pladis Global
Assistant Site Accountant
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Assistant Site Accountant – Aintree
Purpose-led, resilient, and positive? Let’s bake happiness—and success—together.
Want to help pladis bring happiness to the world? Join a fast-growing global biscuits and confectionery business with iconic brands like Godiva, McVitie’s, and Ulker, and invest in an exciting future. We’re proud custodians of trades that deliver joy—and we live by quality, passion, and our Winning Traits: purpose-led, agile, collaborative, positive, and resilient.
At pladis, we turn insights into impact. Our journey began with family spirit and founders who broke the rules to create greatness. Today, we’re building the next chapter—and we seek fresh thinkers, driven individuals, and team players who want to grow and thrive.
Why Join the Team?
At pladis, you’ll benefit from:
- A global community where each of our 16,000 colleagues across the world brings their own passion and purpose—we truly are a family of bakers.
- Iconic brands that consumers globally trust—and the change to innovate with them.
- Unrivalled growth fostered by collaboration, honesty, and ambition.
- Daily impact through financial stewardship, cost management, and problem-solving.
While united by our purpose, every role at pladis—from baking to finance to marketing—aims for success the pladis way.
About the Role
Role Title: Assistant Site Accountant Location: Aintree Hiring Manager: Neil Tillett Reports Into: Regional Finance Manager (Supply Chain Finance)
Our Story
From humble roots, our founders believed biscuits and chocolates could bring happiness to generations. This spirit still fuels us—through heritage-inspired treats, bold innovations, and unwavering craftsmanship. Pladis merges tradition with transformation, inviting colleagues like you to shape the future of happy-driven treats.
This Role Delivers
You’ll be the key financial partner to the Aintree factory’s Site Leadership Team. You’ll drive financial control, efficiency, and growth-ready decision-making while giving sites the support they need to cost-effectively thrive.
Your contributions will span:
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Quarterly forecasting and budget preparation for Aintree.
- Accountability & Outcomes: Ownership of finance reporting to track variance performance and deliver actionable insights.
- Cross-Functional Synergy: Engage with offshore finance teams, new product development projects, andInternal leadership to ensure sober cost management and investment visibility.
- Standard Financial Precision: Become the owner of product costing, guiding development teams and cross-functional partners to ensure financial parity.
- Enabling Success: Guide businesses to manage overheads responsibly, develop financial awareness, and spot cost inefficiencies exploring performance improvements.
- Talent Growth & Support: Lead the offshore financial team with training, mentorship, and pivotal interpersonal advice.
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Key Responsibilities (your FT focus)
Financial Stewardship & Compliance
- Ensure all decisions, plans, and commercial strategies anchor in solid financial analysis.
- Frontline response to statutory and Group accounting compliance; flag discrepancies and drive corrective action.
- Lead asset register controls, asset capitalisation, disposition tracking, and balance sheet reconciliation reviews.
Operational Finance Partner
- Serve as Business Partner for site Cost Centre managers, offering financial advice, mentorship, and overhead optimisation support.
- Monthly involvement in Batch budget and forecast processes—ensuring data integrity and facilitating operational agility.
Performance & Process Drives
- Lead Prime Cost and Overhead Cost analysis and prepare monthly performance reporting.
- Own capital reporting/, business case analysis, and project forecasting including monthly site leadership meetings.
Lean Efficiency & Improvement
- Investigate and drive financial process innovation in Aintree’s finance function to bolster pace and profitability.
- Oversee performance tracking aligned with site targets, demonstrating data-driven optimization for continuous improvement.
Team Leadership & Mentorship
- Head up offshore manage + develop financial team, providing direct oversight,training, and guidance.
- Serve as first point of contact for key issues and take leadership where Region Finance Manager capacity demands arise—or deputise as needed.
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What You Bring
Essential Requirements
- Costing experience rooted in FMCG/or manufacturing industries.
- Proven ability to translate complex financial analysis into insightful, understandable insights for business leaders.
- Exceptional accounting & planning proficiency, with consistent excellence in forecasting and action-oriented analytics.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office—Excel in particular... plus ability to generate models, dashboards, or negotiated Word/PPT work effectively.
- Recently-qualified (or studying towards) a ** recognised Professional Qualification** (e.g., CIMA, ACA, ACCA) or equivalent experience in high-video finance environments.
- Crisp communication skills—be it written reports, verbal briefings, or facilitation of cross-functional exchanges.
Desired Advantage
- Substantive Financial & Leadership experience across cost tracking, analysis, reporting, and investment (PP&E) tracking.
- Venture into (or deep understanding of) challenging business environments and narratives where leading-edge data can be compelling.
- Involvement in project-based financial setups, mentoring junior professionals laterally.
- Projection strategy with guidance on rationalising budgets, P&Ls, relocating funds.
Pladis Office committed to diversity and inclusion as a core. We celebrate distinctive perspectives—because diverse thinkers craft exceptional outcomes together. As an employer, our belief:
Reasonable accommodations will be provided to ensure fairness in application, interview, or fulfillment of day-to-day job roles. Please contact us at any stage to address access requests.
Our Commitments
- Ethically equal opportunity broadcaster: We consider applications t response to protected attributes.
- Secure associate with cognitive connections. We operate a Preferred Supplier List for agencies. Third-party candidates and references posted without referral agency membership?We will not process your request.
Let’s work together.
Your expertise is critical. Apply and become part of a remarkable team that not only delivers but dream beyond classics. At pladis, you’ll soon feel at home—with a chance to rise and shine.
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