Site Finance Manager

PepsiCo, Inc.; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food and beverage company is seeking a Site Finance Manager for their manufacturing team in Skelmersdale. The role focuses on overseeing financial operations, managing site financials, and leading financial teams. Candidates should be financially qualified, with strong leadership and communication skills. This position requires a detail-oriented individual dedicated to driving results and may involve travel to another site monthly. Excellent workplace culture recognized by industry awards.

Qualifications

• Management accountant or financially qualified.
• Experience in financial and project management preferred.
• Ability to manage change effectively.
• Strong leadership skills to empower colleagues.
• Clear communicator of complex financial information.
• Ability to build relationships at all organizational levels.
• Flexible approach with keen attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial control processes and forecast coordination.
• Provide insights to deliver site financial plans.
• Standardize financial reporting systems.
• Model company values and support site decisions.
• Manage annual operating plans and budgets.
• Lead a team of finance professionals.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication

Financial modeling

Change management

Relationship building

Results-driven

Education

CIMA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

TM1

Job description

Financial modelling of strategic planning, formulating both short and long-term business plans whilst ensuring key business decisions are underpinned with robust financial justification. Support ME managers on site productivity pipeline. Support & verify Investment proposal development and financial appraisals. Lead period end, driving key SOX and GCS.

Financial control processes. Periodic and annual forecast coordination and delivery. Provide insight and analysis to drive delivery against the site financial plan. Drive the standard of financial reporting systems (includes weekly Labour, Raw Material closes). Role model PepsiCo values and culture and proactively support people development across the site. Be the escalation point for all site-based finance decisions. Full autonomy for construction of the Annual Operating Plan, forecasts and subsequent budgetary management. Leading a team of qualified and non-qualified professionals.

Qualifications

• Financially qualified, management accountant or equivalent (CIMA).
• Previous financial and project management experience in Operations environment preferred.
• Ability to effectively manage change.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to empower and coach colleagues of all levels.
• Clear communicator, able to deliver complex messages in a simple manner (to both finance and non-finance colleagues).
• Ability to build relationship at all levels of the organisation.
• Flexible approach with a keen eye for detail and the ability to make good, balanced business decisions to meet future business and customer requirements.
• Demonstrated drive for results and a can-do attitude.
• SAP & TM1 experience preferred.
• Willingness to travel between sites on a monthly basis.

Overview

We're on the lookout for a Site Finance Manager to join our busy manufacturing team looking after Snacks site in Skelmersdale and our Grains site in Cupar. PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers Crisps and Quaker Oats, we have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have consistently been voted a Top Employer. The Skelmersdale & Cupar sites are at the heart of PepsiCo UK producing great tasting Walkers crisps & Quaker oats every day. As a Site Finance Manager, you'll be a key member of the site leadership team helping to shape the overall site agenda whilst having overall responsibility for the site financials, managing the results of a complex manufacturing operation. The role will be based in Skelmersdale but travel will be required monthly to Cupar (including overnight stays).

Responsibilities

Financial control processes, forecast coordination, insight and analysis to drive delivery against the site financial plan, standardization of financial reporting systems, role modeling PepsiCo values, escalation point for site finance decisions, autonomy over operating plans and budgets, team leadership, etc.