You may not have heard of us, but we're sure you've tried our products. We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,000 colleagues across 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 18 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.
What you'll be doingDeliver optimal operational and /commercial performance, personally provide decision support to key operations and commercial stakeholders and ensure that the internal control environment is implemented in line with group policy
Provide leadership and direction to ensure that the local finance team is engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their full potential
Take ownership of the internal control environment to ensure that identified risks (e.g. internal/external audit, all relevant compliance and BICQ) are addressed and there is integrity of the balance sheet through monthly detailed reviews and maintaining a detailed knowledge of balance sheet items including risks and opportunities
Support key stakeholders to ensure optimal decisions are made with factual information, taking the lead on preparation of financials for business cases, capital investment proposals and other such activity and owning the financial review to assess the delivery of initiatives
Optimise financial performance with a particular focus on budget process, conversion and balance sheet reconciliation by providing support and challenge to stakeholders and budget holders, leading the process for a robust budget forecasting process including communication key stakeholders.
Own and gatekeep the site capital process, including planning and prioritising future spend, maintaining an accurate view of capital cash spend phasing, risk monitoring and management, monitoring and challenge of project timescales from inception to completion, quality control for all capital proposals being issued from the site and monitoring capital spend
Contribute to the wider finance team to ensure continuous improvement in controls, efficiency and ways of working
Provide support to key projects when called upon to enable data to be understood, insight gleaned, and better solution delivered
Drive continuous improvement through margin accreditation, site conversion or net revenue management
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with post qualification experience
- Extensive reporting and forecasting experience
- Experience of operational or commercial decision support
- Demonstratable interpersonal skills able to communicate to all levels of the business
- Ability to build, lead and develop a high performing team
- Proactive, organised and able to work flexibly in order to meet deadlines and have the drive to deliver results
- Able to partner, challenge and collaborate at a senior level and provide value add insight to a team of professionals
At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.
If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.
What you'll get in return- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- 25 days holiday
- Pension up to 8% matched
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.