Senior Finance Business Partner

**Job description**:
About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Finance Team as a key member of the Operations senior team. Within this role you will be responsible for helping to drive the business forward in a profitable manner, offering valuable insights and process improvement whilst taking the lead on financial matters and ensuring delivery of business and operational objectives.

Key role responsibilities include:

- Finance business partner and advisor to the Operations/Supply Chain Directors taking lead onfinancial matters and ensuring delivery of business and operational objectives.
- Preparation of the Weekly/ Monthly operational accounts and supporting KPI’s working with Department heads to supply variance analysis and commentary for Financial and Operational performance
- Lead planning and forecasting operational processes providing accurate and timely future facing data on which to base decisions
- Education of operational people at all levels, demonstrating cost levers, the contribution to financial performance, driving understanding of consequences to decision-making.
- Drive improvements to total supply chain/operational performance and procedures, through identification of relevant data, reporting, operational and CI planning
- Responsibility for tracking in year savings for all CI initiatives and capital proposals
- Ad hoc, proactive investigation, reports, capital proposals and financial propositions relevant to business/ function strategy and performance.

About you

As a qualified accountant you will have proven experience at a similar level in a similar industry along with experience of ERP systems.

You should have strong interpersonal skills to build great relationships and be focussed on delivery to tight deadlines. You should be an experienced manager with the ability to communicate and influence across all levels.

You should be able to demonstrate qualities that match Jacksons Values:

- Expert
- Care
- Passion
- Ambition
- Grounded

A little bit about us and our history

Jacksons is part of William Jackson Food Group, a sixth generation family business founded by William Jackson when he opened his first shop in Hull in September 1851. Today we have a portfolio of four food businesses in distinct, yet complimentary market areas, employing around 2,000 people.

We have occupied the current site in Hull since 1907 and we now have 3 bread plants in our main bakery. We recently developed a second bakery, also at our site in Hull, which specialises in premium quality roll production.

We specialise in the supply of bread and other carriers to the sandwich manufacturers, foodservice and export channels, and in 2012 we launched our consumer facing brand “Jackson’s of Yorkshire”.

In 2018 we opened a brand-new site in Corby, Northamptonshire - one of the largest investments our Group has ever made - and this will allow us to realise our ambition of being the best at what we do.

Business Values

You will live and breathe our 5 business values in everything that you do. You will inspire our colleagues to demonstrate our values in their every day working lives, and you will challenge any behaviors that you feel contravene our values.
- Passion - Since 1851, we’ve been passionate about ensuring that every loaf we make is baked to perfection. We’re passionate about our bread and about Jacksons, and we take responsibility and try our hardest every day.
- Ambition - We never lose sight of our history but understand we need to be bold and ambitious to be successful in the future. We’re not afraid of trying new things, and we quickly learn from our mistakes.
- Care - We look after each other. We’re friendly and welcoming - everyone feels a part of the team. Together with our shareholders, we care about our business and our future, we are frugal and spend wisely. Our local communities matter too, and we play our part in making them a better place to live.
- Grounded - We create the best bread, deliver great service and celebrate our team’s success. We are exceptionally proud of what we do but never arrogant. Down to earth is how you’ll find us.
- Expert - We strive to be the best at what we do, from baking great bread, to delivering great service. We use our expertise every day, and play our part in improving our business. We know our stuff but we’re always learning and we make sure we learn together

Why Jacksons?

In return for your commitment as a Jacksons employee you will receive:

- Competitive salary paid every 4 weeks.
- 6.6 weeks holiday, increasing to 7 weeks’ with 5 years’ continuous service.
- Stakeholder pension with generous employer contributions.
- Free bread allowance.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Online benefits portal providing exclusive discounts with over 900 retailers.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Support grants available for colleagues’ children attending University.
- New starter goodie bag

**Contact information**:
Laura