Job title:
Finance Business Partner (Merthyr based)

Reporting to: Finance Director, Red Meat UK

Location:
Primary: Merthyr, Wales

Secondary: Cornwall, England

UK & ROI travel required (currently restricted due to Covid 19)

Red Meat UK (Kepak Group Limited) Overview

The Kepak Red Meat UK business is an operating division within the Kepak Group. Kepak Group is one of Europe's leading meat producers with 15 manufacturing plants in Ireland and the UK, employing over 5,000 colleagues.

Kepak Red Meat UK (St Merryn and McIntosh Donald), operates from several sites around the UK. McIntosh Donald, in Aberdeen has the capacity to slaughter 5,000 lambs and 1,500 cattle per week. St. Merryn in Merthyr Tydfil has combined beef and lamb processing and packing facilities, with the capacity to slaughter 20,000 lambs and 2,000 cattle per week while our second St. Merryn site in Bodmin, Cornwall has the capacity to slaughter 1,500 cattle per week. We have dedicated retail packing capabilities within our business and offer beef and lamb products ranging from retail ready cuts for butchers' counters to branded packaged meat, all as part of our service.

Role Purpose

The Finance Business Partner role is a senior management role encompassing a financial controlling role for operations across two UK sites and a financial reporting and analysis role in Merthyr Tydfil, in the Red Meat UK business. The role is key support to the Operations, Commercial and Finance Directors in the Red Meat UK business.

Management Accounting Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of consistent operational reporting mainly focused on manufacturing yields, on a weekly & monthly basis to all levels of management across operations
• Drive the standardisation process in our production system (S.I. system)
• Manage and review the allocation of capital expenditure across sites and approval process
• Appraise day to day monitoring of stock levels and valuation
• Highlight and interrogate operational performance across the sites in the business
• Lead the appraisal of operations budgets and forecasts
• Review ad hoc reporting for the business/external parties
• Develop, implement and continuously improve standard business tools and reporting for financial performance to provide accurate, timely and consistent information
• Maintenance of strong working relationships with the Kepak Group Finance organisation and with other functions in the Kepak Group that work closely with the Red Meat UK business
• Management of certain cost areas
• Mentoring of local site finance and administration teams
• Ensure compliance by of local site finance and administration teams with Group policies within the operational site performance
• Support of CIP/Lean process through contribution to site projects, agreement of baselines and signing off of "Prizes"
• Support the new product development process

Project Management

• Liaise between the sites in the Red Meat UK business and any group projects (i.e. working capital reduction project) or group cost centre processes (i.e. purchasing) on an ad hoc basis
• Drive the development of the upgrade and improvement of the financial reporting systems

Key Performance Indicators

• Deliver cost optimisation through the operations value chain (yield improvement)
• Delivery of budget margin for the division
• Identification and delivery of margin improvement projects
• Support the business unit Operations Director
• Deliver of projects on a timely basis including system development and capital expenditure

Skills and Experience

• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, or similar) with 5 years PQE
• Financial reporting experience in the manufacturing industry
• Experience in leading an accounting function comprising staff supervision, being a multi-site liaison and project coordination
• Experience in preparation of all areas of Financial Statements and standard control procedures
• Highly motivated with excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently to tight deadlines
• The ability to adapt to the position quickly and to work as part of a team
• Change management skills
• Strong IT competency (MS Office Suite) and ERP systems knowledge preferred

Contacts

Key personnel (internal and external) with whom the new incumbent must interact include:

Red Meat UK Commercial Director, Finance Director and Operations Director; Red Meat UK Commercial Finance team and Site Management teams; Kepak Group Finance team; External Auditors and Service Providers.

Direct Reports:

All site operations controlling team members across the Red Meat UK Division will report directly to the Financial Controller, Operations.

Location

The role will be primarily based in the Red Meat UK Merthyr site with occasional travel to other sites across the UK and Ireland required (currently restricted in full due to Covid 19).