Job Title: Finance Operations Manager
Location: Coleford, Gloucestershire
Pay rate: Negotiable
Contact Length: 9 months
Overview and Job purpose
Provide financial and analytical business partnering, managing approximately £40m in operational costs and driving efficiencies across £3m of Supply Chain waste. This role is also the key business partner for our Fuel for Growth programme, managing £5m in cost opportunities and collaborating with the wider supply chain organisation. Further duties include updating and inputting month-end close activities, leading operational input into cycle forecasts, Waste/KPI reporting, internal control policy management, and driving transformation activities across Supply Chain finance.
Key Responsibilities
Business Partnering and Reporting
* Provide Finance business partnering support to all teams within Supply Chain, Quality & Engineering (N-1 of Site Leadership team) and deputise for the Senior Finance Manager when required
* Lead the preparation of opex (£40m) forecast updates ensuring all deviations are clearly understood and communicated.
* Supply Chain annual budget preparation with the Senior Finance Manager – leading engagement of supply chain managers in process and building appropriate templates to assist managers in creating and tracking their budgets
* Lead BP for Operation labour, working with Head of Production to ensure accurate tracking of labour usage and spend
* Business partner the Coleford site capability and continuous improvement teams
* Support and identify process improvements to deliver against other Internal Control and JSOX requirements
* Support the SC Finance Director and SBFE central SC finance team in delivering the SBFE BPO projects and transformation
* Identify new opportunities to deliver efficiency and cost saving initiatives for the business and business partner the Fuel for Growth transformation lead helping drive £5-6m of savings annually.
Projects and process improvements
* Critically review all SC Finance monthly processes with an ambition to automate and harmonise processes wherever possible.
* Support the SC Finance Director and SBFE central SC finance team in delivering the SBFE BPO projects and transformation
* Business partner the Coleford site capability and continuous improvement teams and support the FBP in project delivery
* Support and identify process improvements to deliver against Internal Control and JSOX requirements
* Support key fuel for growth projects and provide financial support to project teams to ensure delivery
Primary Interactions
* Senior SC Manager and the Supply Chain finance team
* Commercial finance, FP&A & Financial control teams
* Supply Chain FD
* SBFE SC Finance Central team
* Factory Leadership team and Site Budget owners
* Manufacturing, engineering, quality, planning, logistics and EHS teams
Qualifications and Professional Experience
* Financial acumen – Part/Fully qualified accountant
* Ability to work within cross-functional teams & projects
* Experience in FMCG supply chain business partnering an advantage
Key Competencies and Skills
* Confident & credible in front of Internal & External business partners
* Pro-active cross functional working skills
* Instinctively able to challenge status quo with healthy balance of assertiveness and tact
* Track record of ability to build good working relationships internally and externally
* Track record of effective prioritisation and decision making
* The ability to work independently, with initiative, in a fast moving environment
* Excellent analytical and problem solving skills as well as systems and process skills
* Knowledge of SAP and BI