ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino, C&H, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, Lyle’s and Sidul.
Job Title: Senior Finance Analyst
Location: Thames Refinery (Min. 3 days per week depending on operational needs)
Reports To: [Manager's Title]
ROLE / SCOPE
* The successful candidate will join our Operational Finance team, with specific responsibility for business partnering with our UK based production sites.
* Role will be a combination of i) traditional month-end and quarterly closing/reporting; ii) business partnering on value driving project/capital investments; and iii) having responsibility for standard costing.
DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
* Own specific month-end closing tasks within the Operational Finance team, with responsibility for overseeing and controlling a multi-million-euro cost base for one or more of our owned production facilities.
* Provide month-end, quarterly and annual commentary and analysis on operations performance.
* Develop and maintain Standard Product Costings and Bills of Materials.
* Develop business cases for capital investments, and, where relevant, perform post-completion reviews of them.
* Investigate cost and other inefficiencies, working with the business to drive overall profitability.
* Maintain and strengthen controls and procedures.
* Maintain and develop the budget/forecast models within the company’s business planning software (Anaplan). This will involve completing the Anaplan model-building training.
* Support the annual budgeting process with the overall objective of delivering a robust and accurate budget which has been signed off by all relevant stakeholders.
* Build strong cross-functional relationships with relevant teams e.g. Operations, Supply Chain, Sales and Marketing.
* Perform other ad-hoc tasks, as required.
REQUIRED CAPABILITIES
* Intellectually curious with a continuous improvement mindset to own and fix issues identified.
* A willingness to learn about our business, leaving your desk and spending time in a manufacturing environment.
* Highly analytical with the ability to draw insight from large data sets.
* Excellent communicator, able to engage and influence stakeholders.
* Organized and capable of managing multiple activities simultaneously.
* Strong Excel/Power BI skills – beneficial. A willingness to learn – essential.
* Experience using SAP/Anaplan – beneficial. A willingness to learn – essential.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
* ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
* Two or more years of prior experience in practice (Audit/Tax/Advisory) or in industry (Commercial Finance/Operational Finance/FP&A/Business Partnering role).
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