Refresco Kegworth, England, United Kingdom
Finance Business Partner
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Refresco, the world's largest independent soft drinks manufacturer, seeks a passionate, agile commercially savvy, Senior Finance Business Partner to live, eat and breathe and partner our Contract Manufacturing function. Working on all aspects of multiple customer contracts, helping Refresco UK achieve stretch targets and further growth. Our contract manufacturing customers include some of the best-known names in the global drinks market.
This is a great opportunity for a qualified finance professional to get into the detail of how a large scale FMCG company operates and help the contract manufacturing commercial function reach their goals.
Senior Finance Business Partner – Commercial / Contract Manufacturing
Refresco UK - based Kegworth Head Office (just off M1 J24)
Permanent, Hybrid (work 2 days from home per week)
* 12.5% Annual bonus and annual pay review
* Personal private healthcare
* An early finish on a Friday
* An enhanced 28 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
* Purchase an additional 3 days holiday
* Life assurance
* Employee referral scheme - earn a bonus for referring your friends or family
* GroceryAid – a support service offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical support, advice and counselling
* Cheers – a benefits platform offering discounts, free perks, and well-being tools for all employees
* Free onsite parking
About the Role
As Senior Finance Business Partner (Contract Manufacturing) you will cover all aspects of the customer relationship from the original estimate and contract negotiations through to monthly reporting and dealing with operational issues. In addition, you will manage the commercial proposition for profit and cash. You will be a key business partner for senior decision makers and need to take a proactive approach in identifying and helping to secure successful outcomes.
You will report to the Finance Business Unit Controller and you are a senior member of the Refresco commercial/operations finance function, right at the heart of the Refresco business.
Here are some of your key tasks and responsibilities as Senior Finance Business Partner (Contract Manufacturing):
* Work closely on a daily basis with the Contract Manufacturing Account Managers, with emphasis on our larger accounts, focusing on pricing (new SKU's or changes to existing SKU's).
* Working with the Head of Contract Manufacturing and Account Managers to formulate pricing scenarios to support commercial decision making.
* Providing insightful decision making support on costing and pricing proposals, taking into account brand strategy, competitor brand positioning, short and long term objectives and profitability.
* A reliable and trusted business partner who delivers constructive challenge and quality insights.
* Ensuring promotional and other discounts and marketing costs are accurately reflected and allocated to underpin clarity in brand performance. Accurate reflection in accounts.
* Delivering insightful reporting and commentary on brand performance and profitability making recommendations for change where appropriate.
About You
You will be an experienced, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent qualified accountant who has previously worked in a business partnering role with a complex commercial focus. Ideally you will have experience of working within FMCG, or a related industry sector. Although you are qualified you may not necessarily have taken the customary professional route. If you have been a Site Accountant or Site Finance Manager in a manufacturing environment, where you have had to deal with all aspects of finance and where you have had to really understand the workings of an organisation and how it makes its money, we would like to hear from you.
Crucially, you are good at translating your commercial understanding into customer conversations - agile in your thinking and approach, articulate and clear in your communication.
Ultimately, we want you to reflect and resonate the Refresco Values as we believe these are what has made us successful to date and will help us to grow in the future.
About Refresco
Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We’re a global business and currently produce 14 billion litres of soft drinks from 78 manufacturing plants in Europe, North America and we've just opened in Australia, and we’re only just getting started. We have grown from just 2 sites in 1999. Our Group Headquarters are based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
We’re the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading UK supermarkets, plus some of the best known UK drinks brands.
From the purchasing of the raw materials such as fruit juices and CO2, through to the finished product delivered to your table, we cover the full manufacturing cycle for our customers. And, whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards.
Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Accounting/Auditing and Finance
* Industries: Food and Beverage Services, Food and Beverage Manufacturing, and Manufacturing
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