Overview
Business Finance FP&A Manager
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Business Area: Meals · Location: Spalding, Lincs · Contract: Permanent · Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 per annum (dependant on experience) · Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm
Benefits: Excellent rewards package including £8,400 car allowance per annum, up to 20% short-term bonus, private medical insurance for yourself and family, 25 days holiday, Life Insurance.
Key Details
Location: Bakkavor Spalding site, employing over 1,470 people across 3 manufacturing facilities and 1 Distribution Centre. We specialise in making hand crafted sandwich wraps, salads, dips, soups & sauces and mayonnaise.
What this role does
The purpose of the Business FP&A Manager role is to lead the Business FP&A Team that manages the execution of forecasting and reporting routines and supports the Senior Financial Controller and Business partners with timely and accurate analysis. The role is part of the UK FP&A Team and requires building strong working relationships to standardise UK processes. It is also responsible for on-ground adherence to Group controls and SLAs, assisting the Senior Financial Controller in key meetings, reviews, and relationship management.
Key Responsibilities
* Performance Reporting - Managing and consolidating daily and weekly trackers for timely distribution to management, reviewing and analysing P&L and tracker data to identify errors and trends, and supporting Finance Shared Services in preparing weekly and monthly financial reports and reconciliations. Coordinate EBITDA reconciliations for senior review, generate ad-hoc reports to aid business performance analysis, collaborate with the UK FP&A Team to streamline reporting and avoid duplication, and ensure the reporting suite remains relevant and insightful to meet evolving business priorities and stakeholder needs.
* Forecasting - Managing the schedule for key forecasting activities, including the 13-week tracker, quarterly rolling forecasts, and 3-year business plans. Ensure forecast templates and analyses are prepared accurately and on time. Collaborate with the Business Partnering Team to incorporate trends and cost drivers into financial models, oversee the timely submission of forecast data into Cognos, and conduct monthly and quarterly variance analyses with actionable insights.
* Product Costing & Pricing - Collaborate with Procurement to provide data and insights for price forecasting, lead standard cost resets with understanding of impact by Finance and Operational teams. Maintain pricing information across the business per group policies and manage regular price variance reporting. Support ad-hoc costing analyses for product launches and promotions.
* Capital Management & Investment Appraisal - Review and prepare capital invoice additions forecast and capital cash forecast, challenge project slippage and support corrective action plans.
* Communication & Change Management - Build relationships with internal stakeholders, regular communication with the UK FP&A Team to share updates and challenges, standardise processes across sites, and drive improvements. Support projects including centralisation and IS transformation initiatives and collaborate with other areas of the broader finance function as needed.
* Control Environment - Assist and support internal & external audit activities as required. Ensure site adherence to Group controls, identify and challenge gaps and support operations teams to resolve and implement new and improved processes that align to standards.
* People Management - Build strong relationships within the Business FP&A team, provide guidance and training on best practices, accounting standards, compliance and systems, conduct regular performance reviews, and ensure the team has the tools and resources needed for effective performance.
About you
* Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to advise and support using analysis and trend information.
* Comprehensive Microsoft Office skills – PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
* Demonstrate excellent employee management skills; ability to plan, assign and direct work; ability to recruit, mentor and appraise employees.
* Ability to identify and apply best practices for forecasting, reporting and analysis activity.
* Previous management experience preferred.
* Strong knowledge of Operational Finance reporting and deep understanding of financial forecasting and analysis.
* Experience with Finance ERP and Business Reporting Tools.
* Professional Qualified Accountant (e.g., ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
What you’ll receive
As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This includes benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings.
* Car allowance £8,400
* Bonus up to 20%
* A stakeholder pension scheme
* Personal accident Insurance
* Free independent mortgage advice
* Employee assistance programme
* A range of voluntary benefits
* Holiday purchase scheme
* Additional life assurance
* Dental & hospital cash plans
* Discounted tutoring for children
* Access to financial learning tools
* Affordable loans via your salary
* Proud to be and loyal service awards
Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our wellbeing champions.
What we’re about
Proud to be Bakkavor. We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry, supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We offer a wide range of careers across our business.
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