Costings Finance Manager

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to work in an area that is growing and evolving, with the ability to influence change and shape processes. As Costings and Sustainability Finance Manager, you will partner across multiple teams including Product Development, Procurement, and Sustainability. You will be responsible for ensuring robust product costings for both new and existing products while also supporting key sustainability reporting and compliance activities. You will play an important role in strengthening processes, delivering clear financial insights, and ensuring key compliance deadlines are met.

Responsibilities

• Cost both New Product Development (NPD) and Existing Product Development (EPD) to assess development feasibility
• Work closely with Product Development to ensure robust product costings aligned with premium value propositions
• Partner cross-functionally with the Group Procurement Finance Manager and Senior Finance Manager to ensure accurate and up-to-date data
• Lead the tracking and governance of product costings, developing improved ways of working
• Provide clear visibility of costings and support the implementation of rigorous sign-off procedures
• Monitor category trends, market dynamics, and business performance drivers
• Own the annual standard cost revaluation process in collaboration with multiple stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement in costing processes and reporting

Sustainability & Compliance

• Ensure sustainability and compliance data is gathered ahead of key submission deadlines (e.g. EPR UK / EPR US / UK WEEE compliance)
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to obtain required data and meet compliance requirements
• Work closely with the Mars reporting team to ensure alignment on sustainability reporting
• Partner with the Sustainability team to stay up to date with policies and regulatory changes
• Improve data collection processes to enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency
• Lead, coach and develop one Finance Analyst
• Provide guidance and support to ensure high-quality financial analysis and reporting

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or qualified by experience)

Required Skills

• Strong background in product costings within a food manufacturing environment
• Excellent attention to detail with a proactive and energetic approach
• Confident business partner with the ability to work cross-functionally
• Experience using accounting systems
• Ability to plan, organise and manage multiple priorities
• Comfortable working across multiple system platforms

Preferred Skills

• Experience within a multi-channel trading business
• Strong systems capability and reporting skills
• Sustainability-related qualification or exposure (desirable but not essential)

Hadley Park – Hybrid Working

Here at Hotel Chocolat, we’ve adopted hybrid working. This means you’ll join us on site for three days a week, and for the other two days – you can work from wherever you like! The onsite location for this role is at our Factory ‘Hadley Park’, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, right in the heart of where our chocolates are made and where weekly, we can produce between 4 to 6 million of the chocolates we all know and love. Hadley Park is just 5 minutes off the A141 and 1.3 miles from Huntingdon train station, with direct rail links to London King’s Cross.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Hotel Chocolat, we believe in creating an environment where people can grow, innovate, and make a real impact. You’ll be part of a collaborative team working on exciting new products while helping drive sustainability and operational excellence across the business.