Senior Financial Controller -12 month FTC in Bristol

Overview

We're Müller UK & Ireland, a family-run dairy business and we're experts at what we do. Dairy is a key part of a healthy and balanced diet and we're super proud to help meet the nutritional needs of millions of people, every single day. To do this, our business has been split into two areas: Müller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) and Müller Yogurt & Desserts (MYD).

Join MMI and step into a culture that's fast-paced and full of opportunity. With great benefits, exciting challenges, a dream team of people, this is your chance to make a real impact.

As the UK's most popular dairy brand, we're always striving to make a real difference for our planet, our partners and our people, making sure we're helping to create a more sustainable dairy future. We're growing to keep up with the millions of people reaching for our branded and private label products on shelves everywhere.

Location: Location is flexible on a hybrid working model - 3 days per week on site.

Contract: Full-Time, 12 month fixed term

Hours: Monday-Friday (40 hours)

As Senior Financial Controller, you will provide financial decision-making support and act as finance lead in driving improvements in site performance. You will ensure site budgets, capital investments and three-year plans are optimised and act as business partner to the Head of Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Hold the Fiduciary responsibility for all materials and assets owned by the company on the site.
• Develop and maintain a system of financial control, which adheres to the company's policies and procedures.
• Ensure correct recording of all types of inventories held on site within the company's financial systems.
• Ownership of site balance sheet.
• Ensure accurate recording of materials consumption within the company's financial systems.
• Bridge financially the sites reported performance to the prior period and forecasts.
• Support Commercial teams with new Tenders.
• Manage, maintain and review the Bill of Materials and other product costing models.
• Close the books for the site each month.
• Provide the site management team and MMI leadership with clear, timely and accurate analysis.
• Drive and manage standardized financial based KPI metrics for the site.
• Provide explanation of site milk costs on a monthly basis.
• Report site financial operational performance ensuring accurate and clear reporting.
• Review and drive improvements in site forecasting and performance metrics.
• Act as business partner to the local site manager.
• Independently support line manager/senior manufacturing team in identifying and challenging local site performance.
• Coordinate and facilitate the detailed budget and forecasting process of the site.
• Evaluate and continuously review investment opportunities for the site.
• Support SKU/Product Family rationalisation opportunities.
• Provide robust financial modelling and systems solutions to new business opportunities.
• Drive improvements in Operational budgeting.
• Support in customer profitability analysis.
• Act with the other controllers as a single team presenting consistent reports across all sites.
• Lead site finance team and work collaboratively with the Central Finance team.

Key skills & experience

• Qualified Accountant with 5+ years PQA.
• Proven Experience in FMCG.
• Ability to operate at all levels.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to manage and influence.
• Experience managing a team.
• Self-starter with the ability to business partner and influence decision making.
• Team player, but capable of working on own initiative.
• Be able to demonstrate MMI core values.

If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply at www.mullercareers.co.uk

Contact Details: F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Müller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ