Experience in retail / FMCG / commercial environments highly preferable Head of Finance & Business Partnering - permanent Location: Dublin - Office based 4 days** Reports to: Group Finance Director Managing a team of: 6 Finance Team structure: 2 qualified senior financial accountants 1 part-qualified financial accountant 2 accounts payable 1 payroll We are looking to recruit a high performing, ambitious, driven, commercial and experienced finance leader for our business in the role of Head of Finance & Business Partnering to lead our Finance team and support the development and growth of the wider business towards achieving our Strategic and Financial goals.
This role will report to the Group Finance Director and will play a key role managing the finance function to deliver key business insights and reporting, developing and maintaining a strong system of internal financial controls, and partnering with key commercial functions to deliver shareholder value add using insights and analytics to drive better decision making and maximizing commercial return.
Actively participate in commercial discussions across all aspects of the business, taking responsibility for financial insights and analysis to drive better decision making to maximise shareholder return.
Support evaluation, modelling, return calculation and decision making on all CAPEX and marketing/digital investment, and assess ROI once delivered.
Support pricing, markdown and sell though management on goods for re-sale to maximise gross margins while adhering to sell through targets.
Support the negotiation, monitoring and ultimate collection of trade and commercial terms with brand partners.
Manage the finance team to ensure it is appropriately structured, resourced, motivated, organised and developed to ensure reporting is timely, accurate and relevant and the team performs to its maximum potential.
Prepare Senior Team reports on an ongoing basis commenting of monthly management accounts and business performance.
Focus the finance team on value add and business partnering to support other brand teams such as buying, marketing, digital and Talent & Engagement in all aspects of financial analysis and insight led decision making.
Manage treasury and cashflow including short- and medium-term cash flow forecasting balanced with inventory intake management and forward order book commitments.
Lead the annual Budget cycle focussed on continuous improvement, driving turnover and margin growth and cost reduction.
Lead monthly cost reviews with department heads across the brand focussed on cost management, run rates and building efficiency and productivity.
Build and maintain strong systems of internal financial controls and compliance to ensure accuracy in reporting and to protect the brands assets.
Co-ordinate the finance team workload with team leads in commercial, operational and statutory roles.
Co-ordinate the statutory audit, ongoing compliance relating to tax, company secretarial and CRO statutory reporting and filing requirements.
Business Partnering Examine, interpret, and draw meaningful insights from company wide data and metrics, and report results of analytical initiatives to stakeholders in leadership, eCommerce, marketing, buying, merchandising consumer, warehouse/supply chain and product teams.
Develop, and maintain dashboards, and performance metrics/KPIs to present actionable business insights that lead to better and faster decision making.
Define company-wide metrics and relevant data sources and develop strategies for effective data analysis and reporting.
Oversee analytics projects to extract, manage, and analyse customer data from multiple applications, ensuring that deadlines are met.
Establish best reporting system for website and e-commerce analytics.
Ensuring the highest standard of accuracy & quality.
Setting and monitoring KPIs, while always performing as a growth mindset leader to ensure maximum output.
Qualified chartered or ACCA accountant with minimum 7 years PQE.
Business, IT or marketing degree with minimum 2.1 honours.
Experience in designing, building, and using dashboards and KPIs to analyse business performance, highlight areas for improvement and opportunities for growth.
Experience in retail / FMCG / commercial environments highly preferable.
Skills: commercial acumen FMCG Retail Benefits: pension bonus healthcare contribution discounts