Costings Finance Analyst

at  Compleat Food Group

WHO WE ARE:

The Compleat Food Group are a new food group on a mission to create great quality, tasty and affordable food, that people love to eat. We fondly refer to it as ‘Food to Feel Good’ because we believe in savouring every bite whilst making a positive impact.
Our team of over 5,500 remarkable individuals forms the core of all that we undertake. At The Compleat Food Group we don’t just make food. We make food to feel good, taste good and do good for everyone.
Our genuine passion drives the creation of products for UK consumers, prominent retailers, and our thrilling market-leading brands such as Wall’s Pastry, Squeaky Bean, Vadasz and Unearthed.
Working Hours: Monday to Thursday, 8.30am – 5pm and Fridays 8.30pm – 4pm. Who doesn’t love an early finish on a Friday?

Reporting into the Costings Finance Manager, this role will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Ensuring stakeholders receive accurate and timely costings
• Accuracy and attention to detail when producing costings
• Bring to life the numbers for other functions by using your knowledge of the brief you are costing and turning financial data into valuable insight
• Supporting Costings Accountant with workload prioritisation
• Using initiative to support continuous improvement on existing and new processes
• Keeping up to date on site knowledge, such as new lines/processes/ways of working
• Keeping up to date on our 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
• Building relationships across functions
• This is not a traditional finance role with monthly/weekly reporting, so the capability to adapt to frequent change in pace is required.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Ability to prioritise, organise and escalate tasks
• Manage stakeholder expectations
• Attention to detail
• Ability to present numbers to non-finance functions
• Always looking to improve ways of working
• Experience in food manufacturing desirable
• Working towards CIMA/ACCA studies

• Ensuring stakeholders receive accurate and timely costings
• Accuracy and attention to detail when producing costings
• Bring to life the numbers for other functions by using your knowledge of the brief you are costing and turning financial data into valuable insight
• Supporting Costings Accountant with workload prioritisation
• Using initiative to support continuous improvement on existing and new processes
• Keeping up to date on site knowledge, such as new lines/processes/ways of working
• Keeping up to date on our 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
• Building relationships across functions
• This is not a traditional finance role with monthly/weekly reporting, so the capability to adapt to frequent change in pace is required