Finance Operations Specialist
1 week ago
Join Henderson Brown Recruitment in collaborating with a global manufacturing leader to find a highly experienced Operational Finance Business Partner.
This newly created opportunity is perfect for a true operational accountant who thrives off working in a complex FMCG business partnering with Senior stakeholders.
As a key business partner to the Site General Manager and the wider site team, you will play a crucial role in achieving budget targets and driving business improvement plans.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the yearly budget standard costing cycle, from raw material prices to finished products, supported by insightful year-on-year analysis.
- Maintaining standard costs within the AX system for ingredients, packaging, finished goods, and associated inter-company prices.
- Conducting monthly material variance analysis, providing root cause analysis to drive corrective actions by operations.
- Partnering effectively with operations to deliver budget targets.
- Preparing month-end and related production variance analysis, including efficiency reviews.
- Developing and supporting new business intelligence tools to enhance materials variance and waste visibility for corrective actions.
- Assisting and supporting the Senior Operations & FP&A Controller with various ad-hoc projects and activities.
- Driving continuous improvement for the NPD and annual standard costing exercises.
- Serving as an effective bridge between commercial and operations finance and wider teams.
- Providing ad-hoc support for the wider finance team as needed.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Degree level education or relevant experience.
- Qualified professional accounting body (ACA / CIMA / ACCA).
- Food manufacturing background desirable, FMCG essential.
Skills and Knowledge:
- Highly organised with the ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- High level of accuracy in financial information preparation and entry.
- Good understanding of standard costing principles.
- Familiarity with commercial tender processes.
- Ability to investigate key deviations from financial targets and related prognosis.
- Proficiency in Excel for developing dashboards and models.
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years operations finance experience in manufacturing businesses.
- Standard costing experience desirable.
- Essential experience in operations team-facing roles and business partner roles.
- Desirable experience with Power BI and Dynamics AX or other ERP applications.
- Experience in international organisations.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
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