Weetabix
Location
Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Agency Statement
We utilise our Preferred Agency Supplier Partners as and when we require additional support.
We are always looking to enhance our current teams with diverse skills, experience and backgrounds; so if your skills and experience look a little different and you believe you can add value to the role and/or Weetabix, then we would love you to drop us your CV or apply! No candidate will ever meet 100% of the desired qualifications, skills and/ or experience, but we are ambitious to attract the right talent for how we want our business to grow.
You might not be right for the role, yet but we are always looking for talented people!
Firstly a little bit about why we are the Nations favourite cereal brand!
Weetabix is renowned for its commitment to providing better breakfasts and helping people live healthier lives. They are the home to popular breakfast favourites such as Weetabix, Alpen, and Weetabix On the Go Drinks. With our world-class innovation and extensive product range, Weetabix has established itself as a market leader. As part of the Weetabix family, you will have the opportunity to contribute to this success and make a difference in people's lives.
Check out our sustainability credentials. Did you know all of our wheat is sourced within 50 miles of our factories and 100% of our electricity is generated by renewable energy and not to blow our own trumpet (but why not?!), but we expect to provide 3 million meals each year to Fareshare & Magic Breakfast which we are all really proud of.
The Recruitment process
We will aim to shortlist within 1 week of application and are anticipating interviews will commence 4th March with a 2-part process via TEAMS and in person at our offices in Burton Latimer.
We reserve the right to close any job early where we have high volumes of candidates.
The role
We are seeking a Finance Business Partner to join our exceptional team based in Burton Latimer. As a crucial member of our organisation, you will play a key role in supporting our Engineering function across Weetabix.
This exciting position offers a unique opportunity to provide high-level business partnering support and make a significant impact on our finance and company performance.
Closing date for applications 4th March
Requirements
The recipe
• Deliver insight into the periodic performance of Engineering spend vs budget / forecast (Factory & Central)
• Support key business partners in the management of their budgets
• Develop financial tools to aide decision making & insight
• Perform Quarterly forecasting & annual budget preparation
• Provide Capital ledger posting & reporting support
• Track/Report improvement plans, cost saving initiatives & capital opportunities
• Support cross-functional work teams i.e., tenders, restructures etc.
The key ingredients
Must haves
• Strong alignment to the Weetabix values
• Always curious to find new and better ways of working
• Great communication skills; experience of working & communicating with key stakeholders, specifically those without finance backgrounds
• Have the ability to appropriately prioritise tasks to deliver
• Excellent analytical / Excel skills
• Comfortable to challenge processes to drive improvement
Nice to haves
• FMCG, retail or food / other manufacturing background
• Exposure to Microsoft Dynamics AX2012R3 or similar ERP systems
Benefits
What’s great about working for Weetabix? Here’s some of what we offer…
• Competitive salary plus company bonus scheme
• Double matched pension
• 25 days holiday with the ability to purchase more and accrue more days with service
• Various flexible lifestyle and health benefits
Inclusion without exception
Our differences ‘Make the Difference’ and have a ‘Brilliant People’ culture where we believe that our people can do their best work when they can bring their best selves to work every day.
We value diversity, as it sparks creativity, innovation, and ultimately better business performance.
We recruit and develop people who are best suited to the requirements of the role on offer and our talent and succession programmes are grounded in ensuring that ‘Talent Matters’ and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and are supported to fulfil their unique potential.
By joining our team, you will be part of helping ensure we continue our ‘Inclusion without Exception’ journey and help ‘Make the Difference’.
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