Senior Financial Controller

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Müller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.
We are recruiting for a Senior Financial Controller (home based) to provide financial decision making support to the dairies and to act as finance lead in driving improvements in dairies performance.  This role will ensure site budget and capital investments are optimised and to act as business partner to the Heads of Manufacturing and site teams. 
Please note this role will require some travel between our Manufacturing sites.
Key Responsibilities:
Management of the Site Finance Business Partners across our MMI Network
Responsible for the management and development of the white milk and cream site finance business partners
Drive consistency and standardisation in ways of working across all sites and drive synergies in completion of month end
Build effective collaboration and sharing of best practice among the site finance business partners
Act as deputy of Head of Controlling: Manufacturing where required  
Costing / Reporting
Support Commercial teams with new tenders - ensuring costings provided are robust, transparent and key cost drivers are understood
Ensure adherence to group standard costing methodology
Oversee the month end process for the white milk and cream sites, ensuring that the management accounts accurately report sites income and expenditures and closing balance sheet
To provide the site management team and MMI leadership with clear, timely and accurate analysis, and explanations of the financial impact of performance  
Operational Performance:
Ensure accurate and clear reporting to site leadership across all sites
Review and drive improvements in white milk and cream forecasting
Support sites to deliver on functional targets
Drive and management standardised financial based KPI metrics for sites, reporting to site management teams and MMI leadership on daily/weekly/monthly cycles  
Strategy Development
Co-ordinate and facilitate detailed budget and forecasting process of white milk and cream sites
Work with site finance business partners and site teams to review investment opportunities for sites
Support SKU/Product Family rationalisation opportunities
Provide robust financial modelling and systems solutions to new business opportunities across all manufacturing processes
Support adhoc delivery of projects both for wider manufacturing and controlling teams  
Continuous Improvement
Work collaboratively with other parts of Controlling Function and wider business
Build relations with Group colleagues to support implementation of group standards
Identify areas for improvement in reporting and where necessary influence key stakeholders to implement  
About you
Qualified Accountant with 5+ years PQA
Proven experience in FMCG and managing a team
Track record of driving continuous improvement
Ability to work in a fast-paced complex environment, proactively responding to changing requirements
Ability to work cross functionally with ability to bring other (non-financial) teams along a journey
Excellent risk assessment and prioritisation skills
Accuracy and attention to detail  
The Process:
If you are a self-starter with the ability to business partner and influence decision making within the site leadership team, we would love to hear from you.  Please apply via: (url removed)
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