Mller UK & Irelandis wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Mller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Mller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Mller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer's Top 100 list of Britain's Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Mller UK & Ireland includes: Mller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain's private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country. Mller Yogurt & Dessertswhich is the UK's leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Mller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Mller Corner, Mllerlight, Mller Bliss, Mller Rice, FRijj and Mller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility. We're recruiting Site Finance Business Partner Are you ready to unleash your potential and build an exciting career in finance with Britian's most chosen dairy brand? Mller UK & Ireland, part of the renowned Unternehmensgruppe Theo Mller, invites you to apply for our Site Finance Business Partner position based at our Bridgwater location. With over 26,000 employees across Europe and a long-standing commitment to excellence, Mller is a family-owned business known for its dedication to quality, innovation, and growth. In the UK alone, we produce a wide range of leading branded and private-label dairy products, from yogurts and desserts to butter and flavoured milk. As a major food and dairy manufacturer, we're driven by a bold vision and a commitment to empower our people to excel. At Mller, we embrace courage, promote forward-thinking, and believe that our greatest strength lies in our people. Joining us means embarking on a journey where your personal drive is valued, and your career is nurtured. As Site Finance Business Partner, you will provide financial decision-making support to the site and to act as finance lead in driving improvements in performance. To ensure site budgets and capital investments and to act as business partner to the site leadership team. A 'Hybrid' working model applies with 3 days per week on site. Your challenge for the Site Business Partner: - Business Partnering: - • Report on site financial operational performance and ensure accurate and clear reporting to the site leadership. • Review and drive improvements in site forecasting and performance metrics. • Act as a business partner to the site lead, but ensuring independence is maintained at all times. • Independently support line manager / senior manufacturing team in identifying and challenging local site performance even if this conflicts with local site business partner. • Support the local site and wider manufacturing functions to achieve their targets. • Business Partner Group Projects & Operational Teams to review & ensure our capex proposals are financially robust. • Business Partner Opex & Operational Teams to review & deliver on our cost saving initiatives. Compliance/Finance Control: - • Hold the fiduciary responsibility for all materials, and assets owned by the company on the site. • Develop and maintain a system of financial control, that adheres to the company's policies and procedures at all times, and which allows for the Fiduciary responsibility to be properly performed. • Ensure correct recording of all types of inventories (R&M, Milk, Ingredients etc) held on site within the company's financial systems. • Ensure accurate recording of materials consumption within the company's financial systems, and ensure the financial systems accurately report site usage, wastage and other variances. • Ensure all other costs incurred and income achieved by the site are properly recorded and reported in the financial systems. • Bridge financially the sites reported performance to budget, forecasts and prior period to ensure performance and variances are understood. Costing/reporting: - • Support Commercial teams with new Tenders by providing robust financial updates for product costing. • Ensure adherence to group standard costing methodology. • Manage and maintain the Bill of Materials and other product costing models for products manufactured by the site and implementing updates of product costing models and BOMs to maintain their accuracy. • Close the books for the site each month and ensure the management accounts accurately report sites income and expenditures and closing balance sheet. • To provide the site management team and MMI leadership with clear, timely and accurate analysis, and explanations of the financial impact of performance. • Drive and manage standardized financial based KPI metrics for the site and report these to the site management team and MMI leadership on daily/ weekly/ monthly cycles. Other: - • Coordinate and facilitate the detailed budget and forecasting process of the site, including explaining business impacts to stakeholders. • Work collaboratively with other parts of the Controlling function and wider business. • Support ad hoc delivery of projects both for the wider manufacturing and controlling teams. • Member of site leadership team and the responsibilities that come with being a member of that team. Key skills & experience for the Site Finance Business Partner: • Qualified Accountant with 2 yrs PQA or qualified by experience • Experience in FMCG • Ability to operate at all levels • Excellent communication skills • Ability to manage and influence • Self-starter with the ability to business partner • Needs to be a team player, but capable of working on own initiative, developing skills in new areas • Be able to demonstrate MMI core values in their role Benefits for the role: Up to 10% annual bonus, 4x Life Assurance policy, Private Medical Insurance, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service), Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave, Enhanced Bereavement Leave, Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%), Exclusive access to Mller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts, Business Supplied IT Equipment, Career Progression and Development Opportunities and Free parking The Process If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply at www.mullercareers.co.uk L1 - MB1 LI-Hybrid pinksquid Contact Details: F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Mller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ