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Job ref: 15580
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Location: Tramore Road, Cork
Contract type: Contract
Closing Date: 17 September 2024
Management Accountant – Finance Business Partner
Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.
Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 15 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.
We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.
We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.
Our people are the heart of our business. As our greatest asset, they make Musgrave a great place to work and in return we aim to be the very best place to work, grow and thrive. We have an opportunity for a Management Accountant within our FP&A function.
The Management Accountant role has three distinct responsibilities:
The role will work very closely with the SuperValu and Centra Sales teams, as well as the MRPI Management Team, reporting on our customer’s purchasing loyalty (wholesale purchases as a % of what retailers buy). The role will deliver clear insight on Brand and Store loyalty to the Sales Teams to enable them to engage our customers in a proactive way to drive loyalty to Musgrave.
The role includes the Management of the Retailer LTA / PBR process (these are rebates we pay to our retailers), accounting for a budget of €210m of a payable, forecasting and controlling all aspects and engaging the Sales and MRPI Management teams to manage the process.
The role also includes being the Finance Business Partner to the Frank & Honest, Business Development and Store Development teams, supporting, challenging, influencing, and governing their areas to achieve financial and operational targets.
This will include the provision of timely Management Information for use within the department and the wider Musgrave Business. The Management Accountant will provide 'real time' support and analysis, to be a trusted adviser / financial leader who provides value adding insights whilst delivering excellent commercial outcomes,
Key responsibilities of this role include but not limited to:
- Owning the financials underpinning the Departments Strategic planning process by compiling Quarterly forecasts, Annual budget & 3YP. Providing analysis and delivering insight that links financial reports to these departmental business strategies.
- The co-ordination of the periodic financial reporting including investigating & understanding variances with relevant parties.
- Completion of timely loyalty reports each month for the SuperValu and Centra brands, delivering clear, actionable insight and responding to any queries from our Retailers and internal stakeholders.
- Completion of monthly and quarterly payments cycles to Retailers for LTA and PBR rebates, including review with Sales Finance Directors of exceptional payments
- Continuous development of current reporting suite across Loyalty, Rebates and Departmental costs to enhance understanding of performance, including a focus on digitalizing across all areas.
- Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders and teams.
- Contributing and providing support to any relevant cross-functional project Initiatives as required.
The ideal candidate will possess all or most of the below:
- A qualified accountant with a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in a similar role
- The ideal candidate should be a self-starter, with the ability to operate in a dynamic environment, demonstrate good attention to detail, good judgment showing logical decision making, with a proven ability to influence at a senior level in the organization.
- Previous experience of working in a large, highly structured company
- Previous experience of forecasting and budget setting
- Be highly numeric & analytical and have advanced excel skills.
- A high level of attention to detail, systems focus and excellent problem solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills coupled with an ability to build relationships across functions.
This is a 12 month contract
Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer.
We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.
Musgrave operate a Work Smart hybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely. Occasional business travel to other locations will also be required.
The ideal candidate will have/be:
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