Financial services firm Acorn to create 125 new jobs

Company says new roles will be in IT, financial advice, marketing and administration

Galway-based financial services firm Acorn Life is to expand its business operations in Ireland with creation of 125 new jobs.

More than half of the positions will be filed this year.

The firm opened new offices in Sligo and Leopardstown Business Park in Dublin during 2014.

Keith Butler, Sales Director of Acorn Life said, “Last year (2014) was a very successful one for Acorn Life – with business levels up 50%“. He went on to say;

“There are thousands of people searching for new opportunities in Ireland at the moment and many of them will have the range of core competencies needed to carve out a successful career in financial services – with a little help.

“Whether someone has already had a successful career in financial services or someone would like to take a new direction in their career Acorn Life may well have the employment opportunity that’s an exact fit for them”

Keith Butler, Sales Director of Acorn Life

Joe Robbins

(Director) BBS (Hons), MBPICS – Shannon Office

Joe Robbins is co-founder of CareerWise Recruitment. A graduate of the University of Limerick (Degree in Business Studies, 1985), Joe worked in the UK for five years where he specialised in materials management, production management and plant management for a number of companies.

He returned to Ireland in 1992 to become Operations Manager for a Cork-based start-up, FMC Automotive Division which was subsequently taken over by Snap-on Equipment. Joe managed the business re-location of this company to Shannon in 1997 before setting up CareerWise Recruitment in 1999.

He is a committee member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Mid-West region, and a former Director and Vice President of the Shannon Chamber of Commerce. Joe is former Chairperson of the Sixmilebridge Camogie Club and current Chairperson of the Clare County Camogie Board.

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