Financial Controller

at  Muller Group

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:
Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.
Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

WORK FROM HOME (TRAVEL TO MARKET DRAYTON ON A WEEKLY BASIS)

We are seeking a Financial Controller to join our Ingredients Business Unit for a 18 month fixed term contract. This role is pivotal in providing financial decision-making support and acting as a key business partner. The successful candidate will drive improvements in commercial decision-making, operational and financial control, reporting, and forecasting within the Ingredients area, which includes bulk products such as Butter, Powder, Cream, and Liquids.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• CIMA or ACCA qualified with 5 years of post-qualification experience.
• Proven experience in the FMCG environment.
• Excellent systems capability, ideally with SAP experience.
• Strong influencing capabilities and commercial acumen.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills.
• Experience in producing detailed budgets and forecasts with full variance analysis.
• Proven experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work on own initiative with a proactive and “can-do” attitude.
• Excellent organisational skills with extreme attention to detail.

• Support the Commercial Director and Head of Financial Controlling in evaluating the strategic direction of the division.
• Design robust decision-making processes for market participation.
• Develop forward-looking pricing strategy tools and systems to understand the impact of currency fluctuations.
• Full responsibility for the Ingredients P&L and Balance Sheet in SAP.
• Review monthly reporting and future outlooks, including budgets and forecasts.
• Investigate, explain, and challenge variances to forecast impacting profitability.
• Ensure financial impacts of all activities are analysed and understood before decisions are made.
• Oversee capital expenditure requests and post-completion payback assessments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and challenge teams to achieve targets.
• Manage two direct reports and provide cover for the Head of Financial Controlling when needed.
• Provide business partner support to the Commercial Director and assist in delivering key projects.