Finance Manager – Milton Keynes

Join Our Finance Team at The Compleat Food Group in Milton Keynes.

The Compleat Food Group are on a mission to create great tasting and affordable food that people to love eat! 

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Finance Manager to manage our site Finance team based at our growing site in Milton Keynes.

This role will suit a focused experienced Finance Manager, who will manage and oversee the site financial performance, whilst continuously developing, managing, and implementing the relevant projects/measures to meet the growing needs of our business.

Working Hours:

The working hours are Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 17:00.

Your Duties Will Include:

• You will be a key part of the site leadership team, providing support during the next phase of growth
• Support the drive of Commercial & Operational initiatives
• Drive sustainable margin improvement and cost reduction projects
• Review all capital proposals to ensure these are financially sound
• Ensure accurate forecasting of capital project spend and benefits, ensuring this aligns to the approved capital proposal and escalating any delays / pull forwards
• Daily and weekly KPI reporting
• Overall responsibility for monthly site management accounts, reporting on variances to weeklies, budget, and prior year
• Ensure strong overhead control across all functions by educating and promoting a cost awareness culture
• Review and approve monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Regular forecasting of site performance
• Annual budgeting of site performance
• Monitor internal controls to ensure they are robust and effective in managing and mitigating key business risks
• Lead the onsite finance team, creating a supportive, continuous improvement and high-performance culture

Your Skills and Experience:

• Finance qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ICAEW etc)
• Advanced excel skills
• Natural leader
• Great communicator and comfortable with liaising with stakeholders at all levels
• Proven track record of driving business performance through providing accurate information and challenging results
• ERP knowledge
• FMCG experience

Benefits:

• Online and high street retail discount scheme and benefits platform
• Enjoy 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Informal and formal training and career development with individual online LMS portal
• Contribute to the community with 2 volunteering days a year
• Secure your future with our company pension plan
• 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid support

The Compleat Food Group are proud to have built an inclusive and respectful culture where our colleagues feel safe, supported and valued. A place where they can bring their whole selves to work to achieve exceptional results and thrive.

We continue to attract diverse talent into our teams, because we know greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do.

Recruitment Agencies:

We have an active and trusted Preferred Supplier List to assist us if required. We do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies.