Aramark Ireland is currently recruiting for Finance Director, Food to join our team. This is a permanent position that reports directly to the CFO. The Finance Director will support the region and Chief Financial Officer through the delivery of a high quality finance and strategic commercial service across multiple client types and line of businesses. The role will be responsible for timely & accurate period-end reporting (P&L and Balance Sheet), periodic forecasting and annual budgeting. Ensuring financial controls, integrity and accuracy are maintained & developed in line with company policy and working with the other business leads to deliver best practice and commercially focused finance solutions will also be a main focus of this role.
Who are we? Aramark operate services on behalf of Clients across Ireland and work in partnership with some of the world’s best known brands. Our solutions include food services, property and facility management and retail. We are part of a global organisation with an annual turnover in excess of $14bn and more than 270,000 employees.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead monthly financial reviews with Operations Management
- Produce & Present Monthly Regional Board report & US Review reports
- Support & review retention bids and review of new business bids
- Lead commercial elements of client negotiations
- Understand operational, financial & legal aspects of commercial negotiations
- Drive management of commercial opportunities and risks in the division
- Lead business initiative support, analysis & implementation
- Coordinate, consolidate, challenge & summarise Annual Plan
- Review & challenge forecast with operations
- Understand key financial and contractual drivers in each contract to both ensure accurate accounting & maximise commercial opportunities
- Overview & improvement of standard client reporting
- Consolidate accurate & timely monthly accounts for the region
- Capex review & approval within corporate limits
- Control divisional overheads
- Debt monitoring & exception follow up
- Management & development of the regional finance team
Key Requirements:
- Effective communication skills; oral, written, presentation, influencing and negotiation
- Confident in leading commercial discussions and negotiations and gravitas to represent the company in commercial negotiations
- Extensive experience of Microsoft Office packages, particularly Excel
- Qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA with at least 5 years post qualification experience
- Demonstrate a broader business awareness beyond the financial arena
- Experience in a contract based environment industry preferable but not essential
- People leader, committed to accelerate team capabilities. Always raising the bar
- Ability to influence and to build strong working relationships across all departments
All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence
