Commercial Finance Manager

AB Agri; Rugeley; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural division in the UK is seeking a passionate Commercial Finance Manager to enhance business growth through stakeholder relationships and financial analysis. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, budgeting experience, and be a qualified accountant. This hybrid role offers competitive salary reviews and wellbeing benefits, emphasizing a culture of inclusion and sustainability.

Benefits

Annual salary reviews

Incentive bonus

Career development

Family and financial wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with budgeting and forecasting skills.
• Strong analytical skills and finance systems experience required.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support Commercial, Supply Chain & Procurement teams with financial insights.
• Develop and automate Supply Chain Reporting.
• Identify and deliver improvements to business financial performance.
• Challenge waste management for zero-loss culture.
• Complete month-end duties and prepare forecasts.

Skills

Qualified Accountant

Budgeting and forecasting knowledge

Good Analytical skills

Strong Finance systems experience

Advanced Excel Skills

Data Analysis

Tools

Power BI

Job description

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title : Commercial Finance Manager

Location : Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK (Hybrid)

Contract : Permanent

Are you ready to join a forward-thinking Animal Nutrition business that is excited about growth?

Premier Nutrition is seeking a passionate and motivated individual to become an integral Finance Manager. In this role, you will be at the core of improving our business growth by building solid relationships with key stakeholders, providing insightful analysis, and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

If you are enthusiastic about business growth and environmental impacts in farming and agriculture, and making a real impact, we would be excited to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities :

• Work closely with the Commercial, Supply Chain & Procurement teams, providing support and insight into financial and operations performance.
• Develop and automate Supply Chain Reporting
• Combine financial, non-financial, and operational metrics to identify and deliver improvement to business financial performance.
• Use analytical tools and data to support decision-making.
• Challenge and identify improved waste management supporting the zero-loss culture.
• Complete month-end duties as appropriate
• Prepare budgets and forecasts.
• Support Continuous Improvement teams, specifically linked to the profit improvement plan, preparing financials, KPI’s and tracking progress.
• Prepare procurement cover reports, identifying risks and opportunities linked with pricing / buying.
• Keep sustainability and environmental impacts at the forefront of business decisions aligned with our plant protection strategy.

About you :

• Qualified Accountant
• Budgeting and forecasting knowledge / skills.
• Good Analytical skills
• Strong Finance systems experience
• Advanced Excel Skills
• Data Analysis

Additional Areas (Desirable)

• Financial control & risk management
• Power BI
• Manufacturing finance
• Business Partnering
• Commercial finance

Skills & Experience

Not Specified

About The Company

Rewarding your passion

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

About us

Premier Nutrition are a leading provider of vitamin premix to manufacturers of animal feed across Europe and Asia and offers expert advice to customers from some of the worlds leading nutritionists.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.