Job title: Commercial Finance Business Partner
Reports to: Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner
Location: Ornua Nantwich
Salary: Generous salary available depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Benefits: 33 days annual leave, hybrid working, company pension scheme, discounted cheese and butter, onsite physio, bike and tech scheme, confidential employee assist programme and many more
Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.
Are you a proactive, experienced and analytical Finance Business Partner looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?
Ornua is actively seeking a tenacious, energetic and collaborative Commercial Finance Business Partner to join our finance department as we continue our growth trajectory.
About the Role
As Commercial Finance Business Partner you will influence senior commercial stakeholders to drive significant business performance improvement. You will provide financial insight on a timely basis, proactively partner stakeholders, and provide robust financial controls relating to the accounting of sales and margin. You will support both our Nantwich site (UK) and Avila site (Spain).
Why Ornua?
* Ornua operates as a commercial organisation from 10 business units worldwide with 12 production facilities across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa.
* The commercial organisation manages the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands, including Ireland’s most successful food export: Kerrygold.
* It also manages procurement of dairy products, sale of dairy ingredients, and implements de‑risking and trading strategies to manage market volatility.
* Our co‑operative ethos drives us to create value for Irish dairy farming families.
* Our core values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
* Dynamic Working policy offers flexible hours and hybrid working.
* We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
* Career progression, including global mobility opportunities.
* Comprehensive benefits with regional specific offerings.
Key Responsibilities
Supporting Customer Pricing
* Develop a deep understanding of the business and become a trusted partner, challenging pricing decisions to optimise margins.
* Provide timely, accurate and standardised information to facilitate discussions around customer tenders.
Supporting NPD Process
* Support development of a stage‑gate process aligned to the business’ commercial strategies.
* Partner with NPD by providing effective commercial analysis and controls to support decision making.
Sales Reporting
* Present sales information with meaningful business commentary that provides real insight.
* Highlight exceptions and insist on improvement actions being followed through.
Procurement Analysis
* Set raw material standards.
* Analyse purchasing decisions and assess long or short positions.
* Account for margin and purchasing accurately.
* Manage an efficient month‑end process and robust balance‑sheet reconciliations.
* Continuously improve processes in a controlled and consistent way.
Forecasting and Budgeting
* Manage the process for producing accurate volume and margin forecasts on a monthly and annual basis.
* Challenge assumptions, identify business risks and propose mitigating actions.
Project Work
* Develop and present business cases on an ad‑hoc basis.
What You Bring To The Role
* CIMA/ACCA qualified or qualified by experience.
* Broad and relevant experience in a commercial finance role.
* Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and ability to work with large data sets.
* Experience working with an ERP system.
* Good level of Spanish desirable but not essential.
* Ability to travel to our Spanish site.
Ornua values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. Women and other underrepresented groups in the manufacturing industry are especially encouraged. Your unique perspectives will help drive Ornua’s success.
Ornua is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace. We will make every effort to provide reasonable accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process or in the role. Please let us know if you require accommodations.
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