Financial Planning & Analysis Accountant

Job title: Financial Planning & Analysis Accountant

Company: Musgrave


Job description: SummaryJob ref: 16056Job Type:Location: DublinContract type: PermanentClosing Date: 6 March 2025Financial Planning & Analysis AccountantMusgrave is one of the Europe’s 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 recruiting for a Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Accountant to join the Finance team for Musgrave Retail Stores.The role will be heavily involved in the budgeting, planning and forecasting of the business. It will also provide commercial and strategic support to the business and provide dedicated finance support on various projects happening within the Business. The role will be both structured and varied delivering to MRS’s changing business needs.Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts including group submissions
• Development of robust financial models to support annual budgeting & quarterly forecasting agendas
• Actively contributes to the insight & clarity provided by the finance team around recent retail performance from both a sales & margin perspective.
• Key Member of a Regional Business Unit that focuses on driving store profitability.
• Work closely with our Retail stores to support the agenda of driving profitability in each & every store.
• Acts as Finance Support for Store Development and Business transformation Projects
• Works with the wider support office team to ensure alignment on the Finance objectives, budgets and targets
• Provides relevant and insightful information and analysis to key stakeholders around all KPI’s
• Builds and maintain cross functional relationships with other support functions and with the Stores providing support on new and improved ways to drive improvement and profit for the MRS business
• Work closely with the Musgrave Business Services retail team ensuring that all KPI reporting is in line with agreed SLA’s

The successful candidate will possess the following:

• A minimum of 3 years PQE
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to develop strong relationships
• Good organisational and time management skills
• High attention to detail
• Excellent analytical mindset and highly numeric
• Ability to drive change in the work environment – Be an innovator
• A self-motivated approach to work with a can do attitude
• Flexible and dependable
• Ability to work under pressure, keep within tight deadlines and multi-task

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 office and working remotely. Occasional business travel to other locations will also be required.The ideal candidate will have/be:

Expected salary:

Location: Dublin

Job date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:59:58 GMT

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