Job Description
Company Overview
DELI LITES is a leading Irish food-on-the-move solutions provider with over 25 years of experience. DELI LITES offers award-winning food-to-go and heat-to-eat products, inspired by the New York deli scene.
The company is the world’s first sandwich manufacturer to earn a B Corp Certification and has three manufacturing facilities across Ireland and exports worldwide with a vision of bringing the best Irish food products to the global market.
DELI LITES are now recruiting for a Head Of Finance to help lead a 6-strong team of talented finance individuals through an exciting phase of expansion and development, with a constant focus on financial excellence.
Position Overview
Title: Head of Finance
Location: Head Office: Warrenpoint, County Down / Hybrid
Reporting Relationship: Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Website: www.delilites.com
Key Responsibilities
Financial Management
* Support the CFO in providing effective management of the finance function by aligning the team to the company’s vision for the future and driving positive change at pace.
* Assist in developing and delivering annual budgets and setting KPIs for the finance function in accordance with the wider strategy of DELI LITES.
* Manage the finance team to consistently deliver high performance and financial excellence.
* Ensure robust internal controls, financial systems, performance analytics, and management practices are in place and upheld, to support a high-performing manufacturing organisation.
* Effective Treasury management, based on developed forecasts and projections, ensuring the business has appropriate Working Capital and Investment facilities in place to meet targets and goals.
* Identification of external funding opportunities from finance houses and government bodies, development of business cases and management of the subsequent projects and programs.
* Successful production and management of all weekly, monthly and annual reporting requirements, including internal and external auditors.
Commercial Impact
* Provide strong support to the CFO on business-wide matters, including all financial matters.
* Demonstrate commercial excellence and evaluate, challenge and optimize pricing and margin to help create competitive advantage and drive profitability.
* Knowledge and understanding of the business’ processes and an ability to translate this to operational costs and ultimately profitability.
Teamwork
* Develop constructive working relationships with the C-Suite Team and Board through inciteful communication and reporting.
* Manage a high-performance culture within the Finance Function, focusing on talent identification and development.
Year-One Critical Success Factors
* Drive an organized and disciplined finance function, with robust internal and external financial reporting standards and control measures.
* Deliver Functional KPIs in line with targets.
* Deliver Functional Projects on time and on budget.
* Help to manage a team culture focussed on driving excellence through inspirational people management.
* Develop understanding of market intelligence and business performance to inform accurate financial forecasts and commercials.
Candidate Profile
Qualifications
* Qualified accountant (preferably ACA).
* 5+ years of post-qualification experience in finance management roles, ideally including experience as a proven Financial Manager, Controller or similar role in a substantial manufacturing business or in a related space.
* Experience of working closely with C-Suite executives and reporting to Senior Management and Leadership Teams
* Full finance skill set including experience in financial control, reporting, technical accounting, FP&A, M&A, and tax.
* Experience in projects and successfully working to deadlines
Skills and Competencies
* Strong people management and team leadership skills, with the ability to lead by example.
* Collaborative with a strong preference for team play.
* Curious nature with a willingness to challenge.
* High level of integrity and excellent problem-solving skills.
* Energetic, proactive with a strong work ethic.
* Natural drive and appetite to operate and thrive in an entrepreneurial business with a strong can-do mindset.