Finance Manager - Commercial

TN United Kingdom; Leek; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Finance Manager to join their finance team. This role offers the opportunity to lead a retailer-focused Finance Business Partnering team, ensuring effective financial management and reporting for the Own Label business segment. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong analytical skills, capable of building relationships with key stakeholders and driving internal understanding. This innovative firm values diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds. If you're ready to make an impact and contribute to a mission-driven organization, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Matched Company Contribution Pension up to 8%

Subsidised Staff Canteen

Discounts on Ornua products

Sports & Social Club

Staff Lottery

Discount on Bikes & Tech Scheme

Confidential Employee Assist Programme

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• CIMA/ACCA qualified with post-qualification experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Finance Business Partnering team with a focus on growth.
• Oversee financials for the own label segment and manage key risks.
• Deliver insightful financial reporting and support key projects.

Skills

Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA)

Microsoft Excel

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Business Intelligence Systems

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

REPORTS TO: Financial Controller- Commercial and Brands

Salary: Generous salary available depending on experience

Benefits: Generous annual leave entitlement, Matched Company Contribution Pension up to 8%, Subsidised Staff Canteen, Company shop offering discounts on Ornua products, Sports & Social Club, Staff Lottery, Discount on Bikes & Tech Scheme, Confidential Employee Assist Programme, Free onsite parking and many more.

Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.

Are you a motivated and dynamic qualified accountant looking for the challenge of taking a mission-driven organisation to its next level of success?

Ornua is actively seeking a Finance Manager to join our wider finance team as we continue our growth trajectory. As our next Finance Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring the effective financial management and reporting for the Own Label business segment, ensuring gold standard business partnering is provided to continually add value both internally and externally.

Why Ornua?

• Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
• The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
• Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Kerrygold, Pilgrims Choice.
• Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
• Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
• We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

The Finance Manager is responsible for:

• Effective leadership of the retailer-focused Finance Business Partnering team, with an emphasis on growth and development.
• Playing a key role in driving the overall effectiveness of the wider Commercial Finance Team and contributing towards a strong team culture.
• Responsible for overseeing and consolidating the financials for the own label segment of the business, ensuring effective management of partner customer Open Book agreements, highlighting key business risks, driving internal understanding and considered decision making.
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring excellence, consistency and continuous improvement both within our business partnering approach and the quality of financial insight given, both internally and externally.
• Playing a key role in the budgeting and forecasting processes, taking ownership for the accuracy and understanding of the overall own label position.
• Ensuring the relevant financial controls are in place to drive accuracy throughout all the teams’ activities.
• Delivering insightful financial reporting, ensuring it is continually reviewed and adapted in line with business needs.
• Ensuring robust overhead management support for both the Commercial & Category functions.
• Providing financial support on key business projects where required.

What You Bring To The Role:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA) with Post Qualified Experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically, Excel/PowerPoint.
• Team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to partner non-finance functions.
• Ability to create and deliver effective presentations, both internally and externally at all levels.
• Commercially astute with strong analytical skills and knowledge gained in relevant FMCG or food industry.
• Experience in business intelligence systems.

Our interview process is designed to be thorough yet supportive. This process includes a first stage via Teams to allow us to get to know you better and to understand your skills and experiences and, if successful, a second stage face-to-face interview that will build upon the first stage and give you the opportunity to get a feel for Ornua and the environment in which you will be working.

Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.

Would you like to make an impact?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at

Ornua values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We also strongly encourage women and other underrepresented groups in the manufacturing industry to apply. Your unique perspectives and experiences are highly valued and will be instrumental in driving our company’s continued success. Join us in shaping a more innovative, inclusive, and sustainable future.