Finance Business Partner

Warburtons; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to influence key business decisions while partnering with manufacturing and distribution teams. You will drive performance improvements through insightful budgeting and forecasting, ensuring compliance with financial policies. The position also involves leading productivity initiatives and managing site finance teams. If you are a qualified CIMA accountant with strong leadership and analytical skills, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in a growing organization.

Benefits

Discretionary profit share

Extra week’s annual leave

Award winning pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Personal development investment

Free physiotherapy access

Confidential helpline access

Occupational health service

Qualifications

• Qualified CIMA accountant with at least 1 year post qualification experience.
• Demonstrated positive performance in business partnering with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Site Finance lead, partnering with manufacturing and distribution teams.
• Driving performance improvement through insightful budgeting and forecasting.
• Ownership of the site capex process.

Skills

Business Partnering

Budgeting

Forecasting

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

CIMA Qualified Accountant

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To be a key business partner, influencer and advisor to the Manufacturing and Distribution teams on site and a proactive member of the Operational finance team, contributing to the delivery of the business strategy/Financial Framework.

Based in Tuscany Park, Wakefield with responsibility for Stockton and Belshill too. Travel between Tuscany and Stockton.

Our Tuscany Park “super bakery” and distribution depot opened in 2005 and can be found on the outskirts of Normanton at Wakefield Europort. The bakery runs 3 high speed, highly automated manufacturing plants producing products like the famous Toastie, Farmhouse, Danish and Wholemeal and sliced bread rolls.

We have around 500 colleagues at Tuscany Park and 70 colleagues in our Howden depot, who ensure our delicious freshly baked products reach our customers across the UK each day. With some exciting innovation and investment, we’re still growing!

Key Accountabilities

• Business Partnering: Site Finance lead, building great relationships to partner with the manufacturing and distribution divisional teams:
• Turn data into insight and bring the numbers to life
• Key member of Site Leadership Team
• Maximise the use of key cost drivers and metrics/KPIs
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Driving performance improvement through insightful budgeting and forecasting:
• Alignment of site inputs to business strategy
• Process development and simplification
• KPI/metric driven approach
• Focus on key cost areas
• Business wide projects: Leadership of or a proactive team member contributing towards business wide projects (both Finance and non-finance projects).
• Compliance: Adherence to financial policies and controls
• Health & Safety: Behave in a manner that ensures conformance to health & safety legislation, policies and standards.
• Productivity: Alongside the site teams, Finance and wider divisional teams, identify and influence the delivery of productivity initiatives.
• Capital: Ownership of the site capex process.
• Lead for Growth: People management and development:
• Line management of the Finance teams on site
• Commitment to CPD
• Support the development of the site and wider Finance team
• Qualified CIMA (or equivalent) accountant with at least 1 year post qualification experience, ideally within a FMCG business
• Demonstrated positive performance in business partnering with senior stakeholders (financial and operational)
• Able to identify and influence delivery of cost saving initiatives
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent communication and influencing skills

Extra Dough

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra week’s annual leave
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
• Private medical insurance and life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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