Finance Analyst

at  Irish Distillers

Job title: Operations Finance Analyst
Location: Midleton Distillery
Contract: Permanent Contract
About Irish Distillers
Irish Distillers is Ireland’s leading supplier of spirits and wines and producer of some of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys. Led by Jameson, our brands are driving the success of Irish whiskey globally. Jameson is the world’s fastest-growing Irish whiskey, achieving +10% net sales growth globally in FY23. Our brands are exported to 130+ markets around the world.
Irish Distillers was formed in 1966, when a merger took place between John Power & Son, John Jameson & Son, and Cork Distilleries Company. In 1988 Irish Distillers joined Pernod Ricard, gaining access to unprecedented levels of investment and an extensive global distribution network.
In 2022, we announced our ambition to significantly reduce carbon emissions across our distilling operations at Midleton Distillery in addition to our plans to invest in a new distillery on a site adjacent to our existing operations in Midleton.
We employ over 800 people across our operations in Cork and Dublin.
About Pernod Ricard
Pernod Ricard is a worldwide leader in the spirits and wine industry, blending traditional craftsmanship, state-of-the-art brand-building, and global distribution technologies. Our prestigious portfolio of premium to luxury brands includes Absolut vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes. Our mission is to ensure the long-term development of our brands with full respect for people and the environment, while empowering our employees around the world to be ambassadors of our purposeful, inclusive, and responsible culture of authentic conviviality. Pernod Ricard’s consolidated sales amounted to € 12,137 million in fiscal year FY23.
About the role:
As the Operations Finance Analyst, you will support the Finance Manager in optimising how the finance team supports the wider business. Identify trends, opportunities, and risks to support decision-making and develop strategies for improvement. Liaising closely with Senior Stakeholders in the business ranging from site leaders to operations leaders to CFO. The ideal candidate is ambitious, commercially focused and can deliver strategic financial information to both finance and non-finance professionals.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the timely and accurate completion of the month-end financial reporting process.
• Collaborate with Peer & Junior finance team members, providing guidance, assistance and support.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices.
• Collaborate with senior management to develop strategic financial goals and objectives for bulk contract sales and feeds recovery.
• Ensure compliance with all regulations and standards.
• Implement and maintain internal controls to mitigate financial risk.
• Buy into the site Health & Safety culture and speak up when you see an area for improvement.
• Develop annual and monthly financial budgets, along with cash flow projections.
• Periodically prepare Rolling forecasts for P&L business units and projected closing positions for Working capital areas
• Maintain the General Ledger, including postings, journals, and reconciliations.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports, dashboards, and presentations for business leaders and other stakeholders.
• Communicate financial performance, key metrics, and insights in a clear and concise manner.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the senior management team, providing financial guidance and support.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve financial reporting and business intelligence.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified professional with over 3 years PQE ideally working within a dynamic business.
• Have excellent communication skills where you can demonstrate times you positively influenced commercial/strategic decisions.
• Experience in commercial analysis, stakeholder engagement, influencing non finance stakeholders.
• Possess strong financial modelling and P&L experience.
• A curious and innovative mindset, with the ability to see beyond the numbers to facilitate business decisions.
• Hardworking, committed, and proactive approach to problem solving.
• Experience building a standard cost budget is desirable.
• Experience working with SAP and PowerBI is desirable.

Life at Irish Distillers
At Irish Distillers, we live and love whiskey. Our shared spirit is guided by our values because we believe special things happen when Real, Remarkable and Responsible people come together. We’re proud to be part of the Irish Distillers and Pernod Ricard family, and the magic moments we create through our brands.
Our culture is a blend of curiosity and craic, where everyone can be the author of their own verse. Our enthusiasm for what we do is infectious. The spirit we share gives us purpose and makes life at Irish Distillers special. And what’s life without a little spirit?
What we offer

We understand our people are our special ingredient. We treat our employees with respect and offer an environment that is engaging, supportive and collaborative. We understand that employees require different supports at different stages of their working lives and our benefits, perks and programmes look to support your employee journey. We want to make you feel recognised and valued for your contribution to our shared success.

• Some of offerings include;
• Profit share; - An annual profit share scheme to reward your contribution to the company’s success.
• Product allowance; an annual allowance to spend on our portfolio of products and merchandise, for you to enjoy responsibly.
• People Development: We enable continuous development for our people at every stage of their careers through our people development, online learning, and leadership training programmes.
• Family leave: fully paid maternity, parent and paternity leave, allowing you spend precious time with your new family member.
• Parental Support: Our ‘Reconnect’ programme includes access to a workplace parenting coach, a phased return to work and a supportive environment for new parents
• Health & Wellbeing; Our Wellbeing Programme “THRIVE” supports employees across the three main pillars: Life, Body and Mind
• Charity Days: up to 2 days paid leave every year to volunteer at a charity of their choice

Like a well-blended whiskey, we believe that diverse perspectives make us better and we welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, orientations, and differences to create together the spirit that makes us great.
To learn more about our careers, go to our careers page
www.irishdistillers.ie/careers

• Oversee the timely and accurate completion of the month-end financial reporting process.
• Collaborate with Peer & Junior finance team members, providing guidance, assistance and support.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices.
• Collaborate with senior management to develop strategic financial goals and objectives for bulk contract sales and feeds recovery.
• Ensure compliance with all regulations and standards.
• Implement and maintain internal controls to mitigate financial risk.
• Buy into the site Health & Safety culture and speak up when you see an area for improvement.
• Develop annual and monthly financial budgets, along with cash flow projections.
• Periodically prepare Rolling forecasts for P&L business units and projected closing positions for Working capital areas
• Maintain the General Ledger, including postings, journals, and reconciliations.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports, dashboards, and presentations for business leaders and other stakeholders.
• Communicate financial performance, key metrics, and insights in a clear and concise manner.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the senior management team, providing financial guidance and support.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve financial reporting and business intelligence