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Head of Finance, DELI LITES Ireland, Unit 1 Milltown Industrial Estate Warrenpoint

Employment Type

Full Time

Application Start Date

19-05-2025

Application End Date

30-06-2025

Location

DELI LITES Ireland, Unit 1 Milltown Industrial Estate Warrenpoint

State/County

Co. Down

Zip Code

BT34 3FN

Country

United Kingdom

Work Style

Hybrid

Experience

As per job description

Education

As per job description

Description

Company Overview

DELI LITES is a leading Irish food-on-the-move solutions provider with over 25 years of experience. DELI LITES offers award-winning food-to-go and heat-to-eat products, inspired by the New York deli scene.

The company is the world’s first sandwich manufacturer to earn a B Corp Certification and has three manufacturing facilities across Ireland and exports worldwide with a vision of bringing the best Irish food products to the global market.

DELI LITES are now recruiting for a Head Of Finance to help lead a 6-strong team of talented finance individuals through an exciting phase of expansion and development, with a constant focus on financial excellence.

Position Overview

Title:                                 Head of Finance
Location:                         Head Office: Warrenpoint, County Down / Hybrid
Reporting Relationship:   Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Website:                          www.delilites.com

Key Responsibilities

Financial Management

  • Support the CFO in providing effective management of the finance function by aligning the team to the company’s vision for the future and driving positive change at pace.
  • Assist in developing and delivering annual budgets and setting KPIs for the finance function in accordance with the wider strategy of DELI LITES.
  • Manage the finance team to consistently deliver high performance and financial excellence.
  • Ensure robust internal controls, financial systems, performance analytics, and management practices are in place and upheld, to support a high-performing manufacturing organisation.
  • Effective Treasury management, based on developed forecasts and projections, ensuring the business has appropriate Working Capital and Investment facilities in place to meet targets and goals.
  • Identification of external funding opportunities from finance houses and government bodies, development of business cases and management of the subsequent projects and programs.
  • Successful production and management of all weekly, monthly and annual reporting requirements, including internal and external auditors.

Commercial Impact

  • Provide strong support to the CFO on business-wide matters, including all financial matters.
  • Demonstrate commercial excellence and evaluate, challenge and optimize pricing and margin to help create competitive advantage and drive profitability.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the business’ processes and an ability to translate this to operational costs and ultimately profitability.

Teamwork

  • Develop constructive working relationships with the C-Suite Team and Board through inciteful communication and reporting.
  • Manage a high-performance culture within the Finance Function, focusing on talent identification and development.

Year-One Critical Success Factors

  • Drive an organized and disciplined finance function, with robust internal and external financial reporting standards and control measures.
  • Deliver Functional KPIs in line with targets.
  • Deliver Functional Projects on time and on budget.
  • Help to manage a team culture focussed on driving excellence through inspirational people management.
  • Develop understanding of market intelligence and business performance to inform accurate financial forecasts and commercials.

Candidate Profile

Qualifications

  • Qualified accountant (preferably ACA).
  • 5+ years of post-qualification experience in finance management roles, ideally including experience as a proven Financial Manager, Controller or similar role in a substantial manufacturing business or in a related space.
  • Experience of working closely with C-Suite executives and reporting to Senior Management and Leadership Teams
  • Full finance skill set including experience in financial control, reporting, technical accounting, FP&A, M&A, and tax.
  • Experience in projects and successfully working to deadlines

Skills and Competencies

  • Strong people management and team leadership skills, with the ability to lead by example.
  • Collaborative with a strong preference for team play.
  • Curious nature with a willingness to challenge.
  • High level of integrity and excellent problem-solving skills.
  • Energetic, proactive with a strong work ethic.
  • Natural drive and appetite to operate and thrive in an entrepreneurial business with a strong can-do mindset.

In return you will receive;

  • Competitive Salary
  • Discounted Food
  • Free on-site parking
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Staff Events
  • Perks Card
  • Tech Scheme

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