Costings Finance Manager

The Compleat Food Group Limited; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Nottingham seeks an experienced Costings Finance Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract. In this role, you will lead the costings team to ensure accurate financial data for various stakeholders. Key responsibilities include managing costing requests, developing the team, and driving long-term goals. The position offers a hybrid work schedule and various employee benefits, such as 33 days of holiday, training opportunities, and well-being support.

Benefits

33 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Employee Volunteering Days

Health and community support groups

Informal and formal training opportunities

Charity initiatives and team events

Access to Grocery Aid

Physical well-being benefits

Financial well-being tools

Holiday discounts via online retail

Responsibilities

• Oversee and prioritize costing requests from multiple manufacturing sites.
• Review and approve costings for sign-off.
• Challenge information provided to ensure competitive costings.
• Manage and develop team of finance analysts.
• Drive long-term goals aligning with business targets.

Skills

Ability to work in a growing fast-paced environment

Managing stakeholder expectations

Ability to present numbers to non-finance functions

Prioritization skills

Continuous improvement mindset

Experience in food manufacturing

Job description

Join Our Finance Team at The Compleat Food Group!

We’re thrilled to offer an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Costings Finance Manager to join our dynamic and dedicated Finance team in Nottingham on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

In this key role, you’ll lead and develop the costings team to deliver accurate and timely NPD and EPD costings to stakeholders across the business. You’ll also play a pivotal part in driving the team’s long-term strategy — leading project meetings and ensuring every initiative aligns with our overall business goals.

Who We Are:

The Compleat Food Group are one of the UK’s fastest growing chilled food manufacturing companies. We are dedicated to delivering excellence in every aspect of our operations. Our commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence sets us apart.

At The Compleat Food Group we don’t just make food. We make food to feel good, taste good and do good for everyone.

Our aim is to raise the bar and delight our customers and consumers every day, they are at the heart of all our decision making. We work at the correct pace to take clear decisive actions and deliver on our commitments, on time, every time to drive positive difference, we have the courage to think differently and challenge the status quo.

Working Hours:

The working hours are Monday to Thursday 08:30am – 5pm, and 8.30am – 4pm on Fridays

We also offer Hybrid working.

Your Duties Will Include:

• Oversee and prioritise the day-to-day costing requests from 13 different manufacturing sites
• Review and approve costings ready to sign off with the commercial team, including approving selling prices, COGS, margin, promo funding, volume etc.
• Challenge and influence information provided from operations, commercial, NPD etc. to ensure competitive and accurate costings
• Lead and develop a team of 3 motivated finance analysts
• Drive and implement long-term goals for the team aligning with overall business targets
• Liaise and build relationships across functions such as operations, NPD, procurement and commercial
• Keeping up to date on site knowledge, such as new lines/processes/ways of working
• Keeping up to date on our product portfolio, brands, new launches etc.
• Understanding of the wider marketplace and external influences such as inflation, customer trends etc.
• Support with customer specific trackers/requests, including working with the account managers to turn financial data into customer friendly information
• Own complex costings such as capex projects, completely new products to sites and other innovative business opportunities
• Be a continuous improvement champion by leading the bi-weekly project meetings
• Support the launch of our new Recipe Professor system

Your Skills and Experience:

• Have the ability to work in a growing fast paced environment
• Managing stakeholder expectations
• Prioritise requests easily
• Ability to present numbers to non-finance functions
• Always looking to improve ways of working
• Experience in food manufacturing – desirable
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year
• Employee well-being and community support groups
• Informal and Formal training opportunities with personalised online LMS platform
• Charity Initiatives and Team events
• 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid (Free Financial, Emotional and Practical Support)
• Physical Wellbeing Benefits – Free on demand exercise hub and various gym discounts.
• Free Financial wellbeing – mortgage calculators, budget tools, financial aid tools
• Holiday Discounts via Online Retail Discount

The Compleat Food Group fosters an inclusive, respectful culture where everyone feels safe, supported, and valued. We welcome diverse talent, knowing it drives exceptional results and a better workplace.

We are committed to Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect, we ensure all colleagues can thrive by bringing their whole selves to work. As an equal opportunity’s employer, we provide all the support you need to succeed.

Contact us with any questions about Diversity & Inclusion or accessibility during the application process.

Recruitment Agencies:

We have a small, active and trusted Preferred Supplier List to assist us if required. We do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions. We only accept CV submissions for roles released to you directly by our Talent Acquisition team.