Head of Operations (Fix Term Contract) - Dublin

ROLE OVERVIEW Position:  Senior Modelling Analyst  Department: Corporate Finance & Treasury  Location: 159-161 Upper Sheriff Street (Hybrid)  Contract type: Permanent  Salary: €55k – €65k (Depending on skills and experience)      The Department is led by the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and comprises of the following functions:   * Financial Reporting & Transactional Finance  * Business Partnering  * Corporate Finance & Treasury  * Risk & Assurance  * Procurement  The Finance Department provides a range of services in support of Clúid’s primary mission “quality housing and services to enable people to create homes and thriving communities”. It is led by the Chief Finance Officer and supported by the Head of Finance, Head of Procurement, Head of Corporate Finance & Treasury and Head of Risk & Assurance.     The Modelling Senior Analyst is an essential operational role within the Corporate Finance & Treasury team. This position is designed for a hands-on, detail-oriented analyst who will be actively involved in the financial assessment and consultation process for new housing schemes and investment opportunities.   The successful candidate must demonstrate a strong understanding of financial modelling concepts, including the interconnectivity of the three core financial statements, and be capable of applying this knowledge in a practical business context. The role will also support model design, maintenance, scenario testing, and peer-review frameworks. This position requires an analyst who enjoys working cross-functionally, interrogating operational data, and directly contributing to project delivery timelines. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Housing Scheme Assessments & Operational Execution  * Scheme Applications: Manage and lead the end to end preparation and submission of external funding applications, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery, while collaborating with Finance colleagues to compile scheme specific financials and partnering with the Commercial Development team to ensure all submissions are complete, compliant, and aligned with organisational priorities. * Scheme Applications: Ensure all external funding awards are accurately communicated to Finance, Legal, and the Commercial Development team in a timely manner. * Stakeholder Consultation: Collaborate closely with the Commercial Development and Property Services teams to gather, verify, and input operational data into assessment models, providing feedback to colleagues model updates through training. * Viability Analysis: Work closely with Finance colleagues to ensure all funding received is reconciled against approved awards and effectively monitored throughout the scheme delivery timeframe. * Scheme Analysis: Understand the local market and business environment that Clúid is operating within and evaluate scheme funding structures, cash flows, and value-for-money outcomes, as required. * Scheme Data Inputs: Assist with operational data updates, reforecasting exercises, and scheme reassessments as macro-economic and funding assumptions change, as required.   Financial Modelling Application & Governance Support  * Model Utilisation: Apply, build, adapt, and run existing financial models used in scheme assessments, ensuring outputs are logically consistent, clearly understood, and aligned with underlying financial assumptions. * Financial Modelling Literacy: Demonstrate a clear understanding of integrated financial modelling, including the linkages between profit and loss, cash flow, and balance sheet, and apply this understanding when reviewing and interpreting model outputs. * Business Planning Redundancy: Cross-train on Clúid’s long-term business planning tools, providing essential operational backup capability on the 30-year corporate business plan to mitigate key-person risk. * Ad-Hoc Analysis: Efficiently respond to modelling requests and scenario iterations from senior management. * The "Four-Eye" Governance Check: Act as a critical second set of eyes within the Corporate Finance & Treasury team, performing validation, integrity testing, and peer reviews on complex model outputs and board scenario iterations.   Other  * Assist the Chief Finance Officer, Head of Corporate Finance & Treasury and Finance Managers with additional reporting/projects as required.  * Maintain and further develop key internal/external business relationships. * Assist others in the Finance team to ensure smooth reporting process and meeting all Finance deadlines. * Ensure that all project work, data modelling, and supporting data and financial reporting information are shared and stored on Clúid’s file servers in-line with the Finance Department’s established procedures. * Attend continuing professional training as required by your profession’s governing body or your Learning & Development plan. Corporate Responsibilities  * Ensure all activity is aligned to Clúid’s values and contributes to the mission of supporting thriving communities. * Adhere to all Clúid policies, procedures, and governance requirements at all times. * Exercise discretion and maintain high standards regarding personal and organisational health, safety, and wellbeing. PERSON SPECIFICATION Essential Skills:  * Advanced Excel and financial modelling: strong understanding of integrated financial models, including the ability to build or interpret a three-statement model and clearly demonstrate the linkages between income statement, cash flow, and balance sheet. * Investment appraisal: Forecast cashflow, calculate DCF, NPV, and other metrics * Analytical skills: deconstruct complex, unstructured data into logical components and be able to identify errors and variances * Commercial acumen: Understand the impact of interest rate, costs, and inflation on long-term viability of housing projects * Excellent communication skills, verbal, written, report writing, presentation  * Attention to detail: Ensure high level of accuracy in calculations and be aware of the impact of a single cell error on the long-term forecast. Build checks where necessary to identify and fix errors. * Adaptability: Be able to learn and adapt to new tools for business planning, project management, etc. * Plan and organise at organisation and personal level to meet tight delivery deadlines * Performance management data analysis reporting * Working with senior management and business partnering * Collaboration in a team environment EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS Essential Knowledge & Experience:  * Post Graduate Degree in Finance  * 2 to 3 years of professional financial modelling experience * Proven work with complex data in a highly operational, fast-paced environment * Application and review of financial models in a live business or project environment, with accountability for accuracy and outputs. Desirable  * Knowledge of the corporate finance environment of Approved Housing Body (AHB) sector * Experience of working in a property orientated environment or similar SME, in particular the social housing sector  Join Us  At Clúid Housing, you're more than just an employee; you're part of a mission to create lasting social change. If you're ready to contribute to our vision of thriving communities, apply by Tuesday 21st July 5pm, and let's make a difference together.  #LI-Hybrid

Company Description: Systemiq is the system change company, working to accelerate the transition to a net-zero, nature-positive and more inclusive economy. As a certified B Corp, we partner with business, finance, policymakers and civil society to transform five interconnected systems: energy, nature and food, materials and circularity, sustainable finance, and urban transformation. We bring together strategy, policy, market design and capital mobilisation to deliver tangible results in the real economy. Founded in 2016, Systemiq has grown to a global team of more than 300 people across Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, the Netherlands, the UK and the US, united by a singular focus on sustainability. Systemiq is sharing an opportunity for a Head of Operational Improvement with a leading tropical forest restoration organisation operating in West Africa. Head of Operational Excellence (CEO Office) Reports to: Co-CEO Location: West Africa (Ghana / Sierra Leone) preferred; London considered Travel: Frequent site travel required (minimum ~15 weeks/year if London-based) Contract: Full-time, permanent — individual contributor role About the Organisation A large-scale tropical forest restoration company operating in West Africa, restoring degraded ecosystems through long-term, community-led projects. With 2,000+ employees across multiple countries and thousands of hectares already restored, the organisation is now scaling rapidly towards 100,000+ hectares under management over the next three years. Projects align with leading international standards (e.g. VERRA VCS, CCB), delivering measurable climate, biodiversity, and socioeconomic outcomes. The Role This role sits in the Co-CEO Office and exists for one reason: to make operations work at scale. You will go into parts of the organisation where things are unclear, inconsistent, or breaking — figure out what’s actually going on, and fix it. That means building systems, driving adoption, and holding the line until they stick. You are not tied to a function. You will move across the business — forest protection, restoration, livelihoods, ESG — focusing on the highest-priority problems at any given time. This is not a strategy role in the abstract. It is a hands-on execution role: diagnose → design → implement → embed → repeat The goal is to replace reactive, project-by-project execution with systems that are repeatable, measurable, and owned. There is no team to hide behind. Progress depends on your ability to cut through noise, build trust quickly, and deliver in messy, real-world conditions. Key Responsibilities * Find the real problems: Cut through reporting and surface what’s actually slowing execution down * Build what’s missing: Design SOPs, workflows, and decision frameworks that teams can realistically use in the field * Make it stick: Work side-by-side with teams to implement systems and drive adoption — not just design them * Create accountability: Define KPIs, establish reporting rhythms, and ensure ownership is clear and followed through * Upgrade how decisions get made: Introduce tools and processes that improve visibility and speed * Act as an extension of the Co-CEO: Step into priority issues, unblock teams, and drive cross-functional execution * Represent externally (over time): Engage with senior stakeholders (including government and partners) as a credible operator, not just a messenger Success in 12–18 Months * Core operational processes are no longer dependent on individuals — they run consistently across regions * Leadership has a clear, real-time view of performance (and trusts the data) * Teams spend less time dealing with recurring issues and more time executing against clear plans * Accountability is visible and enforced, not assumed * You are trusted to step into critical issues and represent leadership when needed Who You Are * 4–7 years in top-tier operational consulting or similarly demanding operational roles * You’ve worked on real operational problems — not just slide decks — and have seen implementation through * Strong structured thinker, but willing to get into the detail when needed * Comfortable operating without clear answers or clean data * Able to challenge senior stakeholders and still bring people with you * Equally credible in the field and with leadership * High ownership, low ego, and a bias for action * Resilient — you don’t lose momentum when things get ambiguous or slow * Willing to spend significant time on the ground * Motivated by building something that has long-term environmental and social impact Why This Role You will be working directly on the hardest operational problems in a fast-scaling organisation — with visibility from the top and very little insulation. If you want a clearly defined role with stable boundaries, this is not it. If you want to build systems that actually get used, in a complex, real-world environment, it is. Diversity & Inclusion At Systemiq, we absolutely believe diverse perspectives are essential to driving system change. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where people feel respected, supported and able to do their best work. Click here to view our Data Policy.