Supply Chain Finance Business Partner

As a Supply Chain Finance Business Partner you will partner with the Supply Chain team and provide insight and analysis that supports decision making to bring value to Greene King through the Supply Chain function. This is a full time, permanent role that can be performed from any location in the UK, as long as you are willing to travel to our head office/distribution centres when required.  

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 Supply Chain Finance Business Partner 

• Understands the strategy of the business and the operational deliverables which support it
• Understands Group Supply Chain’s business streams, the context of their role within the organisation and comprehends the value to other parts of the business (i.e. Pub divisions)
• Interrogates and interprets complex financial transactions and principles, translating them into the drivers of operational performance.
• Able to create data driven financial models for supply chain scenarios to support business decisions
• Able to evaluate and provide commentary on operations performance against agreed key performance indicators and to be the first line of sign off for period close, ensuring accuracy and completeness of the result.
• Ownership of the process for calculating supply chain recharges and the implications on movements on business performance
• Detailed understanding of operational overheads and efficiencies and able to identify potential opportunities to mitigate increases
• Collaborate with sustainability and compliance teams to integrate ESG factors into financial reporting and analysis
• Operational budget/forecast setting as part of the wider business process, track ongoing progress and provide regular updated projections of performance as a basis for decision making 
• Provide analysis and insight into the short & long term outturn for submission to FP&A, Central Finance etc
• Preparation of various periodic reports (eg, (Performance reviews etc)
• Ensures robust financial governance within the operational function together with adherence to the wider Group’s policies.
• Challenge the operations team to maximise working capital
• Participate and bring financial insight and governance into project teams as required
• Attend and participate in operations meetings (eg Internal with GK depots, External with Third Party providers, Inventory teams) and deliver presentations as required
• Regular travel to head offices in Bury St Edmunds / Burton-on-Trent, Distribution Centres and Pub Estate

What you’ll bring… 

• Part qualified / 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
• Able to build and maintain excellent relationships
• Confident communicator and able to communicate at all levels of seniority both internally and externally
• Able to work autonomously to plan and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
• Capable of coaching, listening, developing others independently
• Able to delegate effectively to achieve results
• Makes decisions with confidence, and takes action based on those decisions

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