Financial Controller, Commercial & Marketing

REPORTS TO: Finance Director

Salary: Generous salary available depending on experience

Benefits: Free onsite parking, Generous annual leave entitlement, Matched Company Contribution Pension up to 8%, Subsidised Staff Canteen, Company shop offering discounts on Ornua products, Sports & Social Club, Staff Lottery, Discount on Bikes & Tech Scheme, Confidential Employee Assistance Programme.

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 motivated and passionate accountant looking for the challenge of taking a mission-driven organisation to its next level of success? Are you an agile and collaborative people leader with experience in a commercial and brands space? Ornua is actively seeking a Financial Controller to join our Finance department as we continue our growth trajectory.

The Financial Controller will play a key role in ensuring that the financial performance of the business is fully understood and communicated to all functions. They will be responsible for all budgeting and forecasting processes; business partnering of the Commercial and Brands teams and will play a key role in the Integrated Business Process.

Why Ornua? Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe. The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients. Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Kerrygold and Pilgrims Choice. Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families. Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together. We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working. Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities. Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable: As our Financial Controller you will:

• Lead the Commercial Finance team, ensuring the team delivers value to the business, ensuring personal development of all team members.
• Develop strong relationships with all Foods UK SLT members and their direct reports.
• Be an industry leading business partner to the Sales Directors and Brands Director, ensuring they receive clear and actionable insight and offering strategic support on all key projects.
• Identify key risks and opportunities to deliver performance improvement.
• Play a key role in the setting of Brands pricing and profitability growth.
• Be an expert on all customer pricing models and ensure the Commercial Finance Team are continuously looking to improve the open book way of working.
• Play a key Finance role, alongside the Finance Business Partner – Cheese Procurement, to partner the Cheese Procurement Controller.
• Ensure all necessary reporting is in place to deliver in-depth insight to support the management of bulk stock and identify timing risk to stock over multiple years.
• Lead and challenge to ensure the IBP process is being correctly followed to deliver a world class MBR monthly pack.
• Lead the quarterly forecast and annual budget process to ensure all elements are delivered on time.
• Deliver insightful analysis of forecasts and budget to ensure the business understands the drivers of performance.
• Identify risks and opportunities and clearly communicate these to support the delivery of business targets.

What You Bring To The Role:

• Qualified Accountant with an analytical mindset.
• Strong people leader with previous experience managing a team.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
• In-depth knowledge of Commercial Finance and experience of an open book way of working.

Our interview process is designed to be thorough yet supportive. This process includes a first stage via Teams to allow us to get to know you better and to understand your skills and experiences and, if successful, a second stage face-to-face interview that will build upon the first stage and give you the opportunity to get a feel for Ornua and the environment in which you will be working. Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua. Ornua values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We also strongly encourage women and other underrepresented groups in the manufacturing industry to apply. Your unique perspectives and experiences are highly valued and will be instrumental in driving our company’s continued success. Join us in shaping a more innovative, inclusive, and sustainable future.