Management Accountant | Duns
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Recruiter: Rutherford Cross
Company: Greenvale
Title: Management Accountant
Location: Duns
Salary: Confidential
Contract type: Permanent
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The Company
Greenvale stands as a prominent player in the UK's agricultural landscape, renowned for its role as a leading supplier of fresh and organic potatoes. Its success is deeply rooted in its ability to foster strong and collaborative relationships across its extensive supply chain network.
Greenvale ensures a consistent supply of fresh produce year-round through two packing facilities and a network of 200 UK growers. It prioritizes meeting retail and processing partners' needs by adapting to market trends. The company also focuses on environmental sustainability and community engagement, aiming to make a positive impact beyond profit.
The location in Duns services retail and non-retail customers to the tune of approximately 50,000 tonnes of fresh potatoes per year and employs around 70 staff on varying shift patterns. In addition to its packing operations, Greenvale also has a substantial growing operation based at Duns and grows around 3,000 acres across the UK. This finance role is standalone, with other finance personnel based in March, Cambridgeshire, and Burrelton, Perthshire. Duns has a small salaried team including Operations, Procurement, Engineering, Growing and Trading.
The role
* Preparing weekly / monthly results for the site with supporting analysis of key variances covering detailed review of commercial performance, operational performance and key business KPIs and business drivers
* Manage period and year-end closure, ensuring all necessary reconciliations are undertaken and all supporting documentation is available for review
* Ensuring completeness of all transactions undertaken within the ERP system (e.g. stock transactions)
* Preparing and reviewing budgets, forecasts and long-term plans ensuring that the local site management is responsible and accountable for any key assumptions made
* Leading the year-end and half-year stock count
* Assisting in the preparation of year-end statutory accounts
* Assisting the Site Director, Finance Manager, Operations and Commercial teams with ad hoc projects
* Involvement in site continuous improvement projects
* Key member of the local management team and finance leadership team
* Supporting the Site Director and site management teams with financial insight to enhance key commercial decision-making covering pricing decisions, operational performance, capex appraisal (both pre- and post-investment) and efficiency improvements
* Acting as an independent business partner providing robust procedures / guidance to the site management teams and improving and driving accountability across the site
* Seeking to improve financial awareness and understanding across the site / functions
* Continuously seeking to improve site stock control covering raw materials, packaging stock, spares and boxes and to improve forecasting of payments and to facilitate more accurate cash flow forecasting
* Maintaining accurate record-keeping systems – both manual and computerised where applicable
* Communicating KPIs and monitor and measure performance against the KPIs, taking appropriate action when required
* Monitoring and managing expenditure to maintain budgets and communicating any anticipated variances with a particular focus on the future
* Communicating KPIs, monitoring and measuring performance against the KPIs, and taking appropriate action when required
* Completing weekly accounts and period end in a timely manner
The Individual
* Fully Qualified
* Experience within food manufacturing or Fresh Produce sector helpful, but not essential
* Conversant with all Microsoft Office programmes, particularly advanced Excel
* Strong ERP systems knowledge (ideally Nav)
* Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner
* Accept and thrive on accountability
* Happy to drive improvement and lead change projects
* Adaptable to work such hours as may be reasonably required for proper performance of your duties
* Ability to travel in accordance with the needs of the business
* Be uncompromising where Health, Safety and welfare are concerned
To find out more on remuneration, the role or to see a full Position Profile, please contact their retained advisor, Noortje Teeuwen at Rutherford Cross by emailing noortjeteeuwen@rutherfordcross.com
Please note that any direct or third party approaches will be sent to Rutherford Cross for review and assessment.