Finance Team Manager

Overview:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented Finance Manager to join the Finance department at apetito Limited.

Reporting into the Finance Controller you will play a crucial role in leading the Transactional Teams, and coordinating a wide range of duties with multiple internal and external customer touch points.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading the teams to drive operational excellence and support our growth trajectory.

Your primary focus will be on optimizing processes, implementing automation solutions, and ensuring accuracy and efficiency in our financial operations.

Who we are:

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

Responsibilities:

• Development of team members
• Transactional month-end reporting and month-end checks/updates to close the sub-ledgers.
• Carry out quarterly reports for specified contracts in a timely manner, by collating and presenting the information in the required report format.
• Ensuring the processing of recharges to the franchise network for various marketing campaigns or monthly charges and raising invoices to specific franchises for various services/support are carried out on n ad-hoc basis.
• Work in partnership with the franchise network and other internal departments to assist with data records, invoicing, or contract queries.
• Managing the P-card transactions and reconciliations.
• Managing the debt review meetings, reporting on aged debt and overseeing the accounts that are progressed to legal.
• Liasing with IT department on EDI and invoicing matters.
• Liasing with Sales and Customer Services on customer account issues.
• Taking a lead on projects relevant to the transactional teams.
• Ensure best practices and procedures within the teams are implemented

Qualifications/Personal Qualities:

Essential :

• Great attention to detail with a high level of accuracy in financial data
• Proven ability in managing and developing a team
• Strong communication skills, a natural leader
• Problem solver
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Always looking for ways to improve processes, simplify and increase service provided
• Upholds principles and values - delivers expected results whilst maintaining the highest standards, always ensuring internal procedures are followed
• Planning and organisation - must be able to plan and organise daily/weekly tasks, prioritise appropriately and ensure all tasks are completed in a timely manner

Desirable :

• AAT Level 4 qualified or equivalent qualification
• Experience of working with SAP accounting packages
• Experience of working with Microsoft Dynamics 2009
• Ability to use Microsoft Word and Excel to an advanced level
• Learning and development - makes use of day to day experiences to further their understanding of the role and looks to gain relevant training where possible
• Flexibility - adopts a flexible approach to working in order to cope with day to day setbacks and obstacles whilst maintaining a positive outlook during periods of high pressure
• Analytical - capable of analysing all forms of data including numerical and verbal in order to reach rational judgements from the information received. Able to form workable solutions to tasks and problems

Company Benefits:

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days annual leave per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

Our Values:

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service, and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.