Finance Business Partner - Consumer

 

    

 

Finance Business Partner

Hybrid working

 

Tirlán

Tirlán, is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands.

Tirlán owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, mymilkman.ie and GAIN Animal Nutrition.

A talented team across Ireland, the US, MEA and China, delivers annual revenues of over €3 billion, and over 2,300 people to manage our network of 11 processing plants and 52 agri branches. Our purpose is to nourish the world, while safeguarding our environment for future generations.

 

Role Profile

We are seeking a proactive finance professional to lead effectively within a fast paced and dynamic environment.  Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner, this role will partner with the Sales & Marketing teams to deliver the insights required to guide decision making and contribute to the success of the business and the overall GTM strategy.  The role will play a critical part in driving business performance through financial analysis, strategic planning, and partnership with cross functional teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong finance background, experience in a FMCG environment, excellent communication skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

 

If you are an ambitious professional with a growth mindset, a natural collaborator and you wish to work in a challenging, fast paced environment, we’d love to talk to you about joining our team.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Key business partner to the Sales & Marketing teams by providing financial insights and analysis to support decision making, including pricing, forecasting, and profitability.
• Collaborate with leadership, sales, marketing, operations and the wider finance community to ensure an efficient process exists to deliver an excellent customer experience.
• Develop and maintain rolling forecast models, providing insights into variances and identifying potential risks and opportunities.
• Lead the annual budget planning and strategic planning process to involve volume, pricing, marketing investment, profitability targets and general GTM related strategies.
• Lead the monthly reporting process (detailed analysis and feedback loops) to the Sales & Marketing teams, by using latest data analytics and data visualisation tools.
• Prepare and present models, reports, dashboards, and metrics to stakeholders, highlighting key trends and areas of improvement.
• Support the Sales, Marketing and Innovation teams in business case feasibility and development by providing on-going monitoring and evaluation of actual performance against agreed targets.
• Support the preparation of ad-hoc analysis and management reporting to assist in business decisions, including but not limited to, M&A activity, commercial negotiations and project appraisal.
• Support process improvement and optimisation being the key finance player in commercial/lean projects, from identification through to planning and implementation phases.

 

 

Key Requirements:

• Qualified Accountant with 3-5 years post qualification experience in a dynamic environment, preferably in FMCG
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaboration with key stakeholders and a desire to excel
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Excellent com