British Sugar is a home-grown success story and one of the most efficient and competitive beet processers in the world. Around 3,500 farmers based in East Anglia and the East Midlands supply our four advanced manufacturing sites with eight million tonnes of sugar beet every year. We, in turn, make this in to over 1 million tonnes of sugar, serving customers across the UK, Ireland and increasingly growing commercially in the EU and world sugar markets.
Salary Range £41,505 - £49,155
Job Purpose Part of the Site Finance team, working with the Site Finance Business Partner & across sites to:
Deliver reporting, analysis, review, and value add activities for factory operations to enable well informed decisions to be made. Drive and develop site understanding of financial performance.
Business partner with APU teams. Support financial knowledge & understanding.
Deliver budgets & reforecasts accurately and efficiently. Core Accountabilities Business Partnering - Finding and delivering value; understanding and supporting partner needs; collaboration across all functions; proactive approach
Develop financial knowledge and understanding across site, supporting, and challenging operational teams on financial performance
Support with Continuous Improvement activities and verifying financial benefits
Have an awareness and high-level understanding of the financial impact of capitals impacting financial numbers you are responsible for forecasting
Develop and maintain Business Partnering support to the key stakeholders on site (Site General Manager, APU (Autonomous Production Unit) leads, Process Leads and Engineering Leads)
Provision of Management Information and Analysis - Delivering complete and accurate financials ensuring adherence to all deadlines
Assist with production of management accounts and reports - weekly and periodically for all areas of the site
Ensure accurate and timely information is input into JDE and our MI system. Ensure this information maintains the credibility of our management information systems and reporting
Support the budgeting and forecasting process for all sites including timely & accurate translation of this information into the MI system
Analysis of costs & variances for various areas of the site. Provide confidence in the accuracy and understanding of variances to the APU leads and their teams
Analyse raw data for review, control and cost reduction, enabling process improvements that drive efficiency and accuracy as well as supporting overhead review and analysis
Attend site meetings as the finance expert providing support and challenge
Support the Finance Business Partner and complete ad hoc duties as required
Governance and Control
Ensure company policies and controls are applied across all tasks and areas of responsibility
Promote and comply with internal controls requirements, highlighting areas of development and support implementation of enhancements Skills, Knowledge & Competencies
CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified / part-qualified or continuing studies.
Highly organised and disciplined with an ability to work under pressure to tight deadline.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Collaborative approach, able to build strong relationships, influence key stakeholders & challenge constructively.
Strong IT skills – particularly MS Excel with the ability to analyse large quantities of data and synthesise key messages