Finance Business Partner

Operations

• Key month-end activities including journals, analysis, KPI reporting and commentary
• Monthly cost centre reviews and associated analysis with budget-holders, partnering with them to enable an understanding of variances & trends versus budget/forecast as well as building first line financial knowledge
• Monthly COGS and packaging materials variance reporting (usage and purchasing)
• Own the annual Operations budget & forecast process
• Provide analysis and support on costing of 3rd party customer products & pricing agreements
• General maintenance of the Strathearn fixed asset register
• Drive financial acumen, building strong working relationships with key stakeholders
• Identify profit improvement initiatives offering guidance on potential areas of spend mitigation and support lean manufacturing/continuous improvement programme
• Work closely with the Operations teams to ensure successful delivery of the annual stock take process
• Support the delivery of key strategic projects

Sales & Marketing

• Issue Sales report and supporting analysis to enable an understanding of performance across the business
• Prepare the annual Sales Budget and forecast
• Business partnering including pricing analysis & interpretation
• Involvement in the NPD process to agree target COGS and ensure anticipated margin analysis is accurate
• Work with the team to implement reporting improvements that will add value
• Drive financial acumen building strong working relationships with key stakeholders

Support the delivery of key strategic projects