Head of Data Analytics

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Why Greencore?

We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better.

We supply all the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.

In FY21 we manufactured 645m sandwiches and other food to go products, 117m chilled prepared meals, and 256m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles and condiments. We carry out more than 10,500 direct to store deliveries each day. We have 21 world-class manufacturing units across 16 locations in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.3bn in FY21 and employ approximately 13,000 people.

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What you’ll be doing

• Lead the Data and Analytics team and own the delivery of the end to end finance technology improvement agenda
• Form the future strategy of finance and data within the business
• Liaise with Group IT, Finance and other stakeholders to build clear and prioritised roadmaps for delivery
• Take best practice from around the Group, and where necessary, create a standard best practice that is then rolled out across all relevant areas of finance
• Build the infrastructure required to roll out standardisation
• Support the Shared service centre by leading on delivery of standardisation and optimisation initiatives
• Be a key pillar of the FSSC futurization and optimisation
• Own the underlying financial systems data and be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of that data
• Form the bridge between IT and Finance to work collaboratively on scoping and delivering solutions to finance process and systems challenges

What we’re looking for

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA)
• Breadth of financial experience
• Breadth of IT system experience
• Process standardisation and optimisation
• Change and Project management working to implementation plans
• Strong communication skills - finance and non-finance
• Ability to challenge and support stakeholders to ensure quality outputs
• Have an understanding of the links between financial data and IT systems to plan and lead change

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Car allowance
• Performance related bonus
• Private health insurance
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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