Job Title: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Reports to: Vlad Kaltenieks, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Department: Executive Leadership Team

Location: BoyleSports HQ, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Who We Are:

BoyleSports is the largest independently owned bookmaker in Ireland.

We’re on a mission to create a world-class betting and gaming experience that excites and entertains our customers each and every time they play. With a ‘Customer First’ approach in everything we do, our customers can bank on a great experience, more value and wider betting content than our market rivals.

Founded in 1982 by John Boyle, the business has grown to include over 375 shops across Ireland and the UK, a best-in-class betting app and an online gaming platform available across a number of international markets.

Over the past few years, key milestones in the growth of the company include a move into the UK market with the acquisition of a group of shops in the Midlands in 2019, the purchase of 33 William Hill shops in Northern Ireland in 2020.

The Position:

BoyleSports is looking for a Chief Financial Officer who will report directly to our Chief Executive Officer as a key executive leadership team member.

Our executive leadership team composed of a highly successful and collaborative team of experienced roll-up the-sleeves executives with a proven track record of success.

The CFO partners with the executive leadership team to advance us as a high performing business in alignment with and support of vision, strategy and business roadmap.

The CFO contributes financial and business planning thought partnership with the leadership team and CEO to develop, implement, and evaluate strategies.

With multiple direct reports overseeing such areas as Finance, Accounting, Treasury and FP&A, and Payroll, the CFO engages a strong team based predominantly in HQ Dundalk, Co. Louth.

In addition to developing and implementing the business model that will sustain BoyleSports new strategy, the CFO leads their teams to ensure effective, efficient financial management and reporting; sets financial and administrative policy and direction; and manages the processes, infrastructure, and systems to ensure strong internal capacity, capability and controls.

Key Responsibilities:

As BoyleSports continues to grow and advance its mission, the CFO collaborates with the executive leadership team, works with teams across the organisation, oversees finance and administrative operations, and strengthens internal systems and processes.

The CFO is responsible for the following:

Strategy, Vision and Leadership:

• Serve as thought partner on the executive leadership team to build the business plan that will advance and sustain strategic opportunities aligned with the new strategy and mitigate associated risks.
• Monitor current and future opportunities and challenges in the business and regulatory environment and advise the CEO on options for BoyleSports to successfully navigate these shifts.
• Optimise our operating model, operational delivery, and financial performance.
• Ensure relevant decision-making and financial operations meet compliance requirements and adhere with legal and regulatory considerations in different jurisdictions our business operates.
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learnings and a commitment to quality.

Financial Management

• Develop and utilise forward-looking, predictive models and activity-based financial analyses.
• Oversee the preparation and approval of all financial reporting for executive leadership.
• Oversee budgeting and cash flow management to monitor progress, align budgeting and reporting statements with the new strategy, and present financial and operational metrics.
• Ensure that finance staff maintains financial record systems in accordance with strong internal controls, and industry and professional standards, and monitor the use of all funds.
• Direct all financial, project-based, and departmental accounting ensuring proper systems and functioning.
• Oversee all audit and tax return activities.
• Manage relationships with banking, insurance, and other relevant partners/vendors.

Requirements

• Currently in a Financial Executive leadership role with a track record of above industry average revenue and margin growth, the ideal candidate possesses 15+ years of relevant multi-site Accounting, Finance, Auditing or Financial Consulting experience, and includes 5+ years of Executive management leadership experience in progressively more challenging roles.
• Industry experience relevant to online and retail betting and gaming is required. Any additional merger and acquisition, and ecommerce experience is a plus.
• Candidate is experienced leading all financial aspects of a large international organisation working collaboratively with the executive team, peers and employees, to define and execute a strategy while provide overall leadership and vision in the best interests of the company.
• Candidates must have consistently and successfully applied financial operations, planning, analysis, strategy, and innovation acumen across all phases of financial and company operations with previous experience overseeing related information technology.
• Candidates must possess strong senior management level analytical skills and experience working with and around highly diverse structures and company cultures.
• Experienced defining, setting and leading strategy in support of an executable business plan to achieve quarterly, annual, and long-term employer investment, cash flow, and P&L objectives to include developing stakeholder buy-in, and effectively enrolling an organisation around a forward-looking vision, inspiring, motivating, and focusing energy on achieving business goals.
• Experienced developing strategy and associated financial reporting in support of profitable execution of high growth businesses while ensuring the organization's financial condition supports having the right people, processes, systems and properties in place to ensure ability to profitably deliver.
• This individual is a rational thinker expert in the “Art of Communication”, to include strategic and functional level problem analysis and resolution; candidate possesses the creative problem solving, conflict resolution, negotiation, and people skills that fosters, creates, and supports a positive workplace environment at all levels.
• Possessing an innovative ability to think and plan strategically, this individual also has the ability to execute tactically, concurrently lead a cross-functional team managing multiple complex priorities within demanding timeframes, and ensure accountability for results that maximise contribution to business financial objectives.
• Fanatical about getting into the details, and oriented to data driven analytic decision-making, this individual possesses excellent organisational, time management, team building, verbal and written communication skills in a senior leadership capacity and the flexibility to operate well in a rapidly changing and often demanding environment to push priorities forward constructively, even when under pressure.
• This executive possesses a unique blend of: business and technical savvy; big-picture innovative vision; demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment; the ability to think ahead and plan over a multi-year time span; incredible persistence; disciplined process-driven approach; experienced at defining, setting and leading execution of a strategic financial plan to support achievement of near-term and long-term employer objectives.
• This individual is flexible and able to multitask; can work within an ambiguous, fast-paced organisation, while also driving toward clarity and solutions; is able to interface and garner support from company resources productively and collaboratively across the organisation; is adept at directly, and through deployed resources, developing trusted advisor relationships with colleagues, suppliers, and customers.
• Operating from a "seek first to understand before being understood" perspective, this individual possesses a high degree of self-confidence, is able to think fast and learn/recover quickly from failures, is not afraid to admit they're not an expert; is able to go out of their way to learn and seek expert counsel where they don’t understand; must know when to ask for help, and when to identify, leverage, and employ appropriate experts.
• Candidates possessing a Master's degree in Accounting or Finance and a ACA/FCA will be given preference.
• Must be willing to work regularly (4-days per week minimum) out of our HQ in Dundalk, Co. Louth.