Finance Acquisitions Accountant

Finance Acquisitions Accountant

Contract: 18 Months 

Location: Airport Road, Cork 

Join Musgrave – A Legacy of Innovation, Community, and Excellence

Musgrave is one of Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses, with a rich 150-year legacy in food and brand innovation. We're proud to serve communities across Ireland and Spain, feeding one in three people every day through 18 iconic brands like SuperValu, Centra, Mace, Frank and Honest, and Musgrave MarketPlace. By supporting thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses, we make a positive impact on the communities they serve. We're committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland, and we're looking for dynamic, forward-thinking individuals to join us on this journey.

As we continue our journey toward becoming Ireland’s most trusted and sustainable business, we have an exciting opportunity for a successful candidate to join our Financial Control team as a Finance Acquisitions Accountant.

Role Purpose:

  • Lead the Financial Control store churn acquisition workstream in line with our Strategy.

  • Integrate retail store acquisitions into Musgrave ways of working, improving controls, eliminating risk and aligning processes where appropriate.

  • Strong partnership with the acquired Finance teams in all aspects of onboarding and integration.

  • Support the Retail Finance team and Financial Control Team.

  • Provide business partnering support during month end, delivering analysis and insight on financial performance.

What you'll be doing: 

  • Lead the financial control workstream for acquiring retail stores, serving as the primary financial control contact throughout the store lifecycle in Musgrave.

  • Coordinate the onboarding of acquired stores into the company's financial ecosystem, facilitating integration with either company-owned stores or third-party retailers.

  • Assist with forecasts, budgets, and the completion and consolidation of the three-year plan (3YP) for acquisitions, including capital expenditure.

  • Support the hard close process, including inputs into controls and hard close papers, advising management on risks within acquisition entities and recommending appropriate mitigations.

  • Lead the compliance agenda for all acquired retail entities, coordinating audits, preparing financial statements, and supporting other aspects of the entity lifecycle.

  • Support relevant stakeholders in technical accounting related to restructures, wind downs, divestments where appropriate.

  • Build relationships with relevant members of acquired teams including occasional travel to stores.

  • Collaborate with non-finance teams as required to support the acquisition agenda.

  • Monitor performance against budget and forecast, highlighting variances and driving corrective actions where required.

  • Support projects within the Financial Control and Retail finance team as needed.

What we are looking for: 

  • Professional Accountancy Qualification with a minimum of 3 years PQE.

  • Experience of managing or working on all multidisciplinary aspects of a legal entity, including financial reporting, tax compliance, regulatory adherence, internal controls and technical accounting.

  • Experience of working in a dynamic environment, with a track-record of delivering high quality results to tight deadlines.

  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and management skills with ability to build relationships, internally, externally, and cross functionally.

  • Excellent communication and influencing skills.

  • Project management and change management skills with a drive for process and systems excellence.

  • A self-motivated approach to work - can do attitude, well organised to effectively prioritise and deliver high quality results.​​​​​​

Why Musgrave: 
Career Development: With a commitment to your personal and professional growth, Musgrave offers numerous opportunities for advancement and learning.
Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a passionate team, where your contributions will make a significant impact 
Innovation Focus: Be part of a company that values forward-thinking solutions 
Community Focus: Be part of a company that truly values its communities and strives to make a positive impact.
Be Part of a Legacy: Join a company with a long-standing commitment to community and innovation.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and be part of a forward-thinking company that values your expertise and vision.

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer.  We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.

Musgrave operate a Work Smart hybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely.

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