Finance Analyst

Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group); Eythorne; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Job summary

Greencore, following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, is one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food. This role focuses on timely financial analysis to support budgeting, forecasting, and site decision making in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

You will partner with the manufacturing team, develop site P&L, and provide insight to drive cost efficiency and profitable growth across our UK sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required or equivalent.
• Numerate with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in manufacturing, logistics or FMCG is beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Partner the manufacturing team to provide timely and accurate analysis to support business decisions.
• Help create site P&L budget and quarterly forecasts, focusing on key drivers for local operations.
• Identify and satisfy internal customer requirements with information, interpretation and insight for site teams.
• Review business practices to recommend cost efficiency improvements.
• Support Finance Business Partner in site finance control and governance.
• Produce extracts and analysis for weekly management accounts.
• Prepare variance analysis for monthly, quarterly and half-yearly Group packs.
• Develop or validate new product pricing, costing and margin analyses for new business.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Strong communication

Organisational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Forecasting tools

Job description

Why Join Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, Greencore is one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we employ over 28,000 colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Our products span every meal occasion, and in FY25 our shared passion helped deliver combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct-to-store network ensures fresh and frozen food reaches thousands of stores every day. To support this scale, we are delivering a significant transformation through our Making Business Easier (MBE) programme, and this role is a key part of making that change land successfully.

What you'll be doing

• Partner the manufacturing team to provide timely and accurate analysis and information to support business decisions.
• Help create site P&L budget / quarterly forecasts, demonstrating an understanding of the key drivers, to inform local operational and strategic decision making.
• Identify, challenge, and proactively satisfy internal customer requirements to provide information, interpretation and insight to the business and site teams to promote effective delivery of site performance.
• Continuously review business practices to make recommendations for changes which will enhance cost efficiency.
• Support the Finance business Partner in all areas of site finance control and governance.
• Produce extracts and analysis to prepare weekly management accounts.
• Produce variance analysis to deliver the monthly, quarterly and half yearly Group packs.
• Develop or validate new product pricing, costing, margin analysis to support new business presentations.

What we're looking for

• Prior experience within Finance within a Logistics or FMCG/Manufacturing environment is a benefit but not essential
• Numerate and literate
• Ability to challenge and influence key stakeholders
• Strong communication and organisational skills

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• 25 days holiday
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform