Dual Site - Holbeach and Harrow
Why Greencore?
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
Role Purpose:
Partner with the General Manager to deliver optimal operational performance across our Pizza business. Personally provide decision support to key operations stakeholders and ensure that the internal control environment is implemented in line with group policy, and lead on Finance process, governance and standardisation for all operations
Key Accountabilities:
Provide leadership and direction to ensure that the local finance team is engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their full potential
Take ownership of the internal control environment to ensure that identified risks are addressed, and ensure the integrity of the balance sheet through monthly detailed reviews and maintaining a detailed knowledge of balance sheet items including risks and opportunities
Support key stakeholders to ensure optimal decisions are made with factual information. Take the lead on preparation of financials for business cases, capital investment proposals and other such activity. Own financial review to assess the delivery of initiatives
Optimise financial performance with a particular focus on budget process and conversion reconciliation by providing support and challenge to stakeholders and budget holders. Lead the process for a robust budget and forecasting process including communication key stakeholders. Be a driver of continuous improvement e.g., through margin accretion, site conversion or net revenue management
Owner and gatekeeper of the site capital process, including planning and prioritising future spend, maintaining an accurate view of capital cash spend phasing, risk monitoring and management, monitoring and challenge of project timescales from inception to completion, quality control for all capital proposals being issued from the site and monitoring capital spend
Contribute to the wider finance team to ensure continuous improvement in controls, efficiency and ways of working
Lead key projects when called upon to enable data to be understood, insight gleaned and better solution delivered
Play a key role in driving excellence across the business, including monitoring and driving of performance
In conjunction with the data and analytics team, develop, continually improve, own and implement advanced analytics that lead to improved insights and recommended actions for the senior leadership team to use to drive improved business performance
Actively sponsor and commit the necessary resource and focus required to deliver our inclusion and diversity commitments, goals and targets and be a role model for inclusive leadership behaviours
Actively sponsor and commit the necessary resource and focus required to support delivery of our sustainability commitments, goals and targets
Actively manage organisational risk related to both Cyber Security and data, by committing the necessary focus, resource and investing in the skills and experience required to ensure compliance to relevant policies and legislation, along with taking ownership for personal and commercial data processed throughout the group Knowledge, Skills and Experience
(ACA, ACCA, CIMA) post qualification experience
Experience of operational or commercial decision support in a manufacturing environment
Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate to all levels of the business
Ability to build, lead and develop a high performing team
Proactive, organised and able to work flexibly in order to meet deadlines and have the drive to deliver results
Able to partner, challenge and collaborate at a senior level and provide value add insight to a team of professionals What you'll get in return:
Competitive salary and job-related benefits
25 days Holiday
Competitive matched pension contributions
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date
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