Finance Business Partner

Compass Group UK; United Kingdom; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide financial and commercial support. This full-time role involves managing revenue, preparing financial reports, and collaborating with various departments to enhance service levels and drive commercial success. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, advanced Excel expertise, and the ability to partner with non-financial colleagues. Join a supportive team dedicated to providing exceptional customer experiences while fostering your professional growth and development in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Perks shopping discount Card

Life assurance cover

Career Pathways

Learning & development programs

Access to wellness programs

Employee Assistance Program

Reward and recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience in large contract management.
• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling.

Responsibilities

• Manage trading of revenue and costs, prepare financial reports.
• Collaborate with leaders to understand financial needs and challenges.
• Drive process improvements and implement best practices.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial Modelling

Stakeholder Management

Problem-Solving

Team Leadership

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

You must be legally authorised to work in Ireland. We are not currently able to offer visa sponsorship or assistance.

We are seeking to recruit a Finance Business Partner to join our growing team at Glanmore Foods. This influential position provides financial and commercial support to our operations, working closely with various departments to enhance service levels, improve cost-effectiveness, and drive commercial success.

Through effective business partnering, you will play a critical role in providing financial insights, supporting key decision-making processes, and ensuring financial strategies align with business objectives. The role demands a deep understanding of large-scale operations and strong commercial acumen to lead initiatives that add value to the business. Strong analytical skills and excellent communication are essential for success in this role.

This is a full-time, permanent role, working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional evenings and/or weekends depending on business needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the timely trading of revenue and costs within the accounting period.
• Prepare and present financial reports, forecasts, and budgets.
• Analyse financial performance and provide insights to support business decisions.
• Collaborate with business leaders to understand financial needs and challenges.
• Develop KPIs with the finance team and ensure focus on metrics driving profitable growth.
• Lead the budgeting and forecasting processes, aligning with strategic goals, and report on variances with corrective recommendations.
• Provide financial analysis and modelling to support business strategies and initiatives.
• Develop and track KPIs, providing performance updates and insights to senior management.
• Oversee the balance sheet, identify financial risks, and develop mitigation strategies, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Drive process improvements within the finance function and implement best practices for efficiency.
• Promote working capital improvements through timely contract billing and active debt management.
• Lead team engagement and development, ensuring succession and development plans are regularly updated.

About You:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with significant experience in large contract management and financial roles.
• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, advanced Excel, and financial modelling.
• Proven ability to partner with non-financial colleagues at all levels to drive business decisions.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with uncertainty and the ability to make decisive actions.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Results-oriented, resilient, and capable of presenting outcomes clearly to influence stakeholders.
• A team player with the ability to take initiative and lead effectively, fostering team engagement and development.

Glanmore Foods reserves the right to enhance the criteria, if necessary, for the purposes of shortlisting.

Some of the benefits we offer:

As well as a competitive salary, we also have a large range of other benefits, such as:

• Perks shopping discount Card which can be used across the Island of Ireland to save at various restaurants, high street stores, hotels, day out venues, gyms, golf courses and many more.
• Life assurance cover.
• Career Pathways to support career progression and/or skills development.
• Learning & development programs available for personal and professional development & growth.
• Access to wellness programs to promote mental health and wellbeing of our colleagues.
• Employee Assistance Program to guide and support our employees.
• Exciting internal reward and recognition schemes.

And many more..

About Us:

Glanmore Foods is part of the Compass Group, located in Blanchardstown, Dublin. At Compass Ireland, our people are our business. When you join the Compass Group you will be joining a supportive network of incredible individuals, each united by their passion for going the extra mile for the organisations we partner with. We are building a team who care about providing a great customer experience and want to grow and develop as we do. We are dedicated to investing in every colleague joining us and pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer; we celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all our colleagues. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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