Operations Finance Manager
As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family, with the introduction of the sixth generation, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch, join us and you too could be proud to be Warburtons.
The Recipe
You’ll be joining a great team of Finance Professionals who work across our business to support our site operations as a trusted finance expert.
As an Operations Finance Manager you’ll build a strong network across the operation and the senior divisional teams using your ability to turn data into insight and bringing the numbers to life by maximising the use of key cost drivers and metrics.
We have a permanent opportunity for an Operations Finance Manager or Finance Business Partner to join our Operations Finance Team supporting our manufacturing and distributions operations teams across our Northern England & Scotland site locations.
You’ll be responsible for influencing and advising our Operations and Finance teams on site to contribute to the delivery of the business strategy and Financial Framework.
This role has an element of travel across our site network therefore we can consider candidates who may be based across the Midlands and the North West.
You’ll lead on financial planning to drive performance improvement and alignment of the site plans to the overall business strategy.
Responsible for delivering against business wide productivity and capital projects as well as contributing finance expertise, ensuring compliance and being an ambassador of our financial policies.
At Warburtons, people are our most precious ingredient therefore we’ll look to you for people management, fostering a development culture, and business partnering with a wide stakeholder group.
Key Accountabilities and Measures
- Business Partnering: Site Finance lead, building great relationships to partner with the manufacturing and distribution divisional teams:
- Turn data into insight and bring the numbers to life
- Key member of Site Leadership Team
- Maximise the use of key cost drivers and metrics/KPIs
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Driving performance improvement through insightful budgeting and forecasting:
- Alignment of site inputs to business strategy
- Process development and simplification
- KPI/metric driven approach
- Focus on key cost areas
- Business wide projects: Leadership of or a proactive team member contributing towards business wide projects (both Finance and non-finance projects).
- Compliance: Adherence to financial policies and controls
- Health & Safety: Behave in a manner that ensures conformance to health & safety legislation, policies and standards.
- Productivity: Alongside the site teams, Finance and wider divisional teams, identify and influence the delivery of productivity initiatives.
- Capital: Ownership of the site capex process.
- Lead for Growth: People management and development:
- Line management of the Finance teams on site
- Commitment to CPD
- Support the development of the site and wider Finance team
Essential Ingredients
- Qualified CIMA (or equivalent) accountant, ideally within a FMCG business
- Demonstrated positive performance in business partnering with senior stakeholders (financial and operational)
- Able to identify and influence the delivery of projects, including effective resources allocation
- Strong leadership skills
Extra Dough
At last and by no means yeast you will want to know what your breads worth.
- A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
- Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
- Award winning pension scheme with company contributions up to 7%
- Private medical insurance and life assurance
- Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
- Continued investment in your personal development
- Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
- Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.
