Chief Financial Officer

Never has there been a more exciting time to join a team of open, honest and passionate employees

Three is forward thinking, you can’t stagnate in this job, and you’ll be part of a charming bunch of people that will become lifelong friends. There’s an energy here that’s infectious; we defy convention and we’re always looking at ways to shake up the industry and to surprise and delight our customers. You can be yourself here, and you’ll get to build strong relationships with colleagues across the business.

Join us as a Chief Financial Officer
This is a key leadership role within Three Ireland providing the insights, support and challenge to ensure that the organisation delivers strong shareholder value in a rapidly evolving telecommunications landscape. The CFO will be responsible for delivering exceptional financial performance and resilience whilst shaping the business’s overall strategic plans and investment decisions.

The CFO will report into the CEO and lead Three Ireland’s Finance function including Commercial finance, Financial planning & analysis, Reporting, Financial control, Tax & treasury, Procurement, Revenue & billing financial operations, Governance and Security.

What else it involves:

Leadership & Culture: Lead a high performing finance organisation, fostering accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement. 
Financial Planning: Partners with the CEO and other members of Three Ireland’s Leadership Squad to shape financial plans including key investment decisions, the Three Ireland budget, shaping business cases and assessments and ensuring Three Ireland is meeting its financial objectives.
Financial Reporting and Compliance: Oversees all financial and management reporting for Three Ireland, ensuring compliance with all regulations and accounting standards, and shapes the overall financial narrative provided to shareholders and other key stakeholder groups
Risk Management: Works with partners across the business to assess, manage and mitigate cybersecurity, fraud and other financial risks
Data and AI: Ensures that the organisation is leveraging AI and other digital tools to capture, analyse, monitor and act on the key data required to improve customer propositions and maximise efficiencies
Procurement Oversight: Oversees the development and delivery of Three Ireland’s Procurement strategy, ensuring it's aligned to the broader Company strategy and cost management approach
Tax and treasury: Directs the company’s tax compliance, and reporting, while managing capital and liquidity to optimize cash flow and financial risk within the complex regulatory and commercial environment of the business
Strategic Financial Leadership: Accountable for the development and delivery of Three Ireland’s Finance strategy, including Cost Management and Investments that align with business objectives and shareholder expectations.
Stakeholder Management: Drives strategic buy-in for the Finance strategy across key stakeholder groups and acts as the primary financial liaison with CK Hutchison, ensuring alignment on strategic priorities and timely delivery of group reporting requirements.
Represents the Finance function in external events.

The Skills we are looking for:

Proven experience leading the finance function in a dynamic complex business of similar scale
Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA);
Experience shaping overall business strategy and investment decisions working closely with executive level stakeholders
Strong experience driving change and leveraging AI and other technologies to improve financial and business operations
Experience in managing a Procurement function with similar levels of CapEx
Commercially astute, with the ability to manage overall significant budgets and oversee large-scale negotiations
Experience working within a group reporting structure or multinational, with highly distinctive stakeholder management skills

Essential Competencies

Leading others: Engage, align and empower teams to achieve goals and ambitions
Delighting customers: Prioritise, enhance and maximise the customer experience
Shaping strategy: Develops long term business direction based on data and insight
Thinking commercially: Apply deep commercial understanding to drive business goals and outcomes
Delivering results: Drive continuous improvement and higher performance levels
Driving transformation: Foster a culture of change and align the organisation to achieve new direction
Fostering innovation: Create an environment that nurtures innovation and builds capabilities
Influencing collaboratively: Guide, influence and work effectively with others to drive outcomes
Driving operational excellence: Lead the operation of the function to deliver best in class performance
Navigating complex problems: Tackle complex challenges proactively to achieve optimal solutions
Growth mindset: Lead with a growth mindset, driving inclusion, continuously learning and seeking new possibilities

KPIs

Overall Financial Performance indicators such as Operating Profitability and Financial Performance, Unlevered Free Cash Flow, Operating Expense Ratio, Cash Conversion Cycle, Return on Assets, and CapEx Efficiency.

Benefits of Working at Three

Flexible working with our new Hybrid model, our employees will enjoy more flexibility working from home and our Dublin head office location (office based 3 days per week)
Competitive salary, annual performance bonus & pension contribution
25 days holidays plus 2 company days
Annual Leave buy or sell (buy or sell up to 5 days AL each year)
Healthcare Insurance through our flexible benefits programme
Life assurance, phone & laptop, subsidized canteen
Access to learning & development tools
Free on-site parking

There’s a lot more to us than meets the eye.
You may think you know us, but we’re full of surprises. Intrigued? Join us and Be Phenomenal.
Apply now at: https://www.three.ie/careers #Jobs

At Three, we are committed to diversity and inclusion. As Ireland’s largest mobile telecommunications provider, we provide a better connected life for our diverse customer base, and want our teams to reflect this. We welcome and celebrate all identities and strive to create a culture of belonging where employees can thrive as their authentic selves.
If you do not ‘tick every box’ in this job description, you likely have other valuable skills that would make you a great fit for one of our teams. If you feel this role is for you, then please apply!

If you require reasonable adjustments for your interview, please let us know when scheduling your interview. Apply now at Three a Phenomenal career awaits!

Benefits of Working at Three

Flexible working with our new Hybrid model, our employees will enjoy more flexibility working from home and our office locations (2/3 days per week office based). Please see job description for the office location of this role
Competitive salary, annual performance bonus & pension contribution
25 days holidays plus 2.5 company days
Annual Leave buy or sell (buy or sell up to 5 days AL each year)
Healthcare Insurance through our flexible benefits programme
Life assurance, phone & laptop, subsidized canteen
Access to learning & development tools such as LinkedIn Learning
Free on-site parking

You may think you know us, but we’re full of surprises. Intrigued? Join us and Be Phenomenal. Apply now at: https://www.three.ie/careers

Three Ireland is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you do not ‘tick every box’ in the job description above, there are likely other valuable attributes and skills you have that would make you a great fit for the team. If you feel this role is for you, then please apply! We are committed to equal employment and growing a diverse workforce.

We embrace those of any race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, family status, civil status or membership of the traveler community, and we want our teams to reflect this!

If you require reasonable adjustments at interview, please let us know when scheduling your interview, or alternatively please email recruitment.support@three.ie

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