Finance Business Partner

5 months ago

Gateshead, United Kingdom Valeo Snackfoods Full time

**Job Purpose**

Business partner to Snacks Factories Cluster. To act as partner to Manufacturing (Factory Manager and area leaders e.g., Engineering/CI and including Heads of Manufacturing where applicable) covering key aspects of Factory operational performance, analysis to establish diagnostics and drivers on performance, project delivery for savings, month end accounting and analysis and other tasks as captured in key accountabilities.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Build relationships between Operations Finance and Manufacturing particularly with Factory Manager and relevant cost area leaders as required (e.g., Engineering, Continuous Improvement/Lean, and Heads of Manufacturing where appropriate) to effectively support Manufacturing Operations cost control and improvement.
- Detailed analysis and reporting to support Factory leadership, including relevant weekly reporting for your Cluster and/or across Clusters where organisation spans of responsibility determine (e.g., for weekly labour performance across total Snacks). Examples will include operational effectiveness (OEE), labour productivity/planning, capacity utilisation, key operational KPIs, material wastage analysis, stock take controls/adjustment etc.
- Lead involvement in Factory project financial analysis (capital, continuous improvement etc) including diagnostics and driver analysis on operation performance to define/align on priority opportunities and project tracking for savings delivery vs. targets.
- Involvement as Cluster Operations Finance Business Partner to confirm/support costings as needed for your Factories in partnership with Costings/Change Management resource.
- Work as part of the Operations Finance team, sharing learnings, and complying with the financial controls and reporting timetables in line with business requirements.
- Ensure completion of month end to deadlines within your scope of responsibility, providing commentary as needed to explain performance/variances for your areas.
- Completion and ownership of accurate and controlled balance sheet reconciliations.
- Other Finance related support / project work as required.

**Competencies (Levels 3 & 4)**
- Demonstrates Self Awareness: Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
- Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communication that convey a clear understanding of unique needs of different audiences.
- Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organisation.
- Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organisation's goals.
- Directs Work: Providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done.

**HSE Responsibilities (Levels 3 & 4)**

Lead by example to set expectations, plan work to be carried out in a safe manner, take action to prevent risk of harm to their team. Challenge and address unsafe behaviour, be involved in testing emergency procedures, lead accident & incident investigations to establish root causes and preventative measures. Deliver safety briefings to your team so you are seen as the safety leader of your team. Make available team embers to support the company safety program.

**Personal Attributes**
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to work under pressure and with efficiency and speed whilst maintaining accuracy, working to a strict financial timetable.
- Positive/can do and flexible approach and ability to deal positively with change.
- Logical thinking and ability to connect Financial reporting/analysis outcome with reality of business processes and changes

**Experience and Qualifications**
- Qualified ACCA/CIMA accountant with intent to continue and complete study.
- Strong IT skills, particularly XL and use of accounting systems (Valeo Confectionery on Sage, Valeo Snacks on IFS)
- Ideally experience working as financial support in a manufacturing environment.
- Full driving licence for occasions when travel to other sites is required.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £50,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Gateshead, NE11 0PZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Are you a qualified ACCA/CIMA Accountant with intent to continue and complete study?

**Experience**:

- Financial Support in a Manufacturing Evnvironment: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

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