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Premium Ventures is an exciting premium managed pubs business within the Greene King portfolio including:
* Metropolitan Pub company, our Premium urban food led brand, comprising 60 sites located mainly in Greater London
* Crafted Pubs is our premium dining led destination offer, with 7 sites located in rural and suburban settings.
This role would suit a newly qualified accountant or studying towards a professional accounting qualification, this will be based from our Burton or Bury St Edmunds on a hybrid basis
Our teams are bursting with energy, passion, and excitement for the iconic pubs they represent, never taking themselves too seriously and revelling in creating experiences like no other. Never accepting the status quo, the team want to always push boundaries to drive innovation and have new experiences.
The Business Partner role will support the Premium Ventures Leadership team providing insight, analysis and challenge to support all food & drink product and pricing decisions to ensure we drive the profitability of the Business Unit forward. Leading the financial and commercial analysis of discount and promotions proposals, as well as supporting the wider Greene King pubs finance processes.
With this high degree of complexity comes a fast-paced environment with a wide range of responsibilities and opportunities for development.
This is an exciting role with the opportunity to help drive the performance of a Premium Venture business and being a key cog in decision making for the Business unit across the Commercial, Marketing and Finance functions
Company Description
Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what's wholly British, the pub experience.
Additional Information
We're all about rewarding our team's hard work, that's why…
You'll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:
* The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career.
* Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
* Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter
* Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
* Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them
* Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
* Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…
Qualifications
Your role as Finance Business Partner
* Understand menu performance, provide financial analysis to support menu proposals and pricing decisions
* Complete the financial and commercial evaluation of discount and promotions proposals
* Work closely with the Group Pricing and Insights teams to understand the market and gain a comprehensive understanding of Metropolitan Pubs performance vs market competitors
* Produce financial and commercial analysis to support Food and Drinks Leads with supplier cost negotiations
* Continually drive process, system and accounting improvement across the business
* Use data to identify and address development areas and growth opportunities within the business
* Assist the Finance team with the preparations of the annual budgets & forecasts
* Experience the business by being out in trade regularly to understand implications of decisions and opportunities. this will also require travel into London working from our London based office
* Provide support to the Head of Finance on ad-hoc analysis as required.
What you'll bring…
* Effective prioritisation and time management skills, able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
* Attention to detail.
* Naturally enquiring mind with the ability to provide clear, concise analyses and recommendations.
* Proactive, "can do" attitude – see tasks and projects through to completion and full implementation.
* Excellent communication skills, with a natural ability to explain and present financial data in simple ways.
* Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels within the business.
* Confident in challenging non-finance colleagues based on a combination of robust analysis/insight and experience.
* A passion for pubs with plenty of energy
Full time
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