Agriculture Finance Lead – Operations & Cost Control

Anne Corder Recruitment; Ramsey; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Anne Corder Recruitment is representing a well-established agricultural business recruiting a Finance Officer to join their team in the UK. This hands-on role sits within a busy operations environment, supporting management accounts, budgeting, stock and cost control.

You will work with Finance and Operational teams on purchasing, supplier management and reporting. AAT-qualified or equivalent experience is preferred, with strong Excel skills and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• AAT qualified or studying towards an accountancy qualification or qualified by experience.
• Experienced in management accounts or financial reporting.
• Commercially aware with a good understanding of budgets and costs.
• Strong with Excel and financial systems.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Comfortable working with purchasing, suppliers and operational teams.
• Confident investigating variances and asking questions.
• Practical, proactive and willing to get involved.
• Ideally experienced within agriculture, farming, food production or FMCG.

Responsibilities

• Support weekly and monthly management accounts.
• Ensure financial information is accurate and up to date.
• Record and allocate labour, purchasing, stock and operational costs.
• Support month-end, budgeting, forecasting and cashflow.
• Review actual costs against budgets and investigate variances.
• Work with operational managers to understand financial performance.
• Support audits and maintain accurate records.
• Support purchasing and supplier management.
• Build strong supplier relationships.
• Monitor pricing and identify opportunities to control costs.
• Monitor equipment hire and ensure equipment is returned when no longer required.
• Work with operational managers on purchasing and expenditure.

Skills

AAT qualified

Management accounts

Budgets & costs

Excel

Financial systems

Attention to detail

Purchasing

Supplier management

Variance analysis

Agriculture/FMCG

Education

AAT qualification / accounting qualification

Tools

Finance systems

Excel

Job description

Anne Corder Recruitment is representing a well-established agricultural business recruiting a Finance Officer to join their team in the UK. This hands-on role sits within a busy operations environment, supporting management accounts, budgeting, stock and cost control.

You will work with Finance and Operational teams on purchasing, supplier management and reporting. AAT-qualified or equivalent experience is preferred, with strong Excel skills and attention to detail.