Finance Manager - Lynch Wood, United Kingdom - Henderson Brown Recruitment Ltd

Henderson Brown Recruitment Ltd

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Lynch Wood, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our client is one of the leading players in food, and due to a reorganisation they are looking to strengthen their team by appointing a Finance Manager to manage the financial and management accounting functions for the Division.

Reporting into the Head of Finance, you will be fully responsible for managing the day-to-day accounts function across the division, managing a small direct reporting team.

In addition you will be required to support the board in special projects, identifyingopportunities for further investment to drive out cost.

The role will include:

Business partner the business unit senior management team
P&L ownership for endtoend performance of the business unit, including impact on the P&L
Leading the planning and forecasting processes for the Business Unit, ensuring reliability and accuracy of the plans and forecasts delivered to deadlines
Attend and lead regular performance reviews with senior stakeholders to review cost performance vs plan, strategic initiative delivery and overall P&L performance
Drive consistent and clear reporting on a weekly and monthly basis to show true underlying performance vs plan and forecast (including currency impact, volume changes, cost inflation, claims, waste)
Weekly review of costs v forecast, with product cost prices adjusted weekly to ensure accuracy
Develop a deep understanding of the key accounting systems and project manage any system developments specific to the Business Unit

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