Finance Manager - Production

Job Title: Finance Manager - Production

Location: Hybrid – 3 days per week in Northampton Brewery

Job Length: Permanent – Full Time

Competitive Salary with extensive benefits:

• Monthly product allowance – alcoholic & non-alcoholic options available
• Private Medical options
• Life Assurance
• Company bonus scheme
• Access to 24/7 GP services
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Generous holiday (inc bank holidays)
• Access to a range of high street discounts

Carlsberg Britvic is the largest multi-beverage supplier in the UK and is home to some of the most iconic and popular beers & soft drinks, including Carlsberg Danish Pilsner, 1664, Poretti and Brooklyn to ale favourites such as Hobgoblin and Wainwright. For soft drinks, Carlsberg Britvic’s brands include J2O, Robinsons, Tango and London Essence along with the licence rights to the Pepsi portfolio in the UK including Pepsi MAX, 7UP, Lipton Iced Tea and Rockstar Energy.

With a strong national footprint, the Carlsberg Britvic business includes 5 production facilities and 16 logistics depot’s servicing customers up and down the UK.   As the Dynamic, Multi-Beverage Powerhouse, we are united by a single, consistent goal: ensuring our people thrive.

About the role:

We are now recruiting for a Finance Manager – Production, this role delivers critical analysis and forward-looking inputs to month end review cycles, budgets, forecasts and product costs for the Northampton Brewery. Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager for Breweries, you will work within a team of 5.

Role Responsibilities:

• Partner regularly with brewery teams and analyse raw and packaging material usages, derive key insights, trends and reports, and establish action plans to optimise cost control and brewery efficiency
• Create detailed product volume analysis for monthly reporting and also manage the more complex product volume detail for forecasting and budgeting
• Execute cost estimating for NPD, to agreed service levels, and with accuracy and insight to assist business decision-making processes
• Manage utilities cost forecasting and budgeting processes, with key inputs from CSS in Poland, Procurement and stakeholders
• Manage the Finance elements of the site savings tracking, including estimating project savings and carrying out monthly tracking and verification
• Identify key risks and opportunities for cost areas within your remit
• Work with the local team and with our Shared Services Team in Poland to drive efficiency and effectiveness of processes and tasks

Experience and Key Attributes:

• Accounting Qualification or Finance Degree is desired
• Proven track record in financial and performance management, ideally within FMCG or beverage industry and with production or supply chain experience
• Strong business acumen with ability to translate commercial and operational factors into financial impact and vice versa
• Skilled in SAP, Excel, data analytics, and digital tools to deliver insight and drive decision-making
• Experience building strong working relationships with key stakeholders, influencing and driving change
• Skilled at dealing with complex tasks to tight deadlines, who can work on their own initiative

• Strong communication skills and attention to detail

Our commitment to diversity equity & inclusion

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences - including those of different races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, religions, and socioeconomic statuses. We actively seek to create a safe and inclusive environment for all of our colleagues, where diverse perspectives are welcomed, and inclusive practices are embedded in everything we do.

 We are happy to support accessibility needs, to ensure a fair and equitable experience for all candidates, so please do let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.

Application Process:

We read applications continuously, and vacancies may be filled anytime, so please apply as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application.

This is an exciting time to join our newly formed business – with their incredible individual history’s, innovation of products and some of the UK’s most iconic brands, Carlsberg Britvic strives to deliver the best service to our customers and consumers. We aim to make a difference, bringing together two diverse companies, our global reach enables opportunity, growth and a chance to work with some fantastic people.