Finance Business Partner

We are delighted to be partnered with Bells of Lazonby in their search for a Finance Business Partner. Bells of Lazonby are an established family baker and market leader within the food and retail sector. They have created delicious baked products for over 70 years, with a strong reputation for both their quality as well as their corporate, social and environmental responsibility. They lead the way on innovation, having been the first of their kind to open a gluten, wheat and milk free bakery, in addition to producing their more traditional products.
  
Founded in 1946 in Cumbria, they have been on a remarkable journey and now employ over 350 people who work across their award-winning baking sites and head office.
  
Bells of Lazonby has a fantastic reputation as an employer promoting an open and honest culture in the workplace, who empower their employees to look for solutions and share ideas with the business. Their Head Office is based in a beautifully restored station house, and they pride themselves on a waste minimalisation policy which has gained them the Queens Award for Enterprise.
  
The business continues to thrive, and the role of Finance Business Partner offers the opportunity to develop and grow this function over the coming years. Reporting into the Financial Controller, the role will oversee & help to develop the commercial finance function.
  
Responsibilities

• Produce high quality analysis and operational data that provides valuable insight across the business.
• Production of monthly Board Packs to be shared with the executive suite and external stakeholders.
• Production of period sales reports.
• Support in the financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Create and maintain financial planning models.
• Assist in the creation of insightful and meaningful reporting catalogue to support the business.
• Support on ad-hoc analysis with the Commercial Finance Business Partner.
• Pro-actively look for opportunities to improve reporting and analysis.
• Comment on variance analysis and provide insightful commentary for period end reviews.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities and escalate to senior management where necessary.
• Collaborate with senior members of the accounting and finance teams.
• Manipulate large data sets into meaningful outputs.
• Contribute to a process and culture of continuous improvement, with specific focus on automating and standardising reporting outputs, and ongoing development of modelling and analytical capability.

Experience

• An experienced Finance Analyst / Management Accountant with excellent technical skills.
• Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA or working towards qualification.
• Experience delivering high quality financial analysis, and an ability to communicate findings.
• Modelling capability and a strong understanding of Microsoft Excel.
• Experience in SQL or other reporting tools.

For more information please apply or email .
  
Any speculative CV’s sent directly to Bells of Lazonby will be forwarded to Broster Buchanan for review.