Finance Administrator

Join the Samworth Brothers Family!

Working for Dickinson & Morris, part of the Samworth Brothers Group, a 4thgeneration family business, we offer competitive benefits to all our colleagues including:

• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Private Health Scheme
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Annual Pay Review and Profit related pay
• Training and Progression opportunities

The Opportunity

This is an exciting role and a great time to join us during a period of change and modernisation. Dating back to 1851 the shop is both a tourist attraction and somewhere the local community is proud of. Our Melton Mowbray Pork Pies have protected status and we are keen to retain tradition and artisan craft but also take our business to a new level. This role is key in delivering the day to day running of the shop and fulfillment centre in Melton Mowbray. It will be fast paced and varied so we are looking for a calm, controlled person who wants to identify opportunities within the business and champion new ways of working. Your daily tasks will involve:

• All elements of Purchases through to Payments. Incorporating stock control, PO raising & receipting, invoice processing payment scheduling, supplier management and SSC liaison
• All elements of Customer orders through to Payments
• Deliver key financial performance reporting
• Either locally or through our shared services support centre support all banking and cash reconciliations, controlling on site cash and same day payment processing.
• Administer and organise the Group Bookings and Demonstration element of the business, customer communications, confirmations and be the lead liaison on the day to deliver WOW factor.
• Support the business at various events on site or offsite (maybe weekends or out of core hours) throughout the year.
• Play a massive part in improving systems and ways of working. The business will be looking to change a lot of systems and this person will be pivotal in choosing, implementing and leading usage new IT systems in the business.

The Right Person

Here at Samworth Brothers our people demonstrate our values and we are looking for people who are great at Teamwork, finding solutions and being ambassadors for our business. For this role we are looking for someone who is approachable, capable, engaging and enthusiastic who wants to work with a small team. You will also need:

• A love for food and experience of working within similar small teams on varied financial or administrative tasks.
• A confident style to engage with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external, in person, phone or digitally.
• You will be detailed, methodical, quick to learn new processes and can demonstrate ways to improve and adapt.
• Systems savvy, using multiple IT systems demonstrating capability, confidence, and attention to detail.

The Company

Dickinson and Morris is the oldest and only remaining pork pie bakery producing authentic Melton Mowbray Pork Pies in the centre of Melton Mowbray today. This role will be split between the Olde Pork Pie Shoppe and Piequarters at Rotherhill Business Park, Melton Mowbray.

We take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative