Musgrave is one of the Europes 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 18 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 are currently recruitinga Finance Acquisitions Accountant to join our Financial Control team, reporting to the Financial Controller. Role purpose: Lead the Financial Control store churn acquisition workstream in line with our Strategy. Integrate retail store acquisitions into Musgrave ways of working, improving controls, eliminating risk and aligning processes where appropriate. Strong partnership with the acquired Finance teams in all aspects of onboarding and integration. Support the Retail Finance team and Financial Control Team. Key responsibilities will include: Lead the financial control workstreamfor acquiring retail stores, serving as the primary financial control contact throughout the store lifecycle in Musgrave. Coordinate the onboardingof acquired stores into the company's financial ecosystem, facilitating integration with either company-owned stores or third-party retailers. Assist with forecasts, budgets,and the completion and consolidation of the three-year plan (3YP) for acquisitions, including capital expenditure. Support the hard close process,including inputs into controls and hard close papers, advising management on risks within acquisition entities and recommending appropriate mitigations. Lead the compliance agendafor all acquired retail entities, coordinating audits, preparing financial statements, and supporting other aspects of the entity lifecycle. Support relevant stakeholders in technical accounting related to restructures, wind downs, divestments where appropriate. Build relationshipswith relevant members of acquired teams including occasional travel to stores. Collaborate with non-finance teamsas required to support the acquisition agenda. Support projectswithin the Financial Control and Retail finance team as needed. The successful candidate will have/be: Professional Accountancy Qualification with a minimum of 3 years PQE. Experience of managing or working on all multidisciplinary aspects of a legal entity, including financial reporting, tax compliance, regulatory adherence, internal controls and technical accounting. Experience of working in a dynamic environment, with a track-record of delivering high quality results to tight deadlines. Excellent stakeholder engagement and management skills with ability to build relationships, internally, externally, and cross functionally. Excellent communication and influencing skills. Project management and change management skills with a drive for process and systems excellence. A self-motivated approach to work - can do attitude, well organised to effectively prioritise and deliver high quality results. This isa 24 month contract