Senior Finance Business Partner - Operations

Description:

So, what will I be doing?

We have an exciting opportunity within the Finance Leadership Team at Yeo Valley.

Reporting directly to the Finance Director this is a highly influential and varied role in an ambitious, purposeful and co-owned food manufacturing company with a commitment to Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever.

As Senior Operations Finance Business Partner you will lead the Operations Finance team enabling great decisions across our six production and logistics facilities.

You will be a permanent member of the Future Supply and Current Supply strategic teams, partnering the Chairs of these teams and playing a key role as an independent, critical friend, using your influencing skills to ensure that the priorities of the teams are the right ones, that recommendations are based on robust and appropriate evidence, and that decisions are implemented effectively.

You will be a member of the Performance Outlook team, providing independent assessment and challenge, and enabling performance.

You will work collaboratively and flexibly, working within cross-functional teams on start-stop initiatives as required to meet immediate business needs, as commissioned by permanent constituents of our operating model, or within your functional remit. This will include economic evaluation of asset investments, and the development of costing models to enable great decision making in support of growth across our brand and own-label portfolios.

This is a hybrid role, split between working from our offices at Blagdon or Highbridge and home, with regular travel to sites.

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

Essential:
Qualified accountant (CIMA or ACA) with substantial post qualification experience
Experience within the Manufacturing sector and ideally of multi-site FMCG companies
Deep understanding and experience of Standard Costing
Demonstrable experience of implementing best-in-class budgeting, forecasting and performance management across multi-site/departmental organisations
Comfortable analysing and assessing data to draw insights, assess performance and identify required interventions
Significant expertise in performing economic evaluations in support of great decision making
Demonstrate a confident, solution-oriented approach with an ability to challenge assumptions and maintain objectivity
Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels of the business
Strong coaching skills to support and develop your team
Willingness to adopt a flexible working approach, including regular travel across sites as required Desirable:
Experience with Dynamics AX, BI, IFS
Experience within food sector Why should I join the family?

We're independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK's major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK's packaged yogurt.

We're sure you don't need convincing, but there's a whole host of benefits that we offer including:
Company Car/ Car allowance
25 days + bank holidays
non-contributory pension scheme
annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
life cover
healthcare cash back plan
cycle to work scheme
subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
preferential rates with our partners
learning and development opportunities; we're committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away - and don't miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we're not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction