Regional Finance Manager - Harlesden

What will this role achieve?

This role will be key to providing crucial financial decision support and performance reporting to the Site Leadership at Harlesden.

The successful candidate willbe responsible forensuring that the financial accounting and control requirements of a manufacturing site are met onan accurateandtimelybasis. The role includes considerable business partner interaction and involves developing Cost Centre Managers' financial awareness, managing the site capital investment process,facilitatingthe management team in controlling and forecasting the cost base. The role has a seat on the Site Leadership Team and directly reports into the UKI Supply Chain financial controller.

What will be your key deliverables?

• Ensuring that decisions,plansand strategies are formulated on a sound commercial and financial basis

• Reviewing and reporting performance against agreed budgets and forecasts and driving the formulation of meaningful action plans to meet those objectives

• Ensuring compliance with statutory and group accounting procedures, highlighting areas of concern asappropriateand taking corrective action

• Leading the Financial control of the site investment program

• Financial Leadership of the site and being an active part of the Site Leadership team

• Managing and developing the site finance team

• Mentoring the Site operational team on financial matters

• Supporting the other site finance roles as and whenrequired

Requirementsforthe role

Bring yourexperience.

• Applicants encouraged to be an experienced CIMA/ACCA qualified accountant or equivalent with a proventrack record.

• Candidate must have a positivedemeanorwith a desire to challenge and drive improvement.

• Experience of making sophisticated financial analysis easily understood in FMCG/ manufacturing background

• Track recordof providing robust and informative financial analysis, including planning and forecasting

• Experience of Financial Analysis / modelling / investment appraisal techniques

• Able todemonstratea proven communication and leadership ability, with the gravitas to build solid, successful working relationships cross functionally

• The desire to challenge the status quo

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Power point

Preferred Experiencefor the role:

• Costing experience in the FMCG/ manufacturing arena

• Experience in another organisation across financial reporting and control

• Knowledge of SAP processes or other relevant systems and ability to get up to speed quickly on relevant systems

OurValues

Purpose led–We’reenergised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite

Agile–We’reeverevolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and ourconsumers.

Positive–We’rehighly motivatedoptimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better

Resilient-We’repersistent in the face of setbacks,quick toadapt, learnand move forward

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Best mix of ingredients

pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every great recipewe’rea thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to workthat’sas diverse as our consumers and the communities we support, live and work in, all around the world. Where every voice is heard, and difference is celebrated. Where fresh perspectives andnew ideashelp us grow and thrive.

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