Operations Finance Manager

Finsbury Food Group; Whitefield; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bakery manufacturer is seeking an Operations Finance Manager to join their Finance Team in Manchester. This role involves business partnering with site functions to drive financial performance and supports strategic decision-making. Ideal candidates will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with FMCG or food manufacturing experience. This role offers hybrid working arrangements with competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Death in Service Benefit

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts via Benefits Hub

Company shop with discounted products

Refer a Friend Scheme

Employee Recognition Awards

Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with FMCG or food manufacturing experience.
• Management experience in operations or logistics finance.
• Desirable experience with TM1 or M3 systems.

Responsibilities

• Business partner with site lead to drive EBITDA growth.
• Ensure compliance with Group internal controls.
• Provide robust financial analysis for cost savings.

Skills

FMCG experience

Team management

TM1 or M3 systems

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Job description

Location:Manchester

Shift: Monday to Friday

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

We have an opportunity for an Operations Finance Manager to join our Finance Team.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. Established in 1985, Kara offers a wide range of quality sweet and savoury bakery products, including both gourmet butter and vegan brioche buns, doughballs and teacakes. The Kara Bakery can bake over 1 million baps and burger buns every day.

The Operations Finance Manager's role is to business partner site-based functions, as well as wider central functions, to help drive EBITDA growth and optimise business performance - Support, challenge and advise to ensure targets are correctly set, measured accurately, performance is met, and costs are controlled.

The successful candidate will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with experience in FMCG or food manufacturing; team management; previous operations and/or logistics finance role; TM1 and/or M3 systems experience is desirable.

This role offers hybrid working but predominantly office based in Manchester with regular travel required to Sheffield. Travel may also be required to other offices in the group (Glasgow, Cardiff or Salisbury) for meetings which could be weekly or monthly, depending on the requirement.

This is a great opportunity for someone to gain experience with one of the UK's largest bakery businesses. They'll work closely with a friendly and engaging team from both a site and group perspective, offering opportunities for growth and long-term career development.

This is what you'll actually do!

As the Operations Finance Manager they will business partner the site lead and wider leadership team providing analysis, support and guidance on any area of work impacting the operations team and ensure accurate weekly and monthly management information is generated and communicated to all stakeholders, co-ordinating input from the broader Finance team as required. They will also ensure that all operational finance activities are compliant with Group internal controls and delegated authorities.

With strong communication skills they will work closely with budget holders to manage, control and challenge overhead spend They will also challenge and support the continuous improvement journey, providing robust financial analysis and justification of cost savings.

The Operations Finance Manager will be the initial gatekeeper of the capital process - supporting investment appraisals both pre and post capex - monthly reporting & forecasting process, ensuring robust controls are in place to manage spend and track benefits in line with budget / business case. They will own the quarterly P&L re-forecasts and annual budgets / standard setting processes across relevant manufacturing sites. They will also Finance support for weekly/monthly paid payroll, ensuring accuracy and robustness of process.

Ideally this is you!

• Qualifications: ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
• Experience: FMCG or food manufacturing; business partnering; previous operations and/or logistics finance role; TM1 and/or M3 systems experience is desirable.

What's in it for you?

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!)
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral - t&cs dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

Other details

• Job Function Finance
• Pay Type Salary

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• Competitive salary, and a wide range of benefits