Finance Assistant

Young's Seafood; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food sector is seeking a Financial Support Role in Scunthorpe. The successful candidate will provide essential financial support to grow site operations while ensuring accurate reporting and analysis. This role presents an opportunity to engage deeply within the finance team and impact overall growth and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience with financial reporting and analysis.
• Good educational background with willingness to pursue finance qualification.
• Proven task management and project completion abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support site finance controller with reporting and insights.
• Produce and analyze financial and operational KPIs.
• Develop management reporting processes and improve cycles.

Skills

SAP

Anaplan

Excel

Analytical skills

Education

Professional finance qualification

Tools

Hellenic

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Job Title: Financial Support Role at Sofina Foods

The holder of this role will deliver comprehensive support to the Site Financial Controller and Head of Operations, assisting them in growing and developing the Scunthorpe sites through designing and maintaining a robust financial control environment, as well as providing timely operational reporting and analysis, including departmental yield and labour reporting.

Key to the success of this role will be providing accurate and timely management information to enable the site management team and key business partners to maximize growth and efficiency opportunities. Involvement in developing, implementing, and continuously improving reporting cycles will be a priority. This role will support the Operations team and departmental managers daily.

Salary Range

£23,000 - £27,000 per year

Company Information

Sofina Foods is a company that values growth, learning, and making a positive impact. It offers a wide range of meat and seafood products, with over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood and Karro Food Group.

At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. The company sources responsibly from over 50 protein sources across 5 continents and has a 25-year history of excellence, providing over a million meals annually worldwide.

Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the world. If you seek a rewarding career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.

Key Accountabilities

1. Support the site finance controller with daily, weekly, and monthly group reporting, including preparing and providing insights into the monthly site Continuous Improvement (CI) pack.
2. Produce and analyze departmental management information, including daily/weekly reporting of financial and operational KPIs, departmental yield, and labour reports, supporting weekly management reviews.
3. Develop management reporting processes to align departmental and financial targets across all operational levels, including daily KPI tracking for site management meetings.
4. Continuously improve finance and operational reporting cycles and support cost reduction initiatives.
5. Design and deliver analysis and reporting for Transport and Coldstore costs.

Skills and Experience Required

1. Experience with SAP, Anaplan, Hellenic preferred/ideal.
2. Good educational background with a willingness to pursue a professional finance qualification.
3. Proven ability to manage tasks/projects successfully to completion.
4. Strong computer literacy, especially in Excel and analytical skills.