Site Finance Business Partner

Position: Site Finance Business Partner

Based: Littleborough, Whitelees road (Greater Manchester, near Rochdale)

Would you like to experience career progression working for one of the largest FMCG leaders? Are you finance-oriented,self-driven professional? Are you keen on working in international environment? If you answered "Yes" at least once, check - perhaps your dream job is waiting for you!

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analysis of performance data to identify insights that help finance business partners deliver targeted support to decision makers
• Provides commentary on management reports, driving high quality, concise and focused management reports

• Supports the review and challenge of distribution plans, budgets and forecasts
• Works with the Supply Chain CoE to analyse and interpret the results from scenario modelling
• Plans, identifies, gathers and organizes data to create an initial draft of insights for business, making recommendations on opportunities for growth
• Performs analysis to identify cost and network optimization opportunities
• Produces reporting and analysis on inventory to drive cash flow management
• Supports the evaluation of investment opportunities to assess the financial and operational viability, ensuring an adequate level of sensitivity/ risk analysis is completed prior to making recommendations to management on resulting findings
• Supports the Capital asset acquisition process with the business
• Business Improvements/ Strategic Initiatives / Change Strategy & Support
• Supports the delivery of the CCI and other change projects into the Business Unit
• Proposes and implements improvements to systems, methods of work and analysis methods, driving standardization and simplification across plants
• Reports directly to Finance Business Partner

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Relevant Accounting Qualification in region e.g. CIMA or ACCA is essential

• + 6years' experience in financial analysis/accounting and cost accounting preferred
• Good proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel
• Good analytical skills and broad understanding of the Supply Chain business and the markets
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Good technical Finance understanding and commercial understanding
• Ability to build relationships at all levels

When joining our company, you will obtain:

· Management bonus

· Private healthcare

· Free parking

· 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays