Offaly man takes on new role with Irish farming service

Offaly man James Farrell has taken on the role of Head of SME at Ifac, Ireland’s farming, food, and agribusiness specialist professional services firm.

Effective immediately, James will lead Ifac’s specialist SME team serving mid to large-scale SMEs across Ireland.

Collaborating with his colleagues, James will oversee the delivery of a comprehensive range of advisory services and strategic guidance to ifac’s fast growing SME clients.

These services include growth and future planning, tax strategy, and change management. James will be based at ifac’s Kilkenny headquarters.

Previously, James led ifac’s Tullamore & Mullingar teams. An Offaly native and a CPA-qualified accountant, James joined ifac in 2012.

Over the past 12 years, he has spearheaded the development of the Offaly and Westmeath area for the Firm.

Ifac has a large and growing SME client base, and an ambitious SME sector growth strategy focused on helping both community client SMEs and mid to large-scale SMEs across Ireland achieve their potential, and build profitable sustainable businesses.

"I am delighted to be appointed to this strategic role at ifac as we intensify our focus on the Irish SME market and its evolving needs," James said.

"From digitalisation for today to financial planning, pensions, and wealth management for tomorrow, we are committed to supporting businesses at every stage. I look forward to working with the wider ifac team to help our clients achieve their business objectives.”

John Donoghue, ifac Chief Executive welcomed the appointment: “We are delighted to appoint James as Head of SME at ifac. He has a proven track record of success at the Firm, built on consistently helping clients to achieve their goals, while embracing change and empowering his team.

SMEs need more support and large firm expertise accessible in their own community. James’ expertise will be instrumental for scaling SMEs in a fast-changing business environment. we wish James every success.”

A growing top ten accountancy firm with 30 offices and a dedicated team of 560 professionals, ifac has been committed to serving its farming, food, agri-business and SME clients across Ireland for 50 years.

The firm offers a full suite of professional services, including accounting, tax, audit, corporate finance, corporate recovery, payroll, financial planning, company secretarial, and business valuations.

For more information see www.ifac.ie.