Finance Analyst - Ingredients

Job description

We’re Müller UK & Ireland, a family‑run dairy business and we’re experts at what we do. Dairy is a key part of a healthy and balanced diet and we’re super proud to help meet the nutritional needs of millions of people, every, single, day. To do this, our business has been split into two areas: Müller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) and Müller Yogurt & Desserts (MYD).

Join MMI and step into a culture that’s fast‑paced and full of opportunity. With great benefits, exciting challenges, a dream team of people, this is your chance to make a real impact.

Over here, we’re processing enough milk to make 66 billion cups of tea every year. And we’re so much more than just milk. This is the place to come for cream, butter, milk drinks and ingredients products (a lot, we know), all made from milk from over 1,000 supplying farmers in Britain.

Milk flows through everything at Müller – from farm to factory to fridge. But the true impact comes from our people, in each and every corner of the business, working hard and as a team to put smiles on faces everywhere, making each day delicious for our shoppers.

As the UK's most popular dairy brand, we’re always striving to make a real difference for our planet, our partners and our people, making sure we’re helping to create a more sustainable dairy future. We’re growing to keep up with the millions of people reaching for our branded and private label products on shelves everywhere. Join a culture full of pace that’s bold and entrepreneurial, with opportunities that are yours for the taking – and even enjoy every benefit and bonus to sweeten the deal.

We’re recruiting – Ingredients Finance Analyst

Location: Market Drayton / Hybrid – 3 days on‑site per week.
Contract: Full‑Time, Permanent
Hours: Monday–Friday (40 hours)

Are you ready to unleash your potential and build an exciting career with Britain’s most chosen dairy brand? Müller UK & Ireland, part of the renowned Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, invites you to apply for our Ingredients Finance Analyst position.

As an Ingredients Finance Analyst
, you will provide additional support to the finance and operations team during a period of transition on month end and weekly reporting activities.

• Competitive salary, generous annual bonus, Life Assurance, Health Care Cash Plan
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service)
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave, Enhanced Bereavement Leave
• Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%)
• Exclusive access to Müller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in‑store discounts and development opportunities

The ingredients business unit is responsible for Butter, Powder, and Liquid products in order to make the best commercial decision of excess milk and cream on a ‘make or sell’ basis in light of prevailing commodity price conditions. This will provide support into the finance and operations teams responsible for this activity.

• Journal preparation and posting
• Stock reconciliations
• SAP uploads and report running / Costing runs
• Production report reviews
• Accruals / prepayments
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Cost variance analysis and follow‑up reviews with other functional areas
• Understanding material / production price variances
• Foreign exchange variances
• Weekly and monthly raw material pricing adjustment administration and reconciliation
• Support the existing finance analyst on weekly reporting and month end activities
• Work with other Müller functions to ensure information inputted into Ingredients is provided, is accurate, and on‑time
• Support preparation of month end Functional Pack as required
• Work with Operations team to ensure they understand their actual costs
• Management reporting as requested by Financial Controller including:
  • Weekly Planning report
  • Sales Analysis
  • Inventory reporting
• Support the Financial Controller Ingredients and Management Accountant in delivering all financial reports accurately and on time

• Part‑qualified CIMA/ACCA or working towards qualification
• Experience in an FMCG environment is beneficial
• Good relationship building and communication skills
• Good Excel skills
• Analytical problem solver with attention to detail
• Methodical but adaptable to business needs
• Tenacious

If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply.