Business Controller - Urban Fresh Foods & Peter's Yard
Functiebeschrijving
About the Role
The Business Controller – BEAR and Peter’s Yard role acts as finance business partner to these UK Sales Offices. The role is based in St Albans reporting into the Finance Director Natural Foods UK.
You will be part of the leadership team of BEAR and Peter’s Yard, collaborating closely with the Managing Director and Sales, as well as Marketing and Operations where needed too. Close alignment with the G/L Accountant, and AP/AR teams is required to ensure the quality and precision of our results.
The key focus areas of the role and where you will spend the majority of your time are:
- Business Partnering:
- Act as the finance business partner to the Managing Director of BEAR and Peter’s Yard, along with the wider commercial team, managing and driving various projects and providing ad-hoc analysis on commercial and other cases
- Be the first point of contact to support the business and closely monitor and improve profitability and efficiencies.
- Planning, budgeting & forecasting:
- Challenge & translate commercial volume forecasts to sales and related costs
- Template & process owner of planning, budgeting & forecast process for the two brands
- Ad-hoc forecast updates, simulations and analyses.
- Monthly Closing:
- Ensure timely and accurate closing on a monthly basis of accounts, including all necessary accruals and prepayments
- Template & process owner of commercial reporting, and other areas on an as needed basis.
- Provide key input in the monthly report that is distributed to ExCo
- Ensure accuracy of both P&L and B/S for areas of responsibility.
- Pricing, Costing & Profitability Management
- Ensure provisions for rebates & discounts are created, followed-up and corrected frequently
- Ensure reported margins are analyzed, disseminated and improved where needed
- Identify cost drivers and ensure long term cost improvements
- Other
- Prepare business reviews for senior management
- Support with audit queries
- Support SAP implementation: testing
Team
- Be a team player, we all get stuck in to achieve results here at Lotus Natural Foods and we love our team to look beyond their own role, whether that be contributing to innovation workshops or building upon ideas to amplify the overall result that perhaps sit outside of your role.
- Culture is hugely important to us here at Lotus Natural Foods and we look to our employees to positively contribute to that.
Please note this role is a full-time position at our beautiful offices in St Albans, with four days a week spent on-site. Please only proceed if this works for you.
Profiel
About You
From playful snacks like BEAR to artisanal treats like Peter’s Yard, this is your chance to make a real mark. You will need:
- To be a qualified accountant, with several years of relevant experience.
- A bachelor’s degree, in an analytical/economic/finance field preferred, from a good university
- Strong Excel skills – experience in compiling and analysing financial data
- Strong analytical capabilities, analysing financial data, identifying trends, writing commentary and making informed recommendations
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential
- Robust analytical capabilities, analysing financial data, identifying trends, writing commentary and making informed recommendations
- Demonstrated experience of month end closings, reporting and budget process.
- Good relationship building and stakeholder management qualities, with experience working with and presenting information and ideas to senior staff members.
- An agile personality – you enjoy working on a variety of tasks, and supporting the wider finance team as needed.
- Experience with SAP preferred
Aanbod
Grasp the opportunity to join an ambitious and driven team with a mix of talents! Being part of a fast growing, international company, you will get tons of on-the-job-learning and acquire new insights.
In addition, you will be part of a culture where passion, team spirit and open dialogue are our main drivers.
And of course, on top of that, you can enjoy delicious branded snacks every day!
Wil je deel uitmaken van een fantastisch team? Wil je elke dag opnieuw geluksmomentjes creëren? Maak dan kennis met onze teams, ontdek hun unieke vaardigheden en de geweldige werkomgeving. Je krijgt al meteen zin om aan de slag te gaan, hè?
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