Costings Finance Analyst – Manufacturing Costing & Margin

The Compleat Food Group; Crewe; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice

Electric vehicles

Cycle to Work

SMART Pension

33 days annual leave

Retail discounts

Free product handouts

EV charging points

GroceryAid support

Wellbeing resources

Online LMS

Training opportunities

Career conversations

Mentoring

Club Compleat rewards

Job summary

The Compleat Food Group is seeking a site Costings Finance Analyst in Crewe to own product costing, inventory valuation, standard costs, and manufacturing cost accuracy.

You’ll turn data into opportunities to improve cost efficiency, partner with Manufacturing, Procurement and NPD, and support budgets and forecasts. This role requires a CIMA/ACCA background and a proactive, detail‑driven mindset.

Qualifications

• Qualified / Part-Qualified (CIMA/ACCA)
• Strong understanding of standard costing and manufacturing finance
• ERP costing experience
• Confident analysing cost drivers, margins, variances, and inventory movements
• Strong Excel/data analysis skills
• Ability to partner with operational teams, explain financial impacts clearly (including to non-financial functions) and manage stakeholder expectations
• Ability to prioritise, organise and elevate tasks
• Attention to detail with a continuous improvement mindset
• Experience in food manufacturing desirable

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate standard costs, including BOMs, routing assumptions, labour rates, and overhead rates
• End to end costings responsibility
• Own site costing structures within the ERP system
• Provide product margin, manufacturing cost, and inventory valuation reporting
• Perform detailed variance analysis across material, labour, yield, and overhead costs
• Partner with Manufacturing, Procurement, and NPD to support product costing and cost reduction opportunities
• Provide cost assumptions and standard cost inputs for budgets and forecasts
• Track manufacturing cost performance, production efficiency, and yield impacts
• Ensure costing integrity, inventory controls, and accurate stock valuation
• Support operational analysis, including budget control where required
• Provide costing inputs for CapEx business cases and operational impact assessments
• Using initiative to support continuous improvement on existing and new processes
• Maintain comprehensive site knowledge, such as new lines/processes/ways of working/product portfolio (brands, new launches etc.)
• Understanding of the wider marketplace and external influences (such as inflation)
• Challenging and influencing information provided from operations, commercial, NPD etc. such as line speed, number of people required, operational yields, raw materials required, prime cost targets
• This is nota traditional finance role with monthly/weekly reporting, so the capability to adapt to frequent change in pace is required

Skills

Costing analysis

Excel analytics

Stakeholder mgmt

Costing controls

Education

CIMA/ACCA part-qualified

Tools

ERP costing

ERP system

Job description

The Compleat Food Group is seeking a site Costings Finance Analyst in Crewe to own product costing, inventory valuation, standard costs, and manufacturing cost accuracy.

You’ll turn data into opportunities to improve cost efficiency, partner with Manufacturing, Procurement and NPD, and support budgets and forecasts. This role requires a CIMA/ACCA background and a proactive, detail‑driven mindset.