At Yeo Valley, we’ve been making delicious, organic dairy products for over 50 years. As a family-run business, we believe in doing things the right way – sustainably, ethically, and with people at the heart of what we do
We are looking for a qualified accountant with a passion for data and reporting to join our Finance team as a Reporting and Forecasting Manager.
You will support the Forecasting and Reporting team with responsibility for the group management reporting and forecasting including financial and impact measures.
Develop and drive forward our reporting and forecasting to ensure impact and finance reporting are reviewed and assessed alongside each other and the interaction between the two is understood.
This is a hybrid role split between the office and home, ideally 3 days a week minimum on site.
Key responsibilities:
- Responsible for consolidated monthly performance reporting and understanding the individual entity reporting
- Be responsible for cash forecasting short and long term identifying cash risks and opportunities and work with wider business stakeholders to deliver on these
- Work closely with the finance business partners and the business to ensure weekly and monthly reporting continue to align to our strategic priorities and drive the right decisions and behaviours. To also drive efficiencies into our reporting and forecasting process so as much as possible is centralised and completed consistently across the business.
- To support the Head of Finance in finance project delivery
- Co-ordinating weekly, monthly and yearly performance reporting
- Consolidating the Strategic and Operational KPI reporting including all financial and non-financial metrics and working with wider business stakeholders to understand the implications of the reports and associated actions required
- Organise, co-ordinate and run the annual budget and half yearly forecast process engaging with key business stakeholders highlighting and escalating the impact of changes during the process
- Co-ordinate the annual refresh of the outer year forecast, liaising with the business owners to ensure understanding of the impact of their assumptions
- Supporting the continual improvement into the impact reporting to ensure full business accountability and understanding of the key drivers to impact performance
- Supporting continual improvement of the monthly rolling forecast process to provide a robust 18 month forecast, providing first level commentary on the cause of movements and risks and opportunities to the forecast.
- Work closely with the financial integrity team to streamline month end reporting processes and ensure consistency in approach across the business units.
- Provide cover for the financial integrity team where required
- Responsible for capital project reporting
- Provide business partnering support to select Central Departments