Head of Finance

Head of Finance

Malton

Monday to Friday

Competitive Salary

Are you a Finance leader who knows what “good” looks like — and has the experience and personality to make it happen?

We’re looking for a Head of Finance to join Pro-Pak Foods in Malton and play a key role in shaping the next stage of our Finance function.

This isn’t a role for someone who simply wants to produce the numbers and move on.

We’re looking for someone who wants to understand what sits behind the numbers, ask the difficult questions, find the answers and use financial information to genuinely improve the business.

Ideally, you’ll come from a food manufacturing environment and have already experienced what a strong, well-run Finance function looks like. Perhaps you’ve done it before — and now you’re looking for the opportunity to do it again, with the autonomy to make a real difference.

As Head of Finance, you’ll take ownership of the day-to-day running and development of our Finance & Business Administration teams
, providing strong financial leadership across the site.

You’ll be responsible for ensuring the business has accurate, timely and meaningful financial information
, whilst maintaining robust financial controls and supporting the delivery of our commercial and operational strategy.

• Leading, developing and empowering the Finance team, creating a more dynamic and forward-thinking function.

• Providing clear financial leadership and ensuring colleagues are engaged, developed and performing at their best.

• Producing weekly and monthly financial reporting, including P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow information.

• Owning the annual budgeting process and quarterly reforecasts.

• Providing regular and ad hoc cost centre analysis
  , including investigation of variances against budget and standards.

• Making sure Finance doesn't simply report variances —
  we understand why they happened and what needs to happen next.

• Maintaining strong financial processes, controls and reconciliations, ensuring audit and legislative requirements are met.

• Overseeing balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and other core accounting processes.

• Supporting CAPEX and ICO processes.

• Driving cost reduction opportunities and commercial improvements across the site.

• Monitoring departmental KPIs and challenging performance where improvement is required.

• Developing systems, processes and reporting to make Finance more structured, efficient and useful to the wider business.

• Working closely with the leadership team, internal departments, Group/Premium Foods Group and external auditors.

• Providing financial insight that helps turn data into meaningful actions and better decisions.

• Supporting national statistics and monthly survey requirements.

• Championing best practice across Finance and the wider business.

• We’re looking for someone who knows Finance inside out — but also knows how a business works.

• Demonstrable experience leading a Finance function or team, preferably within food manufacturing or a similar FMCG environment
  .

• AAT, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent qualification.

• Experience of working in a business where Finance is expected to explain the numbers, not just produce them
  .

• A strong understanding of what a good Finance function looks like — and ideally evidence that you've built or operated one before.

• The confidence to challenge when required
  . If information isn't available, you'll ask for it. If something doesn't make sense, you'll investigate it. If an explanation isn't good enough, you'll keep asking questions.

• The ability to turn existing processes and information into more structured systems, reports and ways of working
  .

• Strong analytical and problem-solving…