Senior Commercial Accountant

About the role

We are seeking a qualified Senior Commercial Finance / FP&A professional to partner closely with senior stakeholders in a high growth, acquisition led business.

The role will lead budgeting, forecasting and capital expenditure planning, deliver clear and insightful management and board reporting, and provide robust financial analysis to support strategic decision making.

This role suits a commercially minded finance professional (ACA/ACCA) with experience in FP&A or Transaction Services, who enjoys combining financial planning, strategic analysis, and M&A exposure in a high growth, private equity backed environment.

Key Responsibilities

• FP&A: Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and capital expenditure planning
• Own and manage group wide capex budgets, including investment appraisal and tracking
• Partner with senior stakeholders and functional leaders across multiple geographies
• Deliver robust financial analysis to support strategic initiatives and capital investment decisions
• Prepare and present monthly management reporting to senior leadership
• Develop financial models to support investment decisions, M&A activity, and long term planning
• Support buy side and sell side financial due diligence and related advisory work
• Assess acquisition opportunities and support transaction execution and integration
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, controls, and systems
• Support integration and standardisation across acquired businesses
• Manage external audit relationships and coordinate audit deliverables
• Oversee R&D tax credit processes and submissions

Essential Requirements

• ACA / ACCA (or equivalent), ideally trained in a Big 4 firm
• Strong FP&A / commercial finance experience in a high growth environment
• Proven experience owning budgeting, forecasting, and capex processes
• Experience supporting or delivering buy side and/or sell side financial due diligence
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including exposure to executive teams and investors
• Advanced financial modelling and analytical capability
• Experience in private equity backed or acquisition led businesses
• Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements

What We Can Offer You

• Competitive salary
• Performance related bonus
• Pension scheme with matching contributions
• Remote first hybrid model - use your home as a base and any of our office locations as you see fit
• Work from abroad
• Flexible working hours
• Access to over 60 health disciplines through our Kara Connect Platform
• Continuous Professional development (CPD) programme & funding
• Paid maternity, paternity and fertility leave
• Company and birthday annual leave days
• Death in Service benefit
• Tax saver - travel and bike to work
• Culture, social, wellness and CPD committees
• Talent Development Programmes
• Access to leading career coach Gerry Duffy

About ORS

ORS is a world class multidisciplinary building consultancy with more than 30 years of delivering technical excellence across the built environment. Our mission is simple but powerful: We endeavour to make the lives of our team, clients, partners and communities happier and better in the ways that really matter every single day.

Don't just take our word for it! ORS has won numerous awards, recognising our Great Place to Work culture.

• Winner of Consultancy Firm of the Year at the Irish Building and Design Awards 2026
• Winner of the Engineering Consultancy of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025
• Winner of the Graduate Programme of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025
• Winner of the Best Company to Work For at the Irish Design & Build Awards 2024 & 2025
• Winner of the Best People Development of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2024
• Winner of the Recruitment & Retention Strategy at the Workplace Excellence Awards 2024
• Great Place to Work certified consecutively since 2017
• Top 3 Company Best Workplaces in the medium size category at the Great Place to Work awards 2025 & 2026
• Best Workplaces for Health & Wellbeing 2025 Great Place to Work
• Engineers Ireland CPD Accreditation since 20217
• Awarded for Hybrid Way of Working at the 2022 Great Place to Work Awards
• Silver Accreditation through Investors in Diversity 2025

ORS is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive company culture. We foster a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects and supports their individual strengths and experiences.