Finance Business Partner

Vibrant Foods is one of Europe's largest South Asian food groups, bringing together a portfolio of well-established heritage brands, including East End, TRS, Fudco, Cofresh, and Everest. Headquartered in Watford, with three manufacturing facilities across the Midlands, the company is dedicated to creating authentic, flavour-led food experiences that celebrate South Asian heritage while meeting the growing demand for plant-based and vegetarian products.

The business combines a rich cultural legacy with a modern, growth-focused approach, supplying both retail and food service markets across the UK and internationally. Its purpose is to create adventures in flavour that bring people together by connecting consumers with foods rooted in taste, heritage, and culture.

At the heart of Vibrant Foods is a people-focused culture underpinned by five core values:
Swift, Passionate, Inclusive, Collaborative, and Empowered
. Employees are encouraged to share ideas, work collaboratively to solve challenges, and take ownership of their work. This creates an agile, supportive environment where innovation, continuous improvement, and personal development are actively encouraged.

To provide finance decision support for Group Procurement, combining rigorous data, insight and constructive challenge. The role owns PPV and inventory reporting, supports commodity and supplier decisions, strengthens controls and drives a cash-conscious procurement agenda.

• Deliver accurate, timely and action-oriented weekly and monthly procurement financial reporting.
• Improve reporting systems, KPIs and review routines so stakeholders receive clear, actionable insight.
• Support procurement budgets and forecasts, ensuring alignment with the Group planning process.
• Own Purchase Price Variance reporting, projecting future movements and supporting commodity decisions.
• Provide reliable inventory reporting and forecasts, working with Planning to improve visibility.
• Maintain strong controls over inventory, procurement finance, delegated authority and commodity purchases.
• Partner with Procurement as a critical friend, supporting negotiations, scenarios, ROI and payback decisions.
• Improve working capital through inventory and creditor management, focusing on DIO, DPO and cash generation.
• Assess commodity risk and improve procurement finance processes, controls and Spend Cube insight.

• Strong finance business-partnering experience supporting Procurement, Supply Chain or Operations.
• Excellent management-reporting, budgeting and forecasting capability focused on actionable insight.
• Strong understanding of Purchase Price Variance, commodities, inventory and working-capital drivers.
• Experience maintaining robust financial controls, reconciliations and governance.
• Advanced analytical and data-management skills for complex commercial information.
• Ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders and support data-led decisions.
• Ability to prioritise and be proactive
• Highly organised, accurate and improvement-focused, with strong relationship-building skills.
• Experience in procurement finance within a manufacturing, FMCG or food business.
• Experience using spend-analysis tools, including Spend Cube, and improving reporting systems.
• Knowledge of commodity risk, landed-cost inputs and statutory finance submissions.

At Vibrant Foods, we believe great benefits are an essential ingredient in a rewarding career. Here's a taste of what you can enjoy:

• 33 days' annual leave - Plenty of time to relax, recharge and enjoy life outside work.
• Pension contributions matched up to 5% - Contribute 5% and we'll match it—giving you a total pension contribution of 10%.
• Private healthcare eligibility - Access additional support to help you look after your health and wellbeing.
• Volunteering days - Take time away from your usual role to support the causes and communities that matter to you.
• Free on-site parking - Making your daily journey a little easier.