Finance Business Partner
Location: Heywood – UK (Hybrid)
Introduction
Lineage is the world’s largest and most innovative provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions – this means we help move food from farms to the dinner table, with more than 25,000 employees across over 480 locations and spanning 20 countries across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.
Having drastically increased our European footprint in a short period, we are looking to appoint a Finance Business Partner that is keen to learn and manage the financial aspects of our warehouses, amongst other, Heywood (Manchester area). This is one of our bigger sites in the UK.
The role
Lineage UK is currently looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Commercial Finance team. Reporting to the FP&A Senior Manager, the ideal candidates possess in-depth experience in finance and/or accounting combined with strong technical skills, natural curiosity and the ability to thrive in a highly collaborative team environment and experience in a retail, logistics or warehouse environment. You will be working closely with Operations teams as well as Finance. As the Finance Business Partner, you will need to be highly effective working with cross-functional teams and building strong working relationships with operating and functional leaders, both domestic and abroad.
Tasks include:
1. Develop strong relationships based on mutual trust and respect with operating leaders, providing a robust link between the operations and finance
2. Drive financial results via data analysis, including key trends, variance analysis and development of financial models for decision support
3. Complete monthly UK reporting and forecast processes including variance analysis and explanations including concise snap-shot reporting comparing actual financial performance against budget, forecast, and business and customer expectations
4. Complete business plan (budget and quarterly forcasting) processes, including year-over-year analysis of site, business unit, and uploads into relevant software
5. Produce weekly KPI reporting as well as analysis of the figures
6. Produce accurate financial information to various stakeholders across the business
7. Improve processes and productivity by developing automated reporting and forecasting tools
8. Presentation of monthly results and KPI reports to Ops Teams
9. Drive overall business analysis, understanding and actions using key performance indicators (KPIs), including non-financial metrics
10. Provide financial, KPI, and statistical information to management, customers, and other third parties
11. Willingness to travel where necessary
Who we’re looking for:
Ideal candidates possess experience in accounting combined with a natural curiosity and eagerness to learn. Have an ability to review and challenge the status quo and suggest improvements on site while influencing change. This role would suit someone that enjoys working on changing priorities and have the opportunity to build great relationships. For the right person there is a great opportunity to develop in their career and take charge of one of our sites.
You will also have:
Qualifications:
12. Accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) (Qualified or Part Qualified)
13. 4+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience
14. Experience using financial systems required
15. Experience with detailed financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting required
16. Expert with Microsoft Excel and proficient with Microsoft PowerPoint
17. Working Knowledge of current accounting
18. Strong analytical skills (both qualitative and quantitative), including the ability to solve practical problems and analyze processes for improvement
19. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex information crisply and succinctly
20. Strong interpersonal skills and presence to quickly gain respect and build strong working relationships across the organization at all levels, including C-Suite/Executive
21. Comfort working in a hands-on, highly engaged environment and willingness to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility along with a strong work ethic and bias for action
22. Natural curiosity along with a high degree of enthusiasm, commitment, servant leadership skills and a willingness to challenge the status quo
23. Demonstrated ability to lead and influence without specific authority (cross-functional, matrixed teams)
24. Commitment to providing outstanding internal and external customer support
25. Committed, accountable, and motivated
Lineage Team Members:
26. Lead with our core values: Safe, Trust, Respect, Innovation, Bold, Servant Leadership
27. Continually meet internal and external customer expectations through collaborative teamwork and a willingness to help and support others
28. Commit to a culture of safety, promote a safe work environment through personal actions and identification of any safety concerns
29. Demonstrate a natural curiosity about the business and take initiative to continually improve performance and work processes through feedback, problem solving and innovation.
What's in it for me?
30. Basic salary range between £40k - £55k annual working Monday to Friday.
31. The primary office location will be Heywood (at least once or twice a week) but we support working from home.
32. You will get lots of autonomy to own your work; you will work with a supportive manager who will help to develop your professional skills, but you will spend every day using your subject matter expertise to solve business problems.
33. We are a global company which is expanding quickly across Europe. You will feel the impact of your work as the ‘tip of the spear’, playing a critical role in realising our purpose of transforming the supply-chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world
34. To support our growth, our leadership culture focuses us on developing talent internally and this is a great opportunity to nurture your career in a leading global company.
Lineage Logistics is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Job Reference INDUK
Why Lineage?
We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.
At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain.
Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.
We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex-Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.
Benefits
As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us – plus generous financial rewards when you successfully refer new employees. This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.
Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.