Job Description

Interim Head of FP&A & Strategic Planning

Never has there been a more exciting time to join a team of open, honest and passionate people.

At Three, we’re forward-thinking and always evolving. You won’t stand still here—you’ll grow, connect, and work alongside a genuinely supportive community who cheer each other on. There’s a natural sense of energy and optimism in our culture. We challenge the norm, find better ways of doing things, and create experiences that surprise and delight our customers. Most importantly, you can truly be yourself here—and build meaningful relationships across the business.

Join us as a Interim Head of FP&A & Strategic Planning
The Interim Head of FP&A & Strategic Planning will
provide senior leadership across financial planning, budgeting and strategic
decision support during a critical period of business planning and
transformation.
The role is accountable for leading the annual budgeting
process, developing the long-range financial plan and enhancing the quality of
financial insight available to Executive and Board stakeholders. Working across
Finance, Commercial, Technology and Network functions, the role will translate
business strategy into financial outcomes, ensuring investment decisions are
supported by robust analysis, effective capital allocation and a clear focus on
value creation.
The role will establish a strong planning framework, deliver
a credible financial narrative and strengthen the organisation's ability to
make informed strategic decisions.

What else it involves:

• Enterprise Planning & Budget Leadership
• Lead the development and delivery of the annual budget across all business functions.
• Drive a robust forecasting process that identifies risks, opportunities and performance drivers.
• Ensure financial plans are aligned to strategic priorities, investment objectives and business targets.
• Quantify the financial implications of strategic choices, presenting clear options, trade-offs, and recommendations to senior Leaders
• Deliver high-quality financial outputs to support Executive and Board decision-making.
• Produce clear Board Ready financial outputs, including budget packs, variance analysis, and key assumptions
• Long-Range Financial Planning
• Develop and maintain an integrated long-range financial plan aligned to organisational strategy.
• Translate commercial, customer, technology and network priorities into financial outcomes.
• Lead scenario planning to assess strategic options, risks and opportunities.
• Identify funding requirements, investment priorities and long-term value drivers.
• Strategic Insight & Investment Decision Support
• Provide financial leadership and insight to support key strategic initiatives and business decisions.
• Evaluate major investment opportunities through robust business case development and investment appraisal.
• Assess value creation, financial returns and strategic trade-offs to support decision-making.
• Deliver clear recommendations that balance commercial ambition with financial discipline.
• Executive & Board Reporting
• Develop clear and compelling financial narratives for Executive Leadership Team and Board audiences.
• Translate complex financial information into meaningful business insights and recommendations.
• Ensure reporting clearly articulates performance, risks, opportunities and future outlook.
• Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management
• Partner with senior leaders across Finance and the wider business to support planning and performance management.
• Challenge assumptions and provide independent financial perspective where required.
• Drive alignment across Finance Business Partners to ensure a consistent financial narrative.
• Planning Governance & Capability
• Strengthen planning governance, processes and financial controls.
• Drive consistency across budgeting, forecasting and performance management activities.
• Promote data-driven decision-making and financial accountability throughout the organisation.

The Skills were looking for:

Essential

• 8 to 10 years FP&A leadership experience within telecommunications or a similarly complex, capital-intensive environment.
• Proven track record leading enterprise budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes.
• Strong experience supporting Executive Leadership Teams and Board-level decision-making.
• Advanced financial modelling, scenario planning and investment appraisal expertise.
• Ability to translate complex financial information into clear commercial insight.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).

Desirable

• Experience within telecommunications, technology, infrastructure or network-based organisations.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation or investment programmes.

Scope & Impact

• This role plays a critical role in shaping financial
  strategy, investment prioritisation and organisational performance.
• Key areas of impact include:
• Enterprise budgeting and forecasting
• Strategic planning and scenario modelling
• Capital allocation and investment governance
• Executive and Board reporting
• Financial performance management
• Strategic decision support
• Long-term value creation

Success Measures

• Delivery of a credible and board-ready annual budget.
• Development of a robust integrated long-range financial plan.
• Enhanced quality of financial insight supporting strategic decisions.
• Strong investment governance and capital allocation discipline.
• Clear and consistent financial storytelling across Finance and the wider business.
• Improved confidence in planning, forecasting and performance management processes.

Benefits of Working at Three

• Flexible working with our new Hybrid model, our employees will enjoy more flexibility working from home and our office locations (2/3 days per week office based). Please see job description for the office location of this role
• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus & pension contribution
• 25 days holidays plus 2.5 company days
• Annual Leave buy or sell (buy or sell up to 5 days AL each year)
• Healthcare Insurance through our flexible benefits programme
• Life assurance, phone & laptop, subsidized canteen
• Access to learning & development tools such as LinkedIn Learning
• Free on-site parking

You may think you know us, but we’re full of surprises. Intrigued? Join us and Be Phenomenal. Apply now at: https://www.three.ie/careers

Three Ireland is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you do not ‘tick every box’ in the job description above, there are likely other valuable attributes and skills you have that would make you a great fit for the team. If you feel this role is for you, then please apply! We are committed to equal employment and growing a diverse workforce.

We embrace those of any race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, family status, civil status or membership of the traveler community, and we want our teams to reflect this!

If you require reasonable adjustments at interview, please let us know when scheduling your interview, or alternatively please email recruitment.support@three.ie