Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Greencore Group Lts; Worksop; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer is seeking a Senior Commercial Finance Analyst to influence commercial decisions through financial insights. The role involves team leadership, driving budgets, and enhancing cost efficiency in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates will have finance qualifications and experience in FMCG or manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG/manufacturing/commercial finance environment preferred.
• Strong system skills and advanced Excel skills required.
• Methodical approach to data management and communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to the finance team.
• Drive commercial budget and quarterly forecasts.
• Ensure timely resolution of queries and reporting.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Data Management

Communication

Excel

BI Systems

Education

Part-qualified/qualified finance professional

Job description

Senior Commercial Finance Analyst (028564) Worksop, England

Why Greencore?

We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer, employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

What you'll be doing:

Role Purpose: To influence and support Commercial and Purchasing decisions by bringing financial objectivity, challenge, and insight to proactively support the business while managing the full reporting process and relevant team.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Provide leadership and direction to the team ensuring that they are engaged, focused, developed, and delivering their potential.
2. Drive commercial budget/quarterly forecasts, demonstrating an understanding of the key drivers, to inform strategic decision-making.
3. Identify, challenge, and proactively satisfy internal customer requirements to provide information, interpretation, and insight to the business teams to promote effective delivery of commercial performance.
4. Continuously review business practices to make recommendations for changes which will enhance cost efficiency.
5. Preparation and monitoring of monthly accrual schedules, review transactional reports, and ensure queries are resolved in a timely and effective manner.
6. Validate and monitor excellence initiatives for monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting.
7. Approve and validate promotional activity within the business to ensure margin is not diluted.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Part-qualified/qualified finance professional, preferably in an FMCG/manufacturing/commercial finance environment.
• Willingness to learn and drive best practice within the commercial finance team.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and margin management.
• A methodical and logical approach to data management and communication.
• A 'can do' attitude demonstrated in a challenging environment.
• A supportive yet challenging demeanour to ensure insight and margin driving.
• Strong system skills, ideally BI systems, and advanced/strong Excel skills.