Senior Finance Business Partner, Bakkavor Foods

Senior Finance Business Partner

We drive our own success

Salary: Competitive depending on experience plus £8,400 car allowance, Private Healthcare (Employee and Family) and up to 20% bonus scheme

Benefits: Private Medical Insurance (employee & family cover), cash allowance (car), A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans) Location: Bakkavor Desserts Devizes, SN10 2EU

Ways of Working: Site based 4 days a week and 1 day remote.

Shift Pattern: Monday – Friday Days 08:30 – 17:00

Contract: Permanent

Why join us?

At Bakkavor, we’re continuously evolving, innovating, and expanding, and we want our people to do the same. As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you’ll be empowered to drive strategic decisions, influence change, and shape the financial landscape of our business. We believe in fostering ambition, providing the support you need to excel, and creating opportunities for growth. You’ll have the chance to realize your potential, own your impact, and build a successful future with us, contributing to Bakkavor’s ongoing success.

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. Bakkavor Devizes in Wiltshire specialises in making delicious chilled desserts such as tarts, yum yums, doughnuts, crumbles, pies and pastries. The site employs over 600 people and is close to Swindon.

About the role.

As the financial representative for the site the senior leadership team, you will be comfortable with financial ownership for the site within a multi-disciplined team. The role has one direct report and one dotted line report.

As a true business partner to the site, engaging with Operations Managers, Operational Excellence managers and the wider Operational teams you will influence decision-making that drives factory efficiency and value-added activity that enhances our operating model.

Accountabilities

Finance representation – be the point of contact for all site related financial matters. Represent finance in regular and ad-hoc business meetings. Costings – Ensuring the accuracy and relevance of all costing information within the Point 74 (Recipe Professor) system. Establishing and maintaining standard costs to ensure that new products are accurately costed to ensure adequate margins for the business and that variances are minimised. Business Processes & Operating Systems – Collaborating with the wider Finance team to review financial systems and processes, ensuring efficient operation and maintaining data integrity. Reporting – weekly and monthly reporting of site performance to aid analysis and understanding of the profit drivers of the business. Performance Improvement – Collaborating with the Operations and Operational Excellence teams to identify opportunities for improvement. Utilizing data from the site team and Redzone operating system to generate robust financial analysis, support decision-making, and drive an agenda with clear tracking and accountability for delivery. Rolling Forecast / Standards Reset – Working with the operational leadership team to develop rolling forecasts for cost base for site which will be used for the weekly tracker and quarterly RF process. Control Environment – Governance of financial information such as balance sheet reviews, monitoring variances and stock, PO approval, and adherence to group policies and controls. Team leadership – coach and develop team to achieve their goals and objectives and deliver value for the business.

About you

Previous experience of a similar role within a fast-paced food manufacturing or FMCG environment would be an advantage. Ideally, you’ll have experience of factory performance, labour efficiencies, material variances, standard costings, as well as experience working with large data-sets, P&L and balance sheet review and analysis, and interpreting data into insights.

You will be a fully qualified accountant CIMA or ACCA with people management experience.

Excellent communication, analytical, customer service and Excel skills will be key.

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:

Bonus (up to 20% of annual salary - company performance dependant) Private healthcare (Employee and Family) Car Allowance £8,400 A stakeholder pension scheme 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 Affordable loans via your salary Proud to be and loyal service awards 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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