Costings Finance Analyst

Join Our Finance Team at The Compleat Food Group!

Our Finance department is thrilled to announce a fantastic opportunity for a site Costings Finance Analyst to join our vibrant team in Palethorpes. This role will also be supporting and will require travel to our site in Poole.

In this role, you will be responsible for owning product costing, inventory valuation, standard costs, and manufacturing cost accuracy.

You’ll play a key role in helping the business understand what drives our costs, protect our margins and keep a close eye on production cost performance, turning data and insight into opportunities to improve how we work.

This role is an incredible opportunity for someone with a background in Finance who’s ready to take their career to the next level and make a real impact! If you’re ambitious, driven, and eager to grow, this is your chance to shine and unleash your full potential.

We’re home to some of the UK’s most exciting and loved food brands, including

Wall’s Pastry, Pork Farms, Wrights, The Real Yorkshire Pudding Co., unearthed, Vadasz, Squeaky Bean, Palace Culture, and Harvey & Brockless. Alongside our branded portfolio, we’re a leading supplier of delicious own-label pastry, sweet bakery, party food, olives and antipasti, added-value egg products, continental meats, dips and sauces and plant-based food to the UK’s major retailers, as well as across food service.

With over 6,000 talented colleagues across 17 sites, and an annual turnover of £1.3bn, we’re united by a shared ambition to shape the future of food for the better.

Location:

Palethorpes, Poole

The working hours are Monday to Thursday 08:30am – 5pm, and 8.30pm – 4pm on Fridays

• Maintain accurate standard costs, including BOMs, routing assumptions, labour rates, and overhead rates
• End to end costings responsibility
• Own site costing structures within the ERP system
• Provide product margin, manufacturing cost, and inventory valuation reporting
• Perform detailed variance analysis across material, labour, yield, and overhead costs
• Partner with Manufacturing, Procurement, and NPD to support product costing and cost reduction opportunities
• Provide cost assumptions and standard cost inputs for budgets and forecasts
• Track manufacturing cost performance, production efficiency, and yield impacts
• Ensure costing integrity, inventory controls, and accurate stock valuation
• Support operational analysis, including budget control where required
• Provide costing inputs for Cap Ex business cases and operational impact assessments
• Using initiative to support continuous improvement on existing and new processes
• Maintain comprehensive site knowledge, such as new lines/processes/ways of working/product portfolio (brands, new launches etc.)
• Understanding of the wider marketplace and external influences (such as inflation)
• Challenging and influencing information provided from operations, commercial, NPD etc. such as line speed, number of people required, operational yields, raw materials required, prime cost targets
• This is nota traditional finance role with monthly/weekly reporting, so the capability to adapt to frequent change in pace is required

• Qualified / Part-Qualified (CIMA/ACCA)
• Strong understanding of standard costing and manufacturing finance
• ERP costing experience
• Confident analysing cost drivers, margins, variances, and inventory movements
• Strong Excel/data analysis skills
• Ability to partner with operational teams, explain financial impacts clearly (including to non-financial functions) and manage stakeholder expectations
• Ability to prioritise, organise and escalation tasks
• Attention to detail with a continuous improvement mindset
• Experience in food manufacturing desirable
• Flexibility to travel, full driving license and access to own vehicle is a essential

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes- including Electric Vehicles, Home & Tech, Cycle to Work, and SMART Pension
• 33 days’ annual leave(including bank holidays) with the option to purchase extra
• Access to enhanced retail discounts online and in-store
• Free product handouts across our sites, so you can sample and enjoy our delicious products first hand
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