Financial Accountant in Leek

Reports to: Financial Controller

Location: Ornua Foods UK

Salary: Between £54,000 and £66,000 depending on experience

Hours: Monday to Friday

Benefits: Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with length of service, 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 Assist Programme, Free onsite parking 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 an agile, transformative and collaborative qualified Accountant looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success? Ornua is actively seeking a Financial Accountant to join our Finance department as we continue our growth trajectory.

As our Financial Accountant you will be responsible for the integrity and accuracy of financial records and compliance with internal and external policies and procedures. You will play a key role in the Company's cash management in the leadership of the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams as well as being responsible for the timely reporting of the monthly results and budgets to Group.

Why Ornua?

Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 12 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, Pilgrims Choice. Ornua Ingredients is responsible for the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products and for the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufacturers and foodservice customers across the world.

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.

Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates 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.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

• Leadership of the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable with a focus on growth and development.
• Line management of the Finance AAT trainee with a focus on growth and development.
• Preparation of annual statutory statements and corporation tax packs ensuring compliance with accounting standards and tax regulations.
• Preparing monthly financial accounts for review by the Finance Director and accounts team to support the explanation of variances to forecast.
• Leading the month end close process to deliver on time and accurate month end reporting of financial results to Group.
• Ensuring completeness and accuracy of accruals and prepayments within your control.
• Ensuring balance sheet reconciliations for the company are completed monthly and analysis is accurate and complete. Ensure discrepancies are rectified timely.
• Completing Inter-company reconciliations on a monthly basis ensuring reconciling items are rectified timely.
• Playing a key role in the budgeting and forecasting processes, including wages and salaries forecasting and preparation of P&L and balance sheet submissions to Group.
• Playing a key role in ensuring the finance team are audit ready at any time to ensure successful completion of financial audits.
• Being a key support for the wider finance team, advising on compliance with company financial policies and accounting standards and regulations.
• Ensuring robust overhead management support for both the HR & ICT functions.
• Deputising for the Financial Controller as required.

What You Bring To The Role:

• ACA / Qualified by Experience with extensive PQE.
• Experience within a financial accounting role.
• Strong reporting and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced MS Excel skills.
• Ability to analyse complex numerical data.
• Excellent verbal and written skills with the ability to effectively manage stakeholder relationships.
• Experience operating as a business partner to non-finance functions.

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.

Would you like to make an impact? To learn more, please visit Ornua at 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.

Ornua is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace. We will make every effort to provide for any reasonable accessibility needs you may have during your employment with us. If you require accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process or in your role, please let us know — we're here to support you.