Finance Analyst

Low Fulney
8 months ago
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10% Bonus

Private Health Care

Spalding - Hybrid role and working 3 days Spalding office and remote work from home

Permanent

8.30 - 5pm

Monday to Friday

Why join us?

We're proud to offer you a career with possibilities. Where you'll be supported to work hard, aim high and bring your best to work, every day. As a valued Finance Analyst, we'll support your ambition, reward your resilience, and encourage you to rise to challenges and create a career you can be proud of too.

What we do.

We're the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.

About the role.

This role will provide Commercial output that enables Finance Business Partners and other key stakeholders to assess performance and make informed decisions.

Working with key stakeholders the analyst will take ownership of sales forecasting data for the Bakkavor UK sites, maintaining and analysing the live forecasting files to ensure data integrity and accuracy.

The successful candidate will deliver standardised commercial reporting providing visibility of commercial information to support with decision making and will support wider FP&A team through ad-hoc projects.

Accountabilities.
Maintain all aspects of the live forecasting files including new products, MSP updates etc
Liaising with Commercial Finance to ensure forecast accuracy and that movements to submissions are understood
Owning and understanding the sales data for customers / sites and providing insight into key movements ensuring all stakeholders understand the shape and story
Updating and reporting on both daily and weekly sales required by sites for Group Submissions
Analysing and understanding any movement to forecast and providing commentary to the wider business
Supporting the Commercial BP's and wider FP&A team to understand our Volume, Mix and Inflation dynamics
Supporting the Senior FP&A Analyst in developing models to generate EBITDA rec inputs with clear insight so Commercial BP's and sites can understand the story behind their sales
Working with the Commercial Finance BP's and Commercial teams to understand the movements and updates to our forecast submissions
Providing clear commentary and insight into our forecasts and ensuring understanding and alignment across all stakeholders
Providing supporting information required for forecast submissions - Mix, Volume etc for EBITDA rec
Work with wider FP&A Commercial team to ensure any price implications are captured in the EBITDA rec workings
Maintain expected balance sheet position for sales accruals to be shared with site and commercial finance BPs
Maintaining the Group Sales App ensuring that the live data source available remains aligned to site submissions and any amendments required are fed back in to the system so we always one source of reliable data for analysis (including actual sales, live forecast and forecast submissions)
Support projects as required, examples of which range from supporting centralisation projects and IS transformation projects.
Working with the wider FP&A team to develop our processes and controls to ensure robust, standardised information is being generated by the team About you.
Clear and articulate written and verbal communicator.
Excellent presentation skills, able to present complex information from multiple sources clearly and with meaning.
Comprehensive MS office skills.
Good project management skills
Good knowledge of operational finance reporting, financial forecasting and analysis
Previous experience in working with Finance ERP systems and Business Reporting Tools
In progress of completing a Professional Accounting Qualification (e.g., ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
Demonstrates a high level of analytical capabilities.
The ability to operate in a fast paced and demanding environment.
Good attention to detail
Proficiency in data management What you'll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You'll enjoy:
Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
Short Term Bonus Scheme
25 days holiday
Staff Shop
Stakeholder Pension Scheme
MyBargains Discount Platform
Personal Accident Insurance
Free Independent Mortgage Advice
Employee Assistance Programme
A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
Discounted tutoring for children
Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
Private Medical Insurance
Free Carparking Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

Proud to be Bakkavor

We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

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