Finance Analyst - (12 Month FTC)

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience. 

What you’ll bring… 

-Ideally manufacturing experience

-Experience with budgeting and forecasting tools

-Advanced excel and ERP systems

-ideally CIMA finalist or qualified

We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career. 
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could receive £1,500 for referring them!
• Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…

Your role as Finance Analyst you will be working with the Operations teams and the Business Partner to ensure that all planning, analysis and reporting is completed to a high level with succinct and actionable outputs

You will be responsible for: 

-All budgeting, forecasting and weekly metrics creation and analysis

-First point of contact between the Operations business teams and Finance

-Attendance at all weekly, monthly and ad hoc operations meetings to communicate performance and to drive actionable change off of the back of the numbers

-Monthly board pack updates

-Weekly KPI communication with actions

-Ad hoc analysis to drive Operational Excellence

-Understand and communicate all variances to the Finance and Ops Managers and to ensure that change happens to rectify issues or capture opportunities

-Drive cost out of the business by understanding waste and being able to relate this to how we operate in both finance and operations

-Ensure governance in key areas both in finance and operations to minimise risks and to ensure all team members are adhering to financial processes

-Creation and review of key standard operating procedures and training documentation -Business partnering operations managers and the Finance Business Partner