Who we are
We are the leaders in the fresh prepared food manufacturing industry. We are fast developing a strong presence in the US as we continue to disrupt the eating habits of US consumers. We are passionate about the food we make and demand for our products is high. You may not know our Bakkavor name but our customers are some of the best-known grocery chains across the globe.
In total, we have 19,000 employees worldwide. Here in the US we are playing an instrumental part in driving change in fresh prepared foods to some of the major retailer chains and in the UK we are the market leader in all categories we serve.
Our mission is : to develop and produce innovative, commercially successful, great-tasting food that offers choice, convenience and freshness to people around the world.
Our values are :
- Respect & Trust Each Other
- Be Proud Of What We Do
- Keep The Customer At The Heart Of What We Do
- Get It Right, Keep It Right
Position Summary
As a member of the San Antonio finance team, you are part of the financial backbone delivering managerial reporting and driving in-depth analysis of results to leaders across our manufacturing facility. In this dynamic and fast-moving environment, you will assist the Controller with maintaining all areas of the P&L and Balance Sheet. This includes preparing the weekly / monthly financial reporting package with commentary, month-end close which includes creating / posting journal entries, account analysis, and reconciliations. You’ll help develop budgets and forecast and provide guidance on variances to actuals. You will learn and help maintain standard costings on new products. You’ll serve as a financial business partner to numerous areas of the business, working closely with operations, commercial, procurement and warehouse teams.
Key Accountabilities and functional responsibilities
Support the monthly financial closing processImplement, drive and monitor key financial systems at the San Antonio facilitySupports financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processesSupports the preparation and delivery of plant financial forecasts and projectionsContinuously improve standard costing processes within the plant, including a robust communication system that draws in all of plant leadership and external salesPartner with operations, commercial and procurement to help drive financial and factory performance when up to speedCommunicate daily financial status to financial and non-financial personnel and exhibits professionalism across the enterpriseProvides in-depth analysis on variances to plan and forecast, backing up the monthly commentary processSupports actions in other functions by mitigating risk and prioritizing resource needsProactively sees roadblocks and develops contingency plans / corrective actions to ensure facility delivers on financial obligationsReports key metrics for the finance and accounting functionCompletes standard financial processes, including (but not limited to) journal entries, inventory count entry and reconciliation, financial and procurement analysis, sales analysis, cost analysis and otherWork across organization boundaries and all levels of the company to achieve plant objectivesShares best practices, i.e. process improvements, financial modeling and procedural changes with other Bakkavor USA facilitiesGracefully solves problems and drive results.Provides creative insight to plant leadership and team membersServes as plant data stewardMinimum Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration or similar. CPA / CMA a plus but not required.4 years of previous experience within Finance / Accounting function. Manufacturing and / or public accounting experience preferred. Food and beverage experience a plusStrong financial acumen and profound analytical abilityCritical thinking, problem solving and decision making through analytics and dataAbility to effectively communicate with all levels of the organizationStrength in MS Office suite, with heavy emphasis on MS Excel
