Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Opportunity
Cavan Credit Union, a prominent community credit union in County Cavan, is seeking a dynamic Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
This is a unique opportunity to lead a large community-based credit union with assets exceeding €75 million and a dedicated team of 20 employees.
The CEO will play a pivotal role in reporting to the Board of Directors and leading the credit union, management, and staff to meet the financial needs of its members in line with credit union ethos.
The Role
The CEO will be responsible for achieving the strategic, financial, and operational goals through the management and staff team, ensuring regulatory compliance, and providing leadership across all areas of the credit union.
Collaboration with the senior management team and regular engagement with staff are essential to foster a member-focused ethos and culture of continual change and organisation development.
The CEO will work with the Board to drive strategic developments and deliver on the credit union's strategic plan working with the management and staff team.
The Person
The ideal candidate will have a proven record of accomplishment in the financial services, banking, fintech, or credit union sector.
They will possess strong senior management and leadership experience appropriate to leading a large credit union.
The candidate must hold qualifications relevant in the finance sector and will preferably hold other qualifications in areas such as business, management, IT, strategy, change, or project management, and have completed personal leadership development programmes.
Essential management experience includes several of the following:
* Senior-level management
* Lending
* Investments
* Banking/credit union operations and products and services
* Digital services and digital transformation
* Financial management and P&L and balance sheet management
* Risk
* Compliance
* Business development
* Board reporting
* Central Bank of Ireland reporting
* Project management
Salary & Benefits
The credit union offers a competitive salary, pension, and other benefits commensurate with the role and market benchmarks.
Salary is negotiable, DOE.
Contract & Hours
This is a full-time, permanent contract.
Flexibility in working hours is essential, as the CEO will attend Board and Committee meetings outside normal working hours and represent the credit union at events, sometimes in the evenings and at weekends.
Location
The role is based in Cavan Town.
This is an on-site role.
Estimated Salary: €120,000 - €150,000 per annum