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Finance Business Partner
Salary: £70,000 per annum
Benefits:
1. Private medical
2. Aviva DigiCare+ – Employee Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
3. Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)
4. Employee Assistance Programme
5. Holiday Purchase scheme
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team in Foodbuy as a Finance Business Partner. This high-profile role is responsible for the Pricing of a high value sector contract and is pivotal in supporting the individual business needs to drive profitability and ensure contract governance is met.
The Finance Business Partner will be focusing on understanding the contract specifics and working with the Compass team to drive profitability with your acquired knowledge of the Foodbuy finance pricing movements and systems.
As Finance Business Partner you will be responsible for:
1. Business Partnering a Sector of the Compass business ensuring strong data-lead decision making, managing pricing models, providing commercial opportunities and solutions.
2. Provide Pricing support to the business in developing, influencing and executing the overall contract.
3. Develop strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including Pricing, Procurement, and Sector teams.
4. Work with the wider finance team to continually develop KPIs and ensure that teams are focusing on the right metrics to drive profitability.
5. Management, tracking and finding opportunities to current and future proposed pricing of products/menus and switches.
6. Overall responsibility for forecasting & governance of contract pricing adherence – highlighting and managing risks and opportunities around achievement of contract requirements.
7. Calculate and manage the financial risks and opportunities arising from volumetric and other contract mechanisms.
8. Ownership of the price file results and reporting of performance against audit requirements.
9. Consistently Manage monthly/ quarterly price updates and ensure 100% delivery of results.
10. Preparation and review of monthly management information including in-depth product analysis and underlying performance reporting.
11. Prepare monthly business review pack and present at Sector / client monthly meeting.
12. Delivering initiative-taking ad-hoc financial analysis to support business unit decision making.
13. Visibility at business head offices to support operators as and when the business requires.
The successful Finance Business Partner will have proven skills of working to tight timelines, think commercially and be able to provide insight and options from raw data to end results. An initiative-taking individual, with great commercial acumen, technical capability, and high integrity. They will also have:
1. Experience of commercial analyst / business partnering senior stakeholders with the ability to challenge, influence and persuade at all levels.
2. Confidence to make decisions, recommendations and advise the teams.
3. High numeric and analytical skills and diligence.
4. Comfortable developing and working with complex spreadsheets.
5. Demonstrable commercial finance experience of improving business results and adding value.
6. Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate oral and written information concisely and logically.
7. Ability to analyse, evaluate and present information concisely.
8. Driver of innovation and continuous improvement.
Desirable:
1. Experience of operating within a procurement/food & non-food service / pricing service organisation.
2. Good working knowledge of SAP / data systems / data manipulation.
We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
1. Contributory pension scheme
2. Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
3. Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
4. Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
5. Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
6. Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
7. Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
8. Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
9. You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families
About Us
Part of Compass Group UK&I, Foodbuy is a leading food procurement organisation based in the UK. With over £1bn of managed spend, we bring together the widest range of foodservice and hospitality clients on the planet to buy food, and everything associated with it. We work closely with our clients to deliver expert procurement services saving them both time and money and enabling them to focus on what really matters to their businesses. With a team of over 200 procurement professionals driving us forward, our combination of unrivalled scale and outstanding data analysis sets us apart in our markets.
Job Reference: com/1207/511400/52665999/SU
Compass Group UK&I wants everyone in our business to feel able to be themselves at work and to have an equal opportunity to progress their career. We want to create a culture where we respect and embrace everyone's talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities. Where our colleagues feel valued, can reach their full potential, and thrive - Diversity is Our Strength!
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