Senior Finance Business Partner

Natures Way Foods; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner | Six Figure Remuneration Package | Annual Bonus | West Sussex

Join Natures Way Foods, a leader in fresh food manufacturing, as a Finance Business Partner to the Operations Team. In this high-impact role, you’ll work closely with the COO and senior leaders across four operational sites, providing strategic financial insight to drive key decisions.

Leading a team of 4 Finance Business Partners, you'll deliver robust budgeting, forecasting, product costings and scenario planning, while promoting continuous improvement and enhancing ROI across the business.

If you're commercially minded, confident challenging the status quo, and passionate about using finance to influence performance — we’d love to hear from you.

What you get from us

• Six figure package
• Annual bonus
• Car allowance £7k
• Employer matched pension up to 7%
• BUPA - Family cover
• Flexible benefits including Corporate gym discounts, shopping discounts, enhanced maternity & paternity policy and many more
• Access to online GP & life assurance

Key responsibilities

• Provide robust analysis of key financial data to the COO and their leadership team to support strategic business decisions
• Proactively initiate financial analysis and present recommendations to the executive team to drive operational improvements and enhance ROI
• Deliver accurate and insightful daily reporting on operational performance
• Oversee the operations finance business partners, ensuring their activities align with business strategy and operational priorities
• Drive the development of the FBP team through coaching and performance management to ensure a culture of excellence
• Act as a key member of the senior leadership team, holding peers accountable for strategic delivery, expected behaviours and culture
• Anticipate and proactively address potential issues with practical financial solutions
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement across finance and operational stakeholders
• Lead the identification and implementation of productivity initiatives within operations

Requirements

• ACCA/CIMA qualification required
• Business partnering at board level
• Previous management experience in a Finance Business Partnering role
• Experience in manufacturing/retail environment in a business partnering role is desirable
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Strong proficiency in Excel and general IT systems

Nature’s Way Foods is the leading manufacturer of prepared salads, coleslaw and “food-to-go” for retailers and QSR, and as such we work closely with farmers across Europe. But there’s lots more to us than the products we make.

Our culture is inclusive, and our people are diverse spanning 39 different languages. We operate four manufacturing facilities capable of producing over 326m units per year. It is an exciting time to join Nature’s Way Foods as we are growing rapidly and there are genuine opportunities to progress within the organisation.

Interested?

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.

At Nature's Way Food, we believe that diversity and inclusion are key to driving innovation and achieving excellence. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential. We are dedicated to building a diverse team that reflects the communities we serve and the world we live in.

Join us in our mission to create a more inclusive and fairer world. Together, we can become best at fresh.