Senior Finance Manager

Overview

Senior Finance Manager | Chichester | Amazing Benefits Package

Join Nature’s Way Foods as our Senior Finance Manager. If you’re a qualified accountant ready to lead the control and reporting agenda in a fast-paced, complex manufacturing environment, we’d love to hear from you.

This hands-on role combines month-end close ownership, statutory and management reporting, audit support and technical accounting judgement, while leading a small team and working closely with Finance Business Partners, the wider finance team and external advisers.

You’ll lead financial reporting, consolidation and technical accounting across the business, developing a high-performing function that can adapt to a dynamic business environment.

What You’ll Get

Competitive basic salary (dependent on experience)

Profit share bonus scheme

Employer matched pension up to 5%

Health cash plan

Flexible benefits, including corporate gym discounts, shopping discounts, enhanced maternity and paternity policies, and more

Access to online GP & life assurance

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Consolidation

Own weekly, monthly, annual, budget and reforecasting reporting, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and consistency across entities

Monitor and report working capital, including direct and indirect cashflow forecasting

Maintain and report on the Fixed Asset Register

Manage the group’s month-end close and ensure robust balance sheet reconciliations

Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards (UK GAAP/FRS 102)

Technical Accounting

Act as technical accounting lead for complex areas including business combinations, goodwill and impairment, leases and financial instruments

Prepare technical accounting papers and memos for judgemental areas, working with external auditors where needed

Lead annual corporation tax compliance and support special projects such as capital allowances review

Audit & Controls

Own the year-end statutory audit process, including timetable management and query resolution

Maintain and strengthen financial controls across the reporting cycle

Support statutory accounts preparation and disclosures

Business Partnering & Process

Identify and deliver improvements in reporting processes, systems and automation

Support projects including system implementations and reporting infrastructure development

Lead, coach and support a small team of two accountants, ensuring clear priorities, strong performance and effective delivery

About You

Essential

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Strong technical accounting knowledge (UK GAAP/FRS 102 and/or IFRS)

Proven experience managing a statutory reporting process

Experience leading or heavily supporting external audit

Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large, complex datasets

Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical accounting matters clearly to non-finance stakeholders

Desirable

Practice background (audit) followed by industry experience

Experience in manufacturing, FMCG, food or fresh produce environments

* Exposure to FP&A or budgeting processes

Nature’s Way Foods is a leading manufacturer of prepared salads, coleslaw and food-to-go products for major supermarkets and retailers, working closely with farmers across Europe.

Our inclusive culture brings together people speaking 39 different languages, across four manufacturing facilities producing more than 400 million units each year. As we continue to grow, there are genuine opportunities to progress and develop your career with us.

Interested?

Click apply and submit your up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.

At Nature’s Way Foods, we believe diversity and inclusion drive innovation and excellence. We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to reach their full potential.

Join us in building a more inclusive, fairer world. Together, we can become the best at fresh.

If you require us to make any reasonable adjustments to support you with this interview process, please let us know directly and we will be happy to discuss alternative options with you.

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