Tayto Group Limited
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
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Tayto Group Overview
Tayto Group are the UK's largest, privately-owned Crisp and Snack manufacturer, and the 3rd largest player in savoury snacks in the UK, with a turnover of more than £250. We’re home to iconic brands including Golden Wonder, Mr Porky, REAL Crisps, and Tayto. We’re also the UK’s leading supplier of private label snacks – maybe even your supermarket favourite! Our brand heritage spans over 75 years, and we’re always committed to delivering the lunchbox staples, pub favourites, and ‘who ate the last pack?’ moments that we all remember.
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
We're looking for an experienced and commercially minded Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to join our Group Finance team. This is a high-impact role at the heart of the business, partnering closely with Operations, Sales, and senior leadership to deliver insight that drives profitable growth and informed decision-making.
Let’s get a flavour of the role:
- As a trusted finance business partner, you'll lead budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and product costing activities while providing robust financial analysis and commercial challenge across the organisation.
- You'll also play a key role in developing a Commercial Finance Analyst and enhancing financial understanding across the business.
- Lead weekly and monthly P&L reporting, delivering meaningful analysis and performance commentary.
- Produce management accounts and support month-end and year-end processes.
- Manage budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning cycles across multiple stakeholders.
- Develop financial models and scenario analysis to support pricing, margin, and commercial decisions.
- Lead product costing activities, reviewing and challenging assumptions to protect profitability.
- Support commercial tenders and customer proposals, including major retailer contracts.
- Attend Gatekeeper meetings, influencing decisions on new products and commercial opportunities.
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Key Ingredients (what we’d like to see):
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- Strong experience in FP&A, commercial finance, management reporting, business partnering, or product costing.
- Background within manufacturing, FMCG, or food production environments.
- Advanced Excel skills with experience of financial modelling and analysis, and the curiosity and attention to detail that go with it.
- Excellent understanding of costing, margin analysis, stock accounting, GRNI, and management accounts processes.
- Experience using ERP systems and reporting or business intelligence tools.
- A confident communicator who can influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels.
- Comfortable translating complex data into clear business recommendations.
- Collaborative and relationship-focused, with the ability to work cross-functionally.
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Nutritional Information (our benefits):
- In addition to your salary, you’ll have access to the following benefits:
- Company shop membership*
- Subsidised Canteen
- Free onsite parking
- Employee Assistance Program providing mental health, financial, and practical support to our employees through Grocery Aid
- Company Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- 25 days annual leave plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days each year once your probation period is complete
*proof of employment required
Here at Tayto, we know it takes every flavour to make a decent variety pack, and the more the better! We want you to feel welcome to be your authentic self, so you and your application will be treated with respect in line with our commitment to privacy, diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’ll also seek to provide reasonable adjustments for interview should they be needed – please contact our recruitment team on recruitment@tayto.com to discuss this.
Ready to make an impact in a role with bags of opportunity? We'd love to hear from you. Apply today to take your first bite!
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