• Support improvements to documentation, data processes and financial workflows.


• Support the wider Finance Team and take on other tasks or ad\-hoc projects as may be assigned

from time to time.

• Participate in rotational learning across FP\&R: Forecasting, Reporting and Business Partnering.


• Maintain continuous learning and translate skills development into effective FP\&R execution.

Functional Competencies (Key Skills and Knowledge)

• Commenced or planning to commence a professional accountancy qualification is

essential (e.g., ACA, ACCA).

• Excellent written and oral communication skills to ensure effective engagement across all

relevant stakeholders is essential.

• Experience of managing and prioritising tasks to meet challenging deadlines while maintaining

strong accuracy and attention to detail is essential.

• Demonstrated evidence of robust IT literacy (i.e., MS Office skills with working knowledge of

Excel) is essential, coupled with experience of using an accounting system (ERP System such

as Oracle desirable).

• Strong motivation to learn and develop in a structured finance environment.


• Experience in the preparation, analysis and reporting of budgets is desirable.


• Experience in the preparation of financial statements and related audit files is desirable.


• Experience working in or knowledge of the financial operations a non\-commercial Semi\-State

Organisation is desirable.

• Demonstrable experience in a finance role is desirable but not essential.


• Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team.

Enterprise Ireland Behavioural Competencies

Results Focused

The ability to remain outcome and results focused with regard to business priorities and

organisational goals, monitoring progress and adjusting approach ensuring delivery against the

appropriate timescales.

Innovation and Risk\-Taking

Actively encourages new ideas, experimentation and measured risk\-taking, while always being on

the lookout for opportunities to continuously improve business processes and efficiencies within

Enterprise Ireland and client organisations.

Problem Solving and Decision\-Making

The ability to be decisive and take tough decisions about clients, people and costs to deliver

sustainable results, using the analysis of information and situations to make logical and sound

decisions.

Client Focused

The ability to provide an excellent client service focusing on client needs and building and

maintaining effective personal and business relationships to advance clients’ objectives and

Enterprise Ireland strategy.

Communicating with Impact to Influence Others

Communicates in a manner that will persuade, convince and influence their own staff and others,

both internally and externally, in order to motivate, inspire or encourage them to follow a particular

course of action.

Teamworking

Co\-operates with colleagues, shares information and respects the opinions and values of staff

members. Understands the skills, experience and knowledge of staff members and maximises how

these can be utilised to the benefit of the department, the organisation and the client.

Embracing \& Leading Change

Understands the business agenda of Enterprise Ireland and embraces changes for area of

responsibility and for external and internal clients.

Acting / Leading with Integrity

Lives the Enterprise Ireland purpose and values, acting genuinely and with integrity, in a manner that

builds trust and engages and motivates others, placing the genuine needs of the client, the

organisation, and staff ahead of personal agendas

Networking

Establishes and maintains mutually beneficial relationships with colleagues and other networks for

the purpose of sharing information.

Developing Yourself \& Others

Creates an environment that enables others to excel in terms of job performance.

Salary scale

€32,045 \- €58,599 per annum contributory superannuation

Rising to €60,510 \& €62,435 by long service increments

€30,753 \- €55,819 per annum non\-contributory superannuation

Rising to €57,618 \& €59,424 by long service increments

Candidates should note that entry will be at the minimum of the relevant scale and the rate of

remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. Subject to

satisfactory performance, increments may be payable in line with current Government Policy.

\*\* Point of entry on this salary scale may differ from the minimum point of the scale if the successful

candidate is a current public or civil servant. \*\*

Application and selection process

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