Head of Finance

at  Compass Group

HEAD OF FINANCE

• Salary is negotiable dependent on experience
• Holiday Saturday Fund (HSF)
• Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks Card)
• Entertainment discounts – up to 55% off cinema tickets
• Health & Wellbeing discounts
• Shopping discounts – Save up to 15% at high street and online stores by purchasing Shopping Cards
• Meals on duty
• PRSA scheme and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 20 days + BH’s
• Competitive and supportive family benefits
• Holiday purchase scheme
• On-going training & development and career pathways
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Financial wellbeing programme and preferred rates on salary finance products

WHO WE ARE:

Levy UK & Ireland is the vibrant and exciting sector of Compass Group, the world’s largest catering company. We work at some of the greatest venues in the world, delivering legendary experiences in food, drink, and hospitality.
In Ireland, we are proud to have a wealth of long-standing partnerships with venues across sport and events. Our partnerships include venues such as the Aviva Stadium, the Dublin Convention Centre and a number of racecourses including Leopardstown Racecourse and Fairyhouse Racecourse.
We are culinary champions – it’s what we do and it’s what we are passionate about. At the core of our work is the belief that sustainably sourced great food and drink, coupled with exceptional service is key to creating legendary experiences.
Focused on ‘doing the right thing’ for our people and the planet, sustainability, wellbeing, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of what we do.
We have a commitment to being Net Zero by 2027, are official partners of the British Paralympic Association, and are proud to pay all our team members at least the Real Living Wage or London Living Wage.
We collaborate with some of the UK and Ireland’s most game-changing and well-loved brands, all sharing our vision for bringing best-in-class experiences.

MORE ABOUT THE ROLE:

Levy Ireland is now a €40M revenue business and targeting strong growth over the next 3 years, with expected revenues then of €70M. We have grown organically with new contracts and initiatives and through some mergers and acquisitions activity.
To support our growth strategy, we are looking to appoint a Head of Finance to partner the Levy Ireland MD and the Levy Ireland GM’s (and support the overarching Head of Finance and CFO for Levy UK and Ireland) - to influence the commercial operations of the business.

THIS ROLE WILL HAVE FINANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL LEVY VENUES IN REPUBLIC OF IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND INCLUDING NEW BUSINESS. THE EXISTING VENUES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

• Conference & Exhibitions: Convention Centre Dublin
• Racing: Leopardstown, Fairyhouse and The Curragh
• International Rugby: Aviva Stadium Dublin
  Hybrid and mobile working across venues, office and home will be the norm, however it is essential that this role understands the operation of the business to enable the making of informed business decisions.
  Working hours are flexible as many of our events are over weekends/evenings.

The person will link through to our teams in Levy UK&I along with local in-country resource.

• Partner the MD and GMs to drive growth, efficiencies, and profit through the business.It will involve using the data we generate from sales and costs to analyse the business to identify opportunities and risk and help the GM’s to deliver them
• Assess new business opportunities and review bids presented by the Chief Growth Officer to enable the business to grow successfully
• Financial reporting and control
• Systems development and integration

To excel in this role you will bring a proven track record of success in senior finance roles within the hospitality sector. You will be an innovative thinker, capable of balancing strategic priorities with operational excellence.

• Qualified - (ACCA, ACA, CIMA)
• Demonstrate the ability to lead and motivate teams
• Strong commercial acumen, able to support growth and profitability
• Execellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Able to communicate complex financial concepts
• Proactive, hands on, influential and able to drive chang