North West Finance Manager

Company description:

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St Albans. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations. 

We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader.

Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?!  We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.

Job description:

Ensure financial controls are maintained in the Supply Chain function of the Business. Making sure correct control and governance in place across the factory and logistics, with reporting and transactional support from a Central Team.

• To drive actions that improve performance.
• Own Daily, Weekly and Monthly results. To understand root cause issues and opportunities, to drive improvement.
• As a senior member of the Factory Management Team of both sites, drive accountability on delivery with Plant Director.
• Critical assessment of performance by line, area/process and proactively seeking solutions
• Collaborate with Central Team to ensure key financial reporting is provided in a timely manner.
• Tracking of key initiatives e.g. value engineering, major CapEx, waste/efficiency projects, restructuring plans etc

Profile description:

We are looking for a qualified Accountant or similar international qualification, with minimum 3 years post qualified experience. With minimum 2 years manufacturing experience in a larger site(s) eg +400 employees

• Minimum of 1 year in senior leadership role
• Demonstrates ability to see patterns and trends to gather insight from information.
• Experience of system process improvements
• Works effectively cross functionally and can influence without direct control.
• Strong business acumen with ability to provide sound financial advice.