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Operations Finance Analyst

Employer
Greencore
Location
Northampton, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jul 17, 2019

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Job Role
Finance Data Analyst
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
We're looking for a talented accountant or analyst to join our Operations Finance team. As the Operations Analyst for a fast paced growing site you'll support the Head of Operations Finance through the delivery of the short-medium term needs and objectives of the Operations Finance function with a focus on providing world class finance support. The core focus of this role will be in providing our operations with day to day support including factory cost analysis and information providing insight to drive action Package descriptionCompetitive Main responsibilitiesAs an Operations Analyst you'll be responsible for assisting the operations team in being as good as they possibly can be by providing data and insight to allow them to make the right decisions. As such you'll find that on a day to day basis and then on a month to month basis you'll be producing, communicating and distributing accurate daily Business Unit KPI and other key data, reports and information. You'll be enabling the team to make decisions and changes based on fact and insight. Some of the reports you'll look after will include: Labour variance analysis Material variance analysis KPI Data Operations monthly KPI reports & Scorecard Whilst you'll be providing information to allow our managers to make decisions, you'll also have the freedom to challenge and provide support in making changes to improve factory costs. This will be done through the analysis of the above reports combined with analysis of the operational overheads. You'll do this by being in face to face contact through scheduled meetings and adhoc opportunities both in meeting rooms and in the factory directly. There'll also be the responsibility for ensuring that our ERP system TROPOS is accurate, you'll also be working cross functionally to help with new product costing, working in combination with our New Product Development team and the wider Operations teams to ensure that TROPOS builds are accurate. You'll also help to support with the wider financial teams responsibilities including: the month end process production of the month end Operations packs preparation of monthly MD reports annual Budget and quarterly Forecasting process for factory performance and Operations overheads Ideal candidateThere's a huge amount of scope within this role, you'll be tasked with and responsible for working closely with our Operations team to provide actionable insight and information. As such you'll need a really strong communication style and be comfortable presenting all levels of information to people with differing levels of understanding. With the responsibility you'll also have an understanding of management accounting and ideally someone who has/had exposure to a manufacturing environment or is interested in working in this area. An understanding of a factory environment and the pressures within will also be beneficial. This a 50% office based 50% factory based and you will have to demonstrate the ability to switch from office to factory role and flexible in working hours. You will have an accounting and finance or maths degree or studying towards it. About the company

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