Finance Trading Analyst

Musgrave Group; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Musgrave Group is seeking a Finance Trading Analyst to support category governance, budget planning and monthly business reviews. The role emphasizes strong analytics, budgeting, and commercial insights within a dynamic retail trading environment.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with at least 3 years of experience, possess advanced Excel skills, and be capable of influencing senior stakeholders in a hybrid work setting in Ireland.

Qualifications

• Be a qualified accountant with a minimum of 3 years experience.
• The ideal candidate will be highly numeric & analytical.
• A strong systems orientation including advanced Excel skills.
• The candidate should be a self-starter, able to operate in a dynamic environment with strong attention to detail and sound judgment to influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Governance, internal controls and reporting for the category.
• Prepare and present annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Analyse Sales, Income and Margin; explain variances with insights.
• Support trading initiatives, trials and supplier meetings.
• Collaborate on cross-functional projects and ad-hoc analysis.

Skills

Numerical & analytical

Advanced Excel

Self-starter

Stakeholder influence

Attention to detail

Education

Qualified accountant (CPA/ACCA)

General business qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

Join Musgrave: Where Innovation Meets Heritage, and People Drive Change

Musgrave is one of Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses, with a rich 150-year legacy in food and brand innovation. We're proud to serve communities across Ireland and Spain, feeding one in three people every day through 18 iconic brands like SuperValu, Centra, Mace, Frank and Honest, and Musgrave MarketPlace. By supporting thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses, we make a positive impact on the communities they serve. We're committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland, and we're looking for dynamic, forward-thinking individuals to join us on this journey.

As we continue our journey toward becoming Ireland’s most trusted and sustainable business, we have an exciting opportunity for a successful candidate to join our Finance team as Trading (Buying) Analyst.

The Financial Analyst will work closely with one of the six categories within the Trading Team. The primary role of the Financial Analyst will be to support, challenge and govern their category to achieve financial and operating targets. This will include the provision of timely Management Information for use within the Category and the wider Musgrave Business.

The Financial Trading Analyst will also bring to life the wider ‘Protect and Grow’ Finance Strategy within the Category. A critical part of the role involves supporting (including the provision of value adding insights and commercial awareness) a monthly Category Business Review Meeting.

What you'll be doing:

• Ensuring that appropriate Governance systems and internal controls are implemented and maintained.
• Financial reporting and analysis of Sales, Income and Margin performance for the category. Investigate & understand variances and add value by providing insight & commentary to these reports.
• Preparation and Presenting of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for the category.
• Support of category trading initiatives / trials, and business initiatives
• Support of Income generating initiatives, which may include supplier meetings.
• Support on cross functional projects as required
• Ad-hoc analysis as required

What we arelooking for:

• Be a qualified accountant with a minimum of 3 years experience.
• A general business qualification would be an advantage.
• The ideal candidate will be highly numeric & analytical.
• A strong systems orientation including advanced Excel skills
• 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.

Why Musgrave:

• Career Development: With a commitment to your personal and professional growth, Musgrave offers numerous opportunities for advancement and learning.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a passionate team, where your contributions will make a significant impact
• Innovation Focus: Be part of a company that values forward-thinking solutions
• Community Focus: Be part of a company that truly values its communities and strives to make a positive impact.
• Be Part of a Legacy: Join a company with a long-standing commitment to community and innovation.

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.