Commercial Business Finance Analyst

Location: Staffordshire

Commercial Business Finance Analyst

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Finance Analyst to join our team at Florette in Lichfield, WS13 8NF
. The successful candidate will be part-qualified (CIMA/ACCA) with a drive to gain full accreditation.

This Business Finance Analyst will primarily support our Commercial and Transport departments across the business in understanding their financial performance against their KPIs (Budget, Last Year, Forecasts, Market). The role will also assist in all business partnering elements of the Commercial and Transport functions:
Weekly/Monthly Reports, Forecasting (EYE & Rolling Forecast), and Budgets. The position is perfect for someone looking to move into a larger company and start to build their business partnering experience with key high-value departments, whilst working towards their full accreditation.

Working hours:

Monday to Friday, 08:30 - 17:00

Pay: £Competitive DOE, with annual bonus and accreditation support.

Main Responsibilities

* Business Partner with our Commercial and Transport functions,

* Oversee the overheads for Commercial and Marketing, along with the full P&L for the Transport Fleet Operation.

* Provide weekly and monthly analysis to commercial and transport teams. Consisting of sales and margin performance variances with insight into what are the biggest contributors.

* Assistance for internal and external audits, and ensuring all data in Floris (ERP) and Challenge is succinct and accurate

* Supporting aspects of the wider UK Finance department requirements on an ad-hoc basis.

* Harmonise and innovate processes whilst ensuring system adherence across the sites. Share and implement best practice approaches.

Skills and Experience Required

* Part-qualified (CIMA/ACCA) and a drive to gain full accreditation.

* Experience with in a Finance department as a Finance analyst at a manufacturing company, ideally within FMCG, Food, or Logistics companies.

* Understanding and experience of accruals and prepayments.

* Experience of analysing large data sets and putting ‘meaning’ behind the numbers for non-Finance stakeholders.

* Ability to work at pace due to weekly reporting schedules and daily operational challenges.

* Ambitious, analytical, self-motivating.

* An understanding of Commercial Finance as you will be business partnering with the Sales teams.

* Access to own vehicle in order to get to our site, as well as a bi-weekly trip to our Wigan site (1h45min drive from Lichfield).

What You Will Get In Return

A competitive salary, inclusion in our annual bonus scheme, accreditation support, and a range of employee benefits you’d expect from a market leading business, including:

* Life Assurance: 3x your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.

* Employee Assistance Programme and BUPA:
Providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues, as well as access to BUPA Membership.

* Annual leave entitlement: 33 days annual leave per annum inclusive of UK Bank Holidays which increases with service, as well as the option to purchase up to 2 additional working weeks of holiday per annum.

* Learning and Development:
Personalised induction and regular learning and development courses and schemes:
From L2 to L7 Funded Apprenticeships, Leadership Development Programme, First-Aid and MHFA Training, and many more!

* Benefits Platforms:
Employee discount platform for multiple retailers and access to salary finance schemes for bicycles, gyms, and financial assistance.

* Other:
Recognition awards, Regular Employee Engagement days, attendance incentives, and an annual volunteering day.

About Us

Florette is one of three UK food manufacturing sites within Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd, which is an autonomous part of the larger 17,500 employee strong French co-operative group, Agrial.

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