Keep Kildare Working Business Forum- Transition. Let’s Talk About Change.
Join the conversation with fellow business owners and managers as we continue to navigate our way forward in the uncertainly that Covid-19 brings. Topics will include, EWSS and Revenue Warehousing Facilities along with how we as leaders are helping our people to transition to our new way of working.
Please click on the short video below where I introduce the next forum to be held tomorrow Tuesday 15th September from 12.15pm – 1.15pm. We would love you to join us. Meetings will be held over the Zoom platform by invitation only and you will need to register in advance by clicking:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpd-mtqDMiG90H0KMQZJVaaSoXtUV2-C9n
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information which you will need to join the meeting. We look forward to welcoming you.
Keep Kildare Working. Christophe Roche. Endress+Hauser
The Keep Kildare Working Initiative is all about staying connected with fellow business people to help you navigate the way for your company to keep working both remotely and at your workplace.
Your feedback tells us that it’s the stories and sharing of experiences that continue to be so valuable.
Meet Christophe Roche, General Manager of Endress+Hauser Ireland and hear how he and his team are Keeping Kildare and Ireland Working while genuinely looking after customers, suppliers and most importantly their people.
Video courtesy of Phillip Walsh, Philm Productions.
https://philmproductions.ie
Keep Kildare Working. Stella Johnson of Ted Johnsons shares their story.
As we enter the different phases on this Covid 19 recovery plan, we’d like to share some inspiring stories with you.
Meet Stella Johnson, Co-owner and Director of Ted Johnsons in Naas. Stella shares the journey her organisation has had throughout this challenging time. Be inspired by her energy, enthusiasm and practical, can-do approach and hear about the experience Ted Johnsons has of adapting to the new way of working. Video courtesy of Philip Walsh, Philm Productions. https://philmproductions.ie/
Clark partner with SHL to provide validated skills assessment tools
SHL offers the largest and most valid database of human potential coupled with a history of scientific rigor, and has now added Aspiring Minds’ proven, AI-powered suite of assessment and interviewing tools, creating the most comprehensive and transparent talent strategy solution available in the market today.
The power of the joining of SHL and Aspiring Minds lies in understanding the most important asset in business strategy: people, and their ability to disrupt business-as-usual, achieve digital transformation, and grow business outcomes beyond today’s standards. SHL and Aspiring Minds together offer a global platform spanning hiring to leadership development that helps business leaders optimize their team’s potential for today and the future, as well as building a talent strategy to fuel success.
With an expanded portfolio that now includes coding, language, video interview and skills tests alongside personality, motivation, cognitive ability, language assessments and leadership benchmarking, SHL can help talent innovation across the breadth of the organisation. Clark are delighted to provide customers with an unparalleled, transparent AI-powered platform of meaningful and unbiased talent data to produce the predictive analytics required to support a global workforce.
For more information on Clark SHL assessments please contact Stephen on 045 881888 or email stephen@clark.ie
Hire with confidence with Clark SHL Assessments
SHL use behavioural science techniques to measure traits, skills, and fit of candidates and employees. A team of I/O psychologists and 30+ years of behavioural science expertise have ensured the portfolio includes, but is not limited to:
- Functional behaviour assessments to find the best fit for hourly employees
- Job evaluation tools to help predict executive performance
- Skills assessments to help you sift through talent pools
- Proven, valid, and legally defensible assessments
Great Initiative To Help Local Businesses Open
The Curragh Racecourse County Kildare Chamber
Great initiate to help local businesses reopen.
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Invitation To Keep Kildare Working Business Forum
Are you a senior decision maker responsible for managing people within your Business? Our goal is to provide a forum for you to share ideas, thoughts and experiences in a collaborative way. The idea is to provide an opportunity for you to be part of a small group of business people who are experiencing similar challenges, obstacles and have shared questions about how to move their business and people forward as we enter new phases of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
We have a number of subject matter experts in HR, Finance, Accounting, Insurance, Health & Safety and Well-being who will share their knowledge and give practical help for you to position your business, yourself and your people to get back to work and Keep Kildare working.
The next forum will be on Thursday 2nd July from 12.30pm – 1.15pm. Meetings will be held over the Zoom platform by invitation only and you will need to register for this forum.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZUkduqrrTkqH92VcPFor4cC3pIteNiPu…
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Keep Kildare Working, Paddy Kelly Tegral Building Products
The Keep Kildare Working Initiative is all about staying connected with fellow business people. Your feedback tells us that it’s the stories and sharing of experiences that continue to be so valuable.
Meet Paddy Kelly, MD for Tegral Building Products (Etex) in Ireland and listen to his story about what they have done to Keep Kildare working throughout this period.
Tegral in Athy, are a household name not only in Kildare but also throughout Ireland. Many of us will thank them for keeping the roof over our heads during this Covid 19 Pandemic.
IMR Currently Recruiting CFO To Join Their Leadership Team
Irish Manufacturing Research is looking to recruit an experienced Chief Financial Officer to join their leadership team.
Do you have a demonstrated track record of creating and delivering financial strategies that have driven aggressive growth plans in an SME or a not for profit business environment?
Irish Manufacturing Research is a leading Research and Technology Organisation providing a portfolio of research and training services to industry. As a Digital Innovation Hub, IMR acts as a one-stop-shop for Irish Industry to access technology, R&D capability, knowledge, funding supports and services from across the research ecosystem in Ireland and Europe. Our primary objective is to work with Irish industrial partners to introduce new technology to them that will improve their competitiveness on a global stage and futureproof employment security in this critical sector for our national economy.
IMR offers technological expertise in four core thematic areas: Digitisation; Automation and Advanced Control; Additive manufacturing and design; Sustainable manufacturing. In a highly qualified research-based organisation, the team’s profiles range across software, data analytics, robotics, electronics engineering and environmental science.
Applications are now invited for the position of Chief Financial Officer.
What IMR offer:
• An opportunity to contribute to the national economic growth agenda
• A competitive salary and pension
• A friendly working environment in a state-of-the-art Innovation Centre
• Lots of diversity in terms of people, technology, projects and ideas.
• The opportunity to join a dynamic and committed management team
• Interaction with a diverse range of industrial clients and state partners
You will be responsible for maintaining the financial well-being of IMR as it continues on its planned growth path by working with the leadership team in its development of growth plans that can be sustainably funded within the resources available to the company, and where shortfalls exist, providing the financial analysis necessary to support the case for growth capital; interacting with major funding stakeholders to ensure IMR can continue to effectively scale in-line with its charter and the demands of the manufacturing base in Ireland; and, providing financial projections and ensuring all the necessary, high quality management and financial accounting services are always available. This role would ideally suit a person with significant experience and whose desire is to impart their wisdom onto a highly motivated and developing team.
Chief Financial Officer Job Responsibilities:
The jobholder will have a proven and demonstrated track record in contributing to the articulation of research-driven growth strategies at board level in a medium-sized company or larger, and will be sufficiently well networked to support the execution of these strategies in the Irish industrial ecosystem. He / she will:
• work with the leadership team, providing the key functional expertise in finance to the development and execution of company strategy, bringing to the table all funding opportunities available to a not for profit CLG research organization;
• provide leadership in coaching and mentoring the Finance Department staff to develop organizational strength, to deliver the breakthrough financial systems in particular forecasts for an organization the type of IMR, to help guide the delivery of the tools to enable this success
• become a key member of the senior executive team and use your business intuition, experience and network to help the team ensure that IMR is successful as it transitions and grows
• provide financial leadership and support the Finance team in their interactions with major funding providers to ensure timely grant claims and payments, full reconciliation of payments and full transparency and understanding of all financial processes involved between IMR and funding providers;
• in partnership with the COO, maintain overall responsibility for all compliance aspects of European competitive funded research project requirements undertaken by IMR;
• develop and communicate financial health and the financial aspects of strategic growth plans to the IMR board;
• exhibit exceptional interpersonal skills validated by cultivating the performance, output and advancement of the highly skilled existing Finance team as well as the engagement with the current leadership team members, board of directors, investors and state agencies etc.;
• demonstrate individual skills to share structured data in a format that is of assistance for reporting and compliance as well as strategy development and decision making;
• take on the leadership for all aspects of measurement and presentation of IMR’s financial performance and prediction analysis of results, identification of possible corrective action options that might be taken by the organisation, minimizing the impact of variances (current actual vs prior forecast) and deliver systematic approaches to this delivery while upskilling the Finance team;
• ensure compliance with executive, all relevant government policies and have the ability to influence and establish the new status quo for the companies funding model;
• lead the optimization of IMR financial systems and processes to drive productivity of the Finance Department in IMR and ensure compliance with state grant funding requirements through regular interaction with Enterprise Ireland and the IDA;
• have the experience and respect based on a reputation of delivery to influence and bring funding agencies along with your financial strategy;
Qualifications:
• Professional Accounting Qualification: CPA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent
• Minimum 25 years’ post qualification experience
• Relevant post qualification experience working as a senior finance director or divisional finance director
Closing date for receipt of all applications is 20th of July at 12 noon. Please send all applications to include an up to date version of your CV to imrcareers@clark.ie.
