Finance Business Partner

Dovecote Park Ltd; Pontefract; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Staff shop, with products as low as £1

Onsite Gym open 24/7

Subsidised canteen

Cycle to Work scheme

Dovecote Rewards scheme

Job summary

Dovecote Park Ltd in Pontefract seeks a Finance Business Partner to drive financial planning, cost control and decision support for manufacturing operations. You will partner with operations, supply chain and commercial teams to improve reporting, analyse variances and create value through automation.

The role requires ACCA or CIMA with 3+ years in manufacturing finance and a proven ability to communicate with non-finance colleagues. Onsite work with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• ACCA or CIMA qualification or active progress with substantial experience in manufacturing finance.
• 3+ years in a manufacturing finance role or similar.
• Strong ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience with reporting, budgeting and cost control.
• Proven track record of driving efficiencies and automation in finance processes.

Responsibilities

• Build & maintain relationships with internal & external stakeholders.
• Support Management finance function when required.
• Assist BoM understanding and advise on variances.
• Drive data automation to reduce time and improve efficiency.
• Identify uses of AI to improve reporting and understanding of performance.
• Lead reporting and variance analysis to standard costs for meat, packaging and labour.
• Support retail management to understand variances and improvements.
• Communicate financial reports to finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Track savings and apply to standard costs; manage promotional funds.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Variance analysis

Data automation

Reporting

Manufacturing finance

IT systems Savvy

Education

ACCA or CIMA

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Finance Business Partner

Location: Pontefract

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

Salary: Competitive + benefits

Executive Summary

Understanding of financial metrics and their impact on the business, supporting decision making for the operations, continuous improvement and commercial teams.

Who are we?

We are a family business established in Yorkshire in 1997 based in Pontefract with a reputation for exceptional product, innovation and industry leading animal welfare standards. Our facilities combine traditional British butchery technique with some of the best technological prowess in the food sector.

A committed team of over 1100 staff oversee the whole process: from procuring the best possible livestock from our carefully picked group of farms, through butchery, retail packaging and despatch before it finally arrives on the supermarket shelf or as part of the restaurant dining experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Build & maintain relationships with existing and new stakeholders both internal & external.
• Support Management finance function when required.
• Support BoM understanding and advising where issues are arising through variance analysis.
• Play a key role in data automation and drive changes on reducing time and improving efficiency through automation of processes.
• Identify areas where AI can be used to improve reporting and create internal efficiency improvements and provide a greater understanding of business performance.
• Drive reporting and variance analysis to standard costs on Meat, packaging and labour.
• Support retail management teams to understand variances and track progress of improvements.
• Support in challenging standard costs across all products and identifying changes required.
• Communicating and presenting financial reports to both finance and non-finance colleagues
• Support in understanding savings across the business and understanding the financial impact of these savings and where to apply these to standard costs.
• Full ownership for tracking and reporting on promotional funds and commercial activity including ownership of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Build and support reporting and analysis across sales and margin analysis including variance to budget analysis.
• Oversee and support new products development from concept costings, factory trials to full launch product costings
• Complete scenario analysis on price point changes to provide advice and information ahead of any promotional activity or price point changes.
• Present and communicate with customers alongside the commercial team.

Requirements

• Part qualified / qualified (ACCA or CIMA)
• 3+ years' experience within a manufacturing finance role preferably within a food manufacturing business
• Strong relationship building and communication skills.
• Proven performance of adding value & driving efficiencies / cost savings
• Self-disciplined and motivated with a can-do, proactive attitude
• Ability to work collegiately with colleagues from different areas and disciplines within the same business
• Strong knowledge and experience of IT systems to improve business performance generally and in regard to developing / improving reporting efficiencies.

Benefits:

• Free onsite parking
• Staff shop, with products as low as £1
• Onsite Gym open 24/7
• Subsidised canteen
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Dovecote Rewards scheme where you’ll find discounts at over a 1000 Retailers.