BrewDog
Operations Finance Senior Analyst
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About Us
PENSION ENHANCEMENTS UP TO 10% | 4-WEEK SABBATICAL EVERY 5 YEARS | STAFF DISCOUNT | EXTRA HOLIDAY DAY EACH YEAR
We love great craft beer. We want everyone to be as passionate about it as we are - and our central team are vital in this mission. Every single person in our team can shape our future for the better, whether that’s for our people, planet or our incredible beer. Because we expect great things from you, we give great things back.
PENSION ENHANCEMENT
We increase our contributions to your pension up to 10% of your salary so together we can properly invest in your future. And, since the statutory amount all businesses pay is 3%, our decision to pay above that shows we’re taking your future seriously.
4-WEEK SABBATICAL
After every 5 years here you will receive an additional 4 weeks off to spend doing whatever you want.
STAFF DISCOUNT
25% off in bars, 30% off online and 50% off BrewDog Merch to fill up your fridge and your wardrobe* (**don’t put your hoody in the fridge though*)
ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY DAYS
For every full year completed up to your 5th year with us we add on one additional day’s leave above and beyond your initial entitlement. You therefore get an extra full week off at 5 years every single year onward to rest up.
AND A LOT MORE
Okay, deep breath… enhanced sick pay, healthcare, life assurance, high street retail discounts, employee assistance programmes, enhanced family friendly policies around maternity and paternity leave, pawternity leave, DE+I and crew forum groups and an allowance to quality check some beers each month! We’re focused on making sure that we, and future generations, have a planet to brew great beer on. Our industry leading techniques help us create and deliver unique beer whilst doing our bit (and others’) for the environment.
About The Role
With a focus on cost efficiency and effectiveness across a significant cost base, this role is key in ensuring the financial controls and processes are in place; and the relevant information, performance delivery and commentaries are insightful and delivered on time.
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- Working closely with many stakeholders across Operations and Finance functions.
- Monitor and report on financial information for the specified areas to bring insight, challenge management to maximise performance and generate added value. This includes the identification of adverse movements, concerning trends and one-off items affecting the underlying financial performance.
- Report into Head of Operations Finance to ensure consistent and valuable insight is provided on timely basis.
- Support in calculating and setting up standard COGS for Brewing and Distilling across both UK and International sites.
- Deliver ad-hoc financial information and analysis to ensure that site performance monitoring and decision-making is of the highest standard.
- Support in Budgeting & Forecasting - working with the FPA team to feed in required inputs from the supply chain, challenging the business on their submissions to ensure that there is a challenging yet achievable budget/forecast.
- Help to manage working capital through evaluation and monitoring of stock controls and adjustments.
- Review, challenge and manage capital expenditure across the operational divisions to ensure the prudent application of capital and clear reporting of CAPEX plans versus what has been delivered.
- Work with FP&A and IT to evaluate and improve current system processes and reporting. Focusing on automation of workload and reduction of time spent gathering and manipulating data that could be better spent on analysis.
Key Relationships - Internal/External
Internal
- Head of Operations Finance
- Budget holders of relevant operational departments
External
- Company Auditors
Health & Safety
- Ensure that Health and Safety guidelines and fire regulations are strictly adhered to at all times.
- Comply with safe working practices as defined by BrewDog.
- Complete online or face to face training as and when required.
- Take reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by acts or omissions at work.
- Report any accidents, incidents or near misses as soon as reasonably practicable.
General
- Be aware of and adhere to BrewDog policies and the Workplace Code at all times.
- Take part in crew reviews throughout the year.
- Cooperate with other BrewDog departments to achieve a great experience for our customers, applicants, colleagues, and contractors.
- Attend training courses and complete online training modules as required to meet the requirements of the role.
- Take responsibility for own personal development, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills.
- Undertake any other duties as requested which are reasonably deemed to be within the scope of the role or necessary for the smooth running of the business.
- Apply the BrewDog charter and behaviours to every aspect of the role at all times.
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About You
Qualifications & Specific Training
- Fully qualified accountant - CA/CIMA/ACCA with appropriate post qualification experience.
Experience
- Experience of finance in an FMCG/Manufacturing industry preferable.
- Significant experience of business partnering with operational/non-finance teams.
- Experience of analysing and presenting complex data to non-finance users.
- Experience gained in an organisation or environment with a high degree of complexity and pace.
- Experience in setting up standard cost of product manufacturing and inventory accounting.
Knowledge
- Understanding of Standard Costing - including overhead allocation and recovery.
- Knowledge of the brewing and distilling process - preferable.
- Understanding of beer duty and tax legislation in the UK - desirable.
Skills
- Highly developed in the use of Microsoft Excel.
- An experienced Business Partner able to develop relationships across a site and a wide stakeholder base.
- Highly developed communication skills.
- Experience using power query and power BI.
Personal Attributes
- Demonstrated ability to perform effectively under pressure and consistently meet tight deadlines.
- Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and consistency in all tasks while identifying and correcting errors to maintain high-quality standards.
- Highly motivated self-starter who can take the initiative.
- Comfortable to challenge Management in order to maximise performance.
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