After a restructuring of duties within the G’s Fresh finance team we have an exciting opportunity for a new role responsible for the Mushrooms, Customs, and transport pillar financials. The purpose of the role is to partner departmental management by providing accurate and timely financial data, analysis, and interpretation, which drives best in class decision making and as a result optimises business performance. Key Responsibilities: Be a leader for your team and your business unit, developing a high performing team. Budgets/forecasts and longer-term scenario planning to optimize performance, protect from threats and advise management on how to maximise opportunity. Ensuring costings are accurate but challenging for the operation and ensure the Commercial teams are fully equipped with the correct information for negotiation, whilst maintaining tight governance over decision making to preserve and protect margin. Use data and analysis to drive improvement through the operation and/or commercial space. Identify specific areas of under-performance/opportunity and bring them to life for management to act upon Always maintain full control over balance sheet risk/opportunity, ensuring position is understood by management and acted upon accordingly. Identify and act on process weakness to ensure visibility and control maintained. Lead the production of accurate and timely daily, weekly, periodic financial information, ensuring it is informative and understood by the organisation and drives actions and decisions in the best interest of the business. Candidate requirements: You will be an experienced accountant with strong data and analytic skills. Communication and an ability to influence are key to be successful in role, with an ability to build trust with all stakeholders through credibility and challenge. A good understanding of retail product costings and product margins would be advantageous. Experience of managing a team is desirable. What we offer: 31 Days holiday per year including bank holidays. 40 hours per week Monday to Friday Great Place to Work accredited. Salary sacrifice pension scheme available Cinema and Sky Store discounts Supermarket & other retailer discounts Health Cash Plan Holiday discounts Life assurance & income protection Employee referral scheme Employee Assistant Programme Cycle to Work Eyecare contributions Electric car salary sacrifice scheme. Learning, development, and training opportunities including mentoring. Regular social and charity events Engagement in local community & early careers events Onsite health checks, & annual flu jabs Regular wellbeing sessions We politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.