Overview PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers and Monster Munch, to name a few We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $86 billion in net revenue in 2022. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and in 2023 have been awarded the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality (formerly Times Top 50 Employers for Women) for the 18th year in a row and Top Employer for the 12th year in a row. Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep). pep is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com Responsibilities Manage the Direct costs for the site. Ensure that all costs are reported correctly and all variances vs AOP are fully understood. Ensure that month end reporting for Directs for site are accurate and that all deadlines are met. Responsible for providing base information to feed into forecast, and AOP builds for SAP and TM1. Ownership for ensuring that the correct inputs are provided in relation to cost KPI’s in the weekly site meetings. Actively participate in standard work with operations and ensure that there is alignment on the cost KPI’s between shift based teams and finance. Use the outputs of standard work meetings to build commentary and analyse trends to feed into the period end. Ensure GCS and SOX compliance. Support the Site with other work streams as required. Responsible for the daily and weekly financial reporting and analysis of all Direct reporting for Leicester site (Split ownership for Leycroft, Bursom). Business partner the site leadership team, attend and actively participate in weekly DDS and planned stops. Ownership of period end reporting, ensure that this is accurate and that all variances can be explained. Focus on supporting the on shift leadership team to maintain the standard. Support Business Partner with forecasting and AOP builds and providing explanation of year on year variances. Support Business Partner to deliver site financial priorities. Ensure GCS and SOX compliance is adhered to at all times. Qualifications AAT qualified (or equivalent). Early stages of professional accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA). Manufacturing accounting experience. Experience of working with Lean manufacturing (QCDM). Advanced Excel skills. Drive for results/ability to work under pressure (role is deadline driven). Ability to influence upwards to affect the results & progress of the action plan & AOP. Communication skills to all levels. SAP Skills desirable, not essential. Salary and benefits: Competetive salary. Company tablet. Flexible benefits package. 25 days holiday (with the option to buy or sell more) bank holidays. Extensive pension scheme. Opportunities: We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.