Finance Analyst

Greencore; Tamworth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension contributions

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Job summary

Greencore, a leading UK convenience food producer, is seeking a finance professional in Tamworth to support site management accounts, budgeting and forecasting. You will work with the site team to analyse costs and drive financial performance.

You will produce weekly management accounts, perform variance analysis, and assist with pricing and costings to support business decisions. A background in FMCG finance and progressing accountancy qualifications is preferred.

Qualifications

• Previous management accounts experience essential and ideally working towards an accountancy qualification.
• Experience in 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.

Responsibilities

• Partner the Logistics 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.

Skills

Management accounting

Stakeholder management

Numerate

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Accountancy qualification in progress

Tools

Excel

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 Logistics 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

• Previous management accounts experience essential and ideally working towards an accountancy qualification.
• 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.