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Kinisla

Makes dairy foods and nutritional ingredients

Finance Business Partner

Full-TimePosted on 10/21/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Charleville, Co. Cork, Ireland
Hybrid
Finance & BankingCorporate Finance & FP&A

About the job

Requirements
  • Experience working within a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience preparing and providing commentary analysis on management accounts.
  • Competence in Microsoft applications, especially Excel.
  • Ability to work with multiple teams within the organization.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to work efficiently under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
  • Support the Site Finance Controller and Operations team while meeting reporting requirements within deadlines.
  • Prepare for monthly operations review calls on financial performance against the prior year.
  • Present the monthly operations review deck to stakeholders.
  • Complete month-end closing, including posting journals and preparing reconciliations.
  • Track savings and partner with the site on costings and new initiatives.
  • Support the Finance Analyst with yield reviews.
  • Coordinate with site teams to ensure the Material Ledger is closed accurately and completely within regional timelines.
  • Perform product and process costing, ensuring yields, labor, and direct overhead standards reflect manufacturing costs, and work with cross-functional teams to resolve differences.
  • Support budgeting and forecasting for SKU prime costs, overheads, factory yields, and labor.
  • Support the year-end audit and statutory accounts.
  • Collaborate with site teams on capital forecasts and budgets.
  • Perform ad hoc analysis and reporting as required.
Desired Qualifications
  • SAP experience is an advantage.

About the company

Kinisla makes dairy ingredients and packaged foods for food manufacturers, retailers and foodservice operators. It processes milk from Irish family farms into cheese, butter, milk powders and proteins used in everyday foods and specialist nutrition. Its consumer business sells brands including Dairygold, Charleville and Strings & Things, alongside dairy products made for retailers' own labels. The company combines milk collection and processing with product development and sells ingredients to other businesses and finished foods through consumer and foodservice channels. Kinisla traces its operating roots to 1972 and is headquartered in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Tralee, Ireland

Founded

1972

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What believers are saying

  • Graduates get permanent roles: Kinisla's two-year programme combines business rotations with Irish Management Institute learning.
  • Frontline managers get a defined pathway: Kinisla runs People Manager Development for first-time and frontline managers.
  • Expansion supports career scope: Kinisla announced 100 additional roles and a five-year €300 million investment plan in May 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Production follows global prices: Kinisla adjusts its processing mix to capture value and manage dairy-price volatility.
  • Farmer returns shape priorities: Kinisla's board measures success by competitive milk prices paid to suppliers.
  • Job security has limits in Charleville: Kinisla's E-Commerce and Marketing Coordinator opening specifies a 12-month fixed term.

What makes Kinisla unique

  • Farmer ownership controls Kinisla: Kerry Co-op holds 70%, while Kerry Group retains 30%.
  • Environmental performance has external verification: Kinisla reports Stage 5 status under the Sustainable Dairy Partnership.
  • Kinisla also feeds its supply base: Bloom Feeds makes ruminant nutrition designed for Ireland's pasture-based farms.

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