Overview At PepsiCo UK, we’re proud to make some of the nation’s favourite snacks and drinks—like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch. With sites across the UK, including our Quaker mill in Cupar and Doritos factory in Coventry, we’re also home to one of the world’s largest crisp factories in Leicester. At the end of 2025 we will move our UK office to a vibrant new Reading town centre location, just minutes from Reading train station. Why Join Us? We offer a competitive salary, bonus, car allowance, flexible working, and a wide range of benefits—from critical illness cover and discounted gym memberships to enhanced parental leave and electric car schemes. Our commitment to wellbeing and career growth makes us a Top Employer for 14 years running. Please note: This is a Temporary Management Accountant position (6 month fixed term contract). Responsibilities Managing the Direct costs for the site. Ensuring all costs are reported correctly and all variances vs AOP are fully understood. Ensuring month-end reporting for Directs is accurate and all deadlines are met. Providing base information to feed into forecast and AOP builds for SAP and TM1. Ensuring correct inputs are provided in relation to cost KPIs during weekly site meetings. Participating actively in standard work with Operations and ensuring alignment on cost KPIs between shift-based teams and Finance. Using outputs from standard work meetings to build commentary and analyse trends for period-end reporting. Ensuring GCS and SOX compliance. Supporting the site with other workstreams as required. Qualifications AAT qualified (or equivalent). Early stages of professional accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA). Manufacturing accounting experience. Advanced Excel skills. Drive for results/ability to work under pressure (role is deadline driven). Ability to influence upwards to affect the results & progress of the action plan & AOP. Communication skills to all levels. SAP Skills desirable, not essential. A Space to be You We celebrate individuality and are committed to building an inclusive workplace. Our Employee Resource Groups help embed inclusion into our culture, ensuring everyone feels valued and heard. Equal Opportunities We’re an equal opportunity employer, committed to the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will provide any necessary adjustments to support you through the recruitment process. About PepsiCo PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated nearly $92 billion in net revenue in 2024, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep (PepsiCo Positive). pep is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com, and follow on X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo.