Senior Finance Business Partner
Contract: 12 Months
Location: 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 Retail Finance team
Role Purpose
The Senior Finance Business Partner will play a key role in strengthening the Retail Finance team by providing commercial finance support, challenge and insight across assigned Retail business areas.
The role will partner closely with senior business stakeholders, the Senior FP&A Manager, wider Finance colleagues and BPS / Infosys to ensure performance is clearly understood, forecasts are robust, risks and opportunities are visible, and financial actions are followed through.
The role will include ownership of Centra and SuperValu cost centres, retailer rebate relationship management, loyalty insight, stock initiatives, Business Development and Store Development support, quarterly balance sheet reviews, and budgeting and forecasting.
Role Shape and Key Interfaces
The role will act as a senior business partner between Finance, business stakeholders and BPS / Infosys. The successful candidate will own the financial responsibility for cost centre management and build strong relationships across:
Ensuring Finance provides clear commercial challenge, timely insight and practical support.
What you'll be doing:
Retail Cost Centre Business Partnering
Act as Finance Business Partner for assigned Retail business areas, including Centra and SuperValu cost centres, supporting business owners with performance review, forecast development, budget management, financial challenge and action tracking.
Translate trading, cost and operational performance into clear commercial insight, identifying risks, opportunities and required actions.
Support WSOM, POP, RSC, Business Development and Store Development activity through financial analysis, commercial challenge and decision support.
Forecasting, Budgeting and Performance Management
Lead budgeting and forecasting processes for assigned areas, ensuring assumptions are clear, risks and opportunities are visible, and outputs are aligned with business performance trends.
Retailer Rebates and Loyalty
Lead Finance support for retailer rebate activity, including relationship management, query resolution, forecasting, budgeting and governance.
Oversee monthly and exceptional retailer payment cycles, ensuring appropriate review, approval, documentation and follow-up.
BPS / Infosys Operating Model
Act as the primary Finance liaison between Retail Finance Business Partners and Infosys partners, ensuring issues, feedback and improvement opportunities are captured, prioritised and progressed.
Governance, Controls and Balance Sheet
Continuous Improvement and Digital Enablement
What we are looking for:
Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, variance analysis and performance review.
Experience in retail, FMCG, multi-site, commercial, customer, pricing, margin, promotional, rebate or cost-centre environments would be advantageous.
What success looks like:
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.
