Finance Graduate

Finance Associate

2026 Graduate Programme

Hybrid Working

Tirlán

Tirlán, is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands.

Tirlán owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, mymilkman.ie and GAIN Animal Nutrition.

We nurture a talented team across Ireland, the US, MEA and China, delivering annual revenues of over €3 billion, and over 2,300 people to manage our network of 11 processing plants and 52 agri branches. Our purpose is to nourish the world, while safeguarding our environment for future generations.

Role Profile

Our Graduate Programme is designed to take you through a series of real-world learning experiences, helping you build confidence in your abilities, and flourish in your career.

We are looking for people who care about the world and each other, who want to build their career with likeminded and passionate people. So if you want a career where you can truly make a difference, then we’d like to hear from you!

Tirlán is offering unique opportunities for graduates to join our Finance team as Finance Associates in our Abbey Quarter offices in Kilkenny. These roles will be hybrid.

This three year graduate programme provides graduates with the opportunity to work across teams within the Finance function, including Accounting & Reporting and Finance Business Partnering teams.

Responsibilities

• Assist the team in and conducting month end, and year end close processes 
• Managing balance sheet account reconciliations 
• Understand financial statement notes production
• Hands on SAP and BCS consolidation system experience and exposure through posting of journals 
• Exposure to financial statement notes production 
• Analysis of KPIs 
• Assist the team in supporting the completion of the Financial planning process and supporting analysis 
• Collaborate with finance teams to identify and resolve commercial finance challenges
• Work in partnership with the business to provide strategic insights, analysis, and guidance that drive profitability and sustainable growth
• Support finance teams in delivering business as usual, along with project work

Requirements

• High academic record to date in the following fields of study: Accounting and Finance, Business, International Business or Commerce and expected minimum of a 2.2 honours primary degree 
• Ambition to progress successfully in a career in Accounting & Finance in an exciting, ever-changing and challenging environment 
• Thinks commercially and delivers customer centric solutions 
• Drives collaboration and builds partnerships to meet shared objectives 
• Communicates clearly and can influence at all levels 
• Demonstrates a thirst for knowledge with a desire to continually learn and grow 
• Analytically minded with the ability to develop creative insights and execute change

If you are interested in this position, please apply with an up-to-date resume.

We offer

• 3 year structured graduate development programme
• Team rotations as part of the programme
• Year on year salary increment
• Hybrid working
• Free parking incl. EV charging – where applicable
• On-site gym free to use for employees
• Bike to work scheme
• Work/life balance and collaborative work culture
• Career progression opportunities

About us

Through our expertise in research and development, customer insights, food safety and state-of-the-art manufacturing we bring innovative food and nutrition solutions to a global market. Our new and vibrant headquarters in Kilkenny City operates as a collaboration hub where multi-functional teams come together in a hybrid work environment.

Commitment to Diversity & InclusionWe believe in the value of difference. We know that different perspectives, life experience and backgrounds can drive innovation and deliver growth.

We welcome people from all walks of life without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status. 

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Tirlán is a Values Based Organisation