Financial Controller – Truly Dental

About Truly Dental Group

Truly Dental Group is a multi-site dental group operating across Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. In Ireland we run ten trading practices, together with an in-house dental laboratory, dental supplies business and manufacturing arm. In the UK we operate clinics in London, Manchester and Glasgow with an active pipeline of further sites in build or underwriting. In the UAE we operate a modern flagship clinic in Dubai.

Why Join Truly Dental?

• Join a fast-growing healthcare group operating across multiple markets.

• Work closely with senior leadership in a high-impact finance role.

• Be part of an ambitious group with ongoing UK expansion, M&A activity and growth plans.

• Take ownership of financial controls, reporting, cash management and scalable finance processes.

• Lead and develop a finance team within a dynamic, multi-entity environment.

• Make a direct impact on business performance, operational decision-making and future growth.

The Role

The Financial Controller is a hands-on group role responsible for financial control, reporting, cash management, tax and company secretarial compliance across the group. The role reports directly to the CFO, works closely with practice management and external advisors, and will play a central role in supporting the ongoing UK expansion, M&A pipeline and fundraising activity.

The role is broad from bank reconciliations and monthly close through to financial modelling and lender reporting. It will suit a qualified accountant who is comfortable operating across multiple workstreams in parallel.

Key Responsibilities

Group financial control & reporting

• Manage the monthly close across all group entities in Xero and consolidate with hard close by working day 5.

• Prepare the monthly board pack, including group P&L, balance sheet, cashflow and practice-level performance.

• Coordinate the preparation of statutory accounts and manage the group audit process with external advisors.

• Maintain intercompany reconciliations and ensure consistency of the chart of accounts across all entities.

Cash management & treasury

• Own the daily cashflow routine and produce the cash pack each morning.

• Maintain a rolling six-month cashflow forecast at group and entity level.

• Manage the group debt schedule.

• Prepare monthly reporting packs for banks and private lenders.

Tax across jurisdictions

• Manage the group tax calendar across Irish and UK corporation tax, VAT (including UK MTD), PAYE/PRSI and PAYE/NI, and UAE VAT and CT.

• Coordinate corporation tax computations with external tax advisors.

• Maintain transfer pricing documentation and intercompany agreements.

Company secretarial & corporate compliance

• Manage CRO filings in Ireland and Companies House filings in the UK across the group, including annual returns, director changes, allotments, charges and confirmation statements.

• Maintain statutory registers, cap table records and share-transaction documentation, working with external solicitors.

• Maintain records of parent guarantees, cross-guarantees and debentures within the group's financing structure.

Practice-level financial oversight

• Ensure accuracy of dentist pay, including self-billing arrangements, associate splits and per-clinician calculations.

• Oversee lab-work reconciliations and central marketing recharges to clinics.

• Manage debtors.

M&A and integration support

• Manage the finance side of TUPE transfers and post-completion integration of new entities.

Business partnering

• Provide financial insight and support to practice managers and clinicians on P&L, gross margin, wage percentage and marketing efficiency.

• Support the CFO and senior team on strategic and commercial decision-making.

Team & controls

• Manage the in-house finance team, covering bookkeeping, AP, AR and payroll interface.

• Design and embed financial controls, approval processes and close calendars that scale with the group.

What We're Looking For

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA).

• 8+ years post-qualification experience, including at least three in a multi-entity group.

• Meaningful UK experience across corporation tax, VAT, PAYE/NI and Companies House filings.

• Strong practical experience with Xero and consolidation software (Joiin or equivalent).

• Working knowledge of Irish and UK tax and company secretarial compliance.

• Strong financial modelling and Excel skills, with experience across a broad remit from bank reconciliations to acquisition modelling.

• Meaningful experience of AI-enabled workflows, agentic tools (e.g. Claude Cowork) and finance automation is a key requirement.

• Comfort operating across multiple currencies (EUR, GBP, AED).

• Integration experience on the acquisition of new businesses is a key requirement.

• Experience of the healthcare, dental or another multi-site consumer sector is desirable but not essential.

• A hands-on, organised and highly numerate operator who can manage multiple workstreams concurrently.

Important Details Before Applying

• This is a full-time, permanent role based in Dublin.

• The role reports directly to the CFO.

• We are looking for someone who can start as soon as possible or within a reasonable notice period.

• Right to work in Ireland is required.

• The role will manage a finance team of 5.

• No travel is required.

• This role is suited to a hands-on finance leader who is comfortable working across a fast-paced, multi-entity group environment.

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We review every application and will be in touch within a few business days.