Finance Lead - Group Supply Chain

To be an integral part of the Group Supply Chain (GSC) Management Team, partner with the GSC management team and leading the GSC finance team to drive value for Greene King.

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.  

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 earn £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 Lead

• Leading role in developing the strategy of Group Supply Chain and the required operational deliverables to deliver it.  These then to be reflected in the supporting financial modelling and delivered of balanced dartboard.  
• Lead and coordinate the Supply Chain Finance team to ensure their success in supporting the ops team, delivering their goals and long-term personal development.
• Manage internal and external stakeholder relationships to ensure collaborative working.
• Lead the strat plan, budget and forecast process for Group Supply Chain in line with the overall business objectives.
• Articulate and understand the value of the business streams in Group Supply Chain within the organisation and comprehend the impact to other parts of the business (i.e. Pub divisions).
• Able to evaluate and provide commentary on GSC against agreed key performance indicators and sign off period close, ensuring accuracy and completeness of the result.
• Manage the financial reporting of GSC through Risks and Opportunities with the GSC management team
• Evaluate and provide recommendations on business cases for project delivery to ensure compliance with 5-year Strat Plan.
• Ensure financial management and governance of Third-Party contract in Group Supply Chain including evaluation of Gainshare initiatives and tracking performance of contract against KPIs. Be the first point of GK Finance sign off for contractually committed gain share reviews.
• Collaborate with sustainability and compliance teams to integrate ESG factors into financial reporting and analysis.
• Able to create data driven financial models for supply chain scenarios to make recommendations on business decisions
• Preparation of Board and EBM updates to the GK Exec.
• Ensures robust financial governance within the operational function together with adherence to the wider Group’s policies.
• Challenge the operations team to maximise both cost efficiencies and working capital.
• Lead and participate in management meetings (eg GSC Management Team Meeting, External QBRs with Third Party providers, GSC Performance reviews) and deliver presentations as required.

What you’ll bring… 

• Able to build and maintain strong relationships cross functionally flexing personnel style as required.
• Able to effectively understand the business area, provide critical challenge and drive value for Greene King.
• Confident communicator and able to communicate at all levels of seniority both internally and externally.
• Capable of leading, coaching, listening, developing others independently.
• Able to work autonomously to plan and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines.
• Able to delegate effectively to achieve results.
• Makes decisions with confidence, and acts based on those decisions.
• Recognises impact of decisions across Greene King and takes ownership of outcomes.
• Able to assess impact of decision on wider business and overall value to Greene King.
• Qualified CIMA, ACCA
• Experience of Microsoft Office (i.e. Excel)
• Experience of using Cognos
• Experience of using PowerBI
• Preferred experience of Supply Chain (i.e. Distribution, Inventory etc) reporting however not essential.