Compliance Improvement Lead

Finsbury Food Group; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts via Benefits Hub

Refer a Friend Scheme

Employee Recognition Awards

Ongoing Learning & Development

Job summary

Finsbury Food Group is seeking a Compliance Improvement Lead for Memory Lane Cakes in Cardiff. This site-based role focuses on driving compliance excellence across Health & Safety, Food Safety, Environmental Compliance and Sustainability, partnering with leadership and regional teams.

You will lead the compliance strategy, maintain management systems, and support audits and continuous improvement while ensuring safe, legal operations and sustainable performance.

Qualifications

• Strong health and safety compliance experience in manufacturing, ideally bakery/FMCG.
• Experience supporting or maintaining HSE Management Systems.
• Experience with audits, risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Knowledge of ISO 45001 and regulatory requirements in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead site-level compliance strategy aligned to standards and ESG objectives.
• Maintain HSE, Food Safety, Environmental Management Systems.
• Ensure duty holders meet legal and company obligations.
• Coach and advise Site Leadership with data-driven insights.
• Manage site environmental compliance and sustainability efforts.
• Support audit programmes and close non-conformances.
• Maintain risk register and track improvements.
• Oversee incident reporting and investigations and embed learning.
• Report compliance metrics and share best practices with regions.

Skills

HSE leadership

Audit & assurance

Risk assessment

Incident investigations

Stakeholder influence

Contractor management

Regulatory knowledge

Process mapping

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

NVQ Level 5/6 in OH&S

GradIOSH / IOSH member

Chartered IOSH (or working towards)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Visio

Job description

Location: MLC – Memory Lane Cakes, Cardiff

We have an exciting opportunity for a Compliance Improvement Lead to join Memory Lane Cakes site in Cardiff, part of the Finsbury Food Group.

This is a hands-on, site-based role with a strong focus on improvement. You’ll lead the delivery of compliance excellence across Health & Safety, Food Safety, Environmental Compliance, and Sustainability, working closely with the Site Leadership Team and partnering with Group and Regional Compliance colleagues.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading specialty bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships within the foodservice channel. Finsbury offer a wide range of bakery products and are a leading frozen supplier into the Foodservice sector.

Your purpose is straightforward yet critical: to ensure our site operates safely, legally, and responsibly, while continually enhancing compliance maturity and supporting business performance.

This is what you’ll actually do!

As our Compliance Improvement Lead, you will:

• Lead the site-level compliance strategy, aligned to Group standards and ESG objectives
• Support and maintain robust HSE, Food Safety, and Environmental Management Systems
• Ensure appropriate duty holders are in place and capable of meeting legal and company obligations
• Act as a trusted partner to the Site Lead and Leadership Team, providing expert advice, insight, and challenge
• Lead site environmental compliance and support delivery of the site sustainability plan
• Support internal and external audit programmes, driving effective resolution of non-conformances and actions
• Maintain the site risk register, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated
• Support and oversee incident reporting and investigations, ensuring learning is embedded
• Track and report compliance performance metrics, highlighting trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Act as the site link into Regional and Group Compliance, escalating issues where required and sharing best practices

This role is primarily site-based, with occasional travel to support audits, meetings, or wider compliance initiatives.

Ideally this is you!

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent relevant health and safety qualification.
• Strong health and safety compliance experience within manufacturing, ideally food manufacturing, bakery, FMCG or another high-paced operational environment.
• Good understanding of UK health and safety legislation, regulatory expectations and site-level compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting or maintaining a HSE Management Systems.
• Experience carrying out or reviewing risk assessments, safe systems of work, inspections and audits.
• Internal auditor experience or practical experience supporting audit and assurance activity.
• Experience supporting incident investigations and corrective action tracking.
• Good understanding of key operational risk areas such as machinery safety, contractor control, workplace transport, manual handling, fire safety, hazardous substances, working at height and maintenance activity.
• Strong facilitation, organisation and project coordination skills, with good attention to detail.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Current full driving licence, if multi-site travel is required.
• NEBOSH Diploma, NVQ Level 5/6 in Occupational Health and Safety, or working towards equivalent.
• TechIOSH, GradIOSH or working towards Chartered Membership of IOSH.
• ISO 45001 internal auditor or lead auditor training.
• Experience in food manufacturing, bakery, chilled or ambient production environments.
• Experience with H&S KPI reporting, trend analysis and action tracking systems.
• Experience creating or revising H&S procedures, forms, guidance documents and training material.
• Practical knowledge of contractor management, CDM, PUWER, LOLER, COSHH, DSEAR, fire safety and statutory inspection arrangements.
• Experience supporting regulator, insurer or customer audit visits.
• Microsoft Visio or other process mapping experience.

What’s in it for you

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (for you and your family)
• Retail discounts via our Benefits Hub
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral)
• Employee Recognition Awards
• Ongoing Learning & Development, including supported professional memberships

Why join Finsbury Food Group?

At Finsbury Food Group, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re committed to building safe, inclusive, and high-performing sites — and compliance plays a vital role in that journey.

If you’re passionate about doing the right thing, improving standards, and making a real impact at site level, we’d love to hear from you.