Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
BEOWULF ELECTRICITY & DATA • Full Time
Posted on Sat, Sep 19, 2026
We are at the heart of Ireland’s energy transition, connecting, operating and transforming the electricity grid to support a low carbon, renewable future. We are building talented teams that tackle real world challenges every day and help us to achieve our goal to prepare the grid to carry up to 80% of Ireland’s electricity from renewable sources.
We are proud to be a certified Great Place to Work, recognised for our culture built on trust, collaboration and inclusion. At EirGrid you will find supportive teams, opportunities to grow and meaningful work. We also offer secure employment with a range of flexible and family friendly working policies to support your life and wellbeing.
If you are ready to make an impact and grow your career in a purpose-led organisation, your journey starts here.
The Opportunity
We are now seeking a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to join the Finance Office.
Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, this newly created Head of Function role will lead EirGrid’s Financial Planning & Analysis function and play a central role in overseeing financial planning, forecasting, performance management and strategic analysis activities across the Group. The role will ensure the Executive and senior leadership teams have access to high-quality financial insight, performance information and decision support to enable the delivery of EirGrid's strategic objectives.
The successful candidate will lead the organisation’s budgeting, forecasting, long-term financial planning and performance management activities, ensuring the Executive, Board and senior leaders have access to high-quality financial insight, meaningful performance information and forward-looking decision support.
As Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, you will provide independent challenge, strategic analysis and financial insight to support key business decisions, investment priorities, organisational performance and business resilience. This is a unique opportunity to lead a strategically important function and shape how financial planning and performance management supports EirGrid over the coming years.
The Team
The Finance Office is responsible for the provision of timely and insightful financial information to the Board, Executive and Management. The function plays a critical role in maintaining a strong financial control environment, supporting strategic decision-making, ensuring compliance with regulatory and statutory obligations and driving continuous improvement across finance processes, systems and capabilities.
As EirGrid continues to grow in scale, complexity and strategic importance, the Finance function is expanding to support increased investment activity, organisational growth, evolving regulatory requirements and increasing stakeholder expectations. To support this growth, EirGrid is investing in additional capability across the Finance function, creating key leadership roles that strengthen planning, reporting, control, business partnering and performance management.
The Head of Financial Planning & Analysis will be a member of the Finance Leadership Team and will work closely with Finance Business Partnering, Financial Reporting and Finance Operations to ensure Finance operates as an integrated function that delivers high-quality planning, reporting and decision support across the Group.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and continuously develop the Financial Planning & Analysis function, establishing the strategy, operating model, governance framework and capabilities required to support EirGrid’s financial and strategic objectives.
- Build and inspire a high-performing FP&A team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement and professional development.
- Lead the development and enhancement of annual budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning processes across the Group.
- Develop integrated planning capabilities that align strategic priorities, operational plans and financial resources.
- Lead scenario planning, sensitivity analysis and financial modelling activities that support strategic decision-making and organisational resilience.
- Provide independent financial challenge, insight and analysis to support Executive and senior leadership decision-making on key strategic, operational and investment matters.
- Partner closely with Finance Business Partners and Directorate leadership teams to support effective financial planning, resource allocation and performance management.
- Enhance financial performance frameworks, KPI reporting and management dashboards to support organisational accountability and decision-making.
- Lead financial modelling and evaluation activities for major investment decisions, business cases, strategic initiatives and capital programmes.
- Champion the use of financial data, analytics and digital tools to improve forecasting accuracy, financial insight and organisational performance reporting.
- Contribute as a key member of the Finance Leadership Team, helping to shape Finance strategy, governance, capability development and organisational performance.
Successful candidates will have:
- A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) together with significant post-qualification experience in senior finance leadership roles.
- Proven experience leading Financial Planning & Analysis, Strategic Finance, Commercial Finance or similar functions within large, complex organisations.
- Demonstrated experience leading budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning and performance management processes.
- A strong track record of influencing Executive teams and senior stakeholders through strategic analysis, financial insight and decision support.
- Strong commercial, strategic and analytical capability, with the ability to translate complex financial and operational information into clear recommendations and actionable outcomes.
- Significant experience developing financial models, business cases, investment appraisals and scenario analysis to support strategic decision-making.
- Proven experience building and leading high-performing teams while coaching and developing future finance leaders.
- Experience leading organisational change, finance transformation initiatives or operating model enhancements within complex environments.
- Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, performance management and financial governance frameworks.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to build effective relationships across Finance and non-Finance functions.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication capabilities, with the ability to influence decisions at senior levels.
- The ability to operate successfully in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities and significant investment programmes.
9th October 2026
We value potential as much as experience. If you believe you can succeed in this role, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet every requirement.
We're dedicated to diversity and inclusion at EirGrid. We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and the importance of a supportive culture for all our people to achieve their potential. Our diversity and inclusion networks have been designed to create an inclusive culture that enables our people to feel a sense of belonging at work.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.
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