Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner - FTC Mat Cover

So, what will I be doing?

Please note, we are aiming to interview for this position on 16th & 17th March so please do not delay in submitting your application.

Yeo Valley Production is a Purposeful, co-owned business. We are committed to Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever. This is an exciting time. We have an ambitious growth strategy and are expanding our portfolio of brands into new categories.

This role is about enabling great decisions across Commercial whilst also providing strong governance. You will play a key role as an independent, critical friend to the Commercial teams in service of great evidence‑based decision making to achieve ambitious, impactful growth across existing and new product categories. You use great data and analysis to draw meaningful insights, help to identify solutions and ensure that decisions are implemented effectively.

You work collaboratively and flexibly, working within cross‑functional teams on start‑stop initiatives as required to meet immediate business needs.

You provide inspiration to your line reports, providing support through regular high‑quality coaching conversations to ensure high engagement and performance.

• Partnering:
  You are a trusted advisor to the Commercial teams, focusing on performance of our revenue streams, direct material costs, MGP and related impacts.
• Partnering:
  Enable the delivery of budgetary and strategic objectives through the timely identification of required interventions to address performance challenges, mitigate risks and capitalise on opportunities.
• Partnering: work collaboratively and flexibly within cross‑functional teams as required, e.g. constructing economic evaluation for individual business cases (in line with our investment appraisal framework)
• Financial management: play the role of independent, critical friend to ensure accurate budgeting and forecasting of our revenue streams, direct material costs, MGP and related impacts, ensuring consistent and justifiable assumptions as a result of strong business partnering relationships and supportive challenge. Ensure strong buy‑in of the budget and rolling forecast process through stakeholder management.
• Financial management:
  Assume responsibility for establishing and maintaining open book costing models, where appropriate, with our key customers and suppliers, to optimise margin, mitigate risk and secure long‑term agreements.
• Financial management:
  Provide effective financial management, including independent assessment and challenge. Support compliance activities as required (risk management, audit, tax etc). Support the Head of Finance in ad hoc projects and technical accounting matters as required.
• Strategic partnering:
  Work with YV Customer Strategy teams, retailers and strategic co‑packers as required to drive partnership ways of working and desired strategic outcomes on multiple accounts.
• Strategic partnering:
  Work with Marketing leadership team to ensure clear multi‑year brand plans and to drive long‑term brand value, including by leading the financial assessment of Brand opportunities to support the decision to enter new categories, products and ranges.
• Strategic partnering:
  Providing governance and cross‑functional support for the development of new brand ideas from concept to post launch review to ensure we launch products that are desirable, viable and feasible as a member of the Brand Launch process Gate team.
• Leadership:
  Provide inspiration and support to your team through regular high‑quality coaching conversations to ensure high engagement and performance.
• Leadership:
  Lead your team, focusing on coaching, performance and development to ensure a highly engaged and effective team.
• Leadership:
  Member of Finance Leadership Team, providing functional leadership to the wider Finance team ensuring a highly engaged and effective finance team.
• Performance insights:
  Use external and internal data and analysis to ensure a deep understanding of performance and to draw meaningful performance insights, for example, through identifying and understanding trends, performance deficiencies, risks and opportunities. Play the…