Job Description
Are you an experienced Finance Business Partner with a passion for fresh produce? If so, we have a unique opportunity to join a rapidly growing fresh produce business with responsibility for management accounting, forecasting, commercial analysis and decision support relating to the Wholesale Market Branches within the region.
Key responsibilities:
* Proactive Finance Business Partner providing support, challenge and insight to Branch Managers and Regional Directors.
* Support the Head of Finance as required.
* To deliver timely, accurate and relevant financial information including weekly, monthly and quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, KPIs and Variance Analysis.
* Identifying risks and opportunities to enable delivery of targets.
* Develop and continuously challenge and question the budget/forecast assumptions.
* Explain business performance variances and recommendations.
* Monthly review packs and meetings.
* Margin management.
* Attend monthly stock takes.
* Develop and understand distribution cost reporting & KPI’s.
* Benchmarking performance.
* Monitor new business.
* Review of monthly accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
What are we looking for in you?
You must be a qualified accountant (ideally CIMA) with multi-site and management accounting experience within the fresh produce or FMCG sectors. It’s essential that you’re comfortable being the only finance person in the region and influencing non-finance colleagues. Other traits we are looking for include:
* Flexible team player
* Possess a ‘can do’ attitude whilst demonstrating tenacity
* Able to adapt to everchanging environments
* Ability to prioritise and manage your time
* Excellent communication skills in order to build relationships across all levels of the business
* Demonstratable experience of process improvement and stakeholder management
* Advanced MS Excel skills
Location
Home-based with travel to Bristol, Cardiff and Southampton (3 days per week site based)