Why Greencore?
We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
Role Purpose
Deliver optimal operational performance, personally provide decision support to key operations stakeholders and ensure that the internal control environment is implemented in line with group policy. Lead on Finance process, governance and standardisation for all operations
Key Accountabilities
*Provide leadership and direction to ensure that the local finance team is engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their full potential
*Take ownership of the internal control environment to ensure that identified risks are addressed. Ensure the integrity of the balance sheet through monthly detailed reviews and maintaining a detailed knowledge of balance sheet items including risks and opportunities
*Support key stakeholders to ensure optimal decisions are made with factual information. Take the lead on preparation of financials for business cases, capital investment proposals and other such activity. Own financial review to assess the delivery of initiatives
*Optimise financial performance with a particular focus on budget process and conversion reconciliation by providing support and challenge to stakeholders and budget holders. Lead the process for a robust budget and forecasting process including communication key stakeholders. Be a driver of continuous improvement e.g., through margin accretion, GME, GEE, GPE, site conversion or net revenue management
*Owner and gatekeeper of the site capital process, including planning and prioritising future spend, maintaining an accurate view of capital cash spend phasing, risk monitoring and management, monitoring and challenge of project timescales from inception to completion, quality control for all capital proposals being issued from the site and monitoring capital spend
*Contribute to the wider finance team to ensure continuous improvement in controls, efficiency and ways of working
*Lead key projects when called upon to enable data to be understood, insight gleaned and better solution delivered
*In conjunction with the data and analytics team, develop, continually improve, own and implement advanced analytics that lead to improved insights and recommended actions for the senior leadership team to use to drive improved business performance
*Support the achievement of our sustainability plan through leading with a sustainability mindset
*Support the achievement of our inclusion and diversity aspirations through role modelling and personally leading and hiring inclusively, embracing and encouraging diversity
*Implement and ensure compliance with our data management and governance policies, procedures and/or guidance governance approaches so that associated risks are mitigated and managed
Skills and Experience
*ACA, ACCA, CIMA post qualification experience
*Experience of operational or commercial decision support
*Excellent interpersonal skills able to communicate to all levels of the business
*Ability to build, lead and develop a high performing team
*Proactive, organised and able to work flexibly in order to meet deadlines and have the drive to deliver results
*Able to partner, challenge and collaborate at a senior level and provide value add insight to a team of professionals