Finance Manager - Operational Finance

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle’s® and Sidul®.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION AND ROLE CONTEXT

ASR Group’s companies have more than 150 years of experience taking sugar cane from field to table. Our expertise in every aspect of the cane sugar process is without equal. We are the largest vertically integrated cane sugar refiner in the world. Our nine refineries are found in five countries across the globe. Our brands are leaders in their respective markets, including Tate & Lyle and Lyle’s Golden Syrup in the UK and Sidul in Portugal. 

ROLE / SCOPE

• The successful candidate will join our Operational and Supply Chain Finance team, with responsibility for business partnering with the relevant areas of our UK-based production and distribution sites.
• Role will be a combination of i) traditional month-end and quarterly closing / reporting; and ii) business partnering on value driving project/capital investments.

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own specific month-end and periodic closing tasks within the Finance team, with responsibility for overseeing and controlling a multi-million-euro cost base, focused on inventory and supply chain
• Provide month-end, quarterly and annual commentary and analysis on operational performance.
• Maintain and strengthen controls and procedures.
• Project manage development and approval of business cases for Capital Investments (CAPEX)
• Maintain and develop the budget/forecast models within the company’s business planning platform.  This will involve completing the necessary model-building training.
• Support the annual budgeting process with the overall objective of delivering a robust and accurate budget which has been signed off by all relevant stakeholders.
• To deal with queries from our external auditors.
• As development progresses and business knowledge grows, lead performance improvement projects, focused on reducing/eliminating operational/cost inefficiencies
• Influence Stakeholders and present information clearly and concisely to C-Suite level Executives
• Manage and promote use of reporting tools (e.g. Anaplan, Power BI) and proactively drive improvements to ensure they continue to provide relevant business information
• To build strong cross-functional relationships with relevant teams e.g. Operations, Supply Chain, Sales and Marketing.
• Manage one direct report.  Mentor and develop other junior members of the team on a day-to-day basis.
• Perform other ad-hoc tasks, as required in support of strategic objectives of European Finance Team.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

• Strong SAP / Excel / Power BI skills
• To be intellectually curious and to have a continuous improvement mindset to own and fix issues identified
• To be highly analytical and have an ability to draw insight from large data sets
• To be an excellent communicator, able to engage and influence stakeholders
• To be organized and capable of managing multiple activities simultaneously

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with at least 3-years post qualified experience (6-years total professional experience)
• Demonstratable experience of using SAP or an equivalent system
• Demonstrable experience of Supply Change / Inventory Management in Food Manufacturing; Fast Moving Consumer Goods; or Commodities

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company.

Service Excellence - Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services. Efficiency and Sustainability - Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment. Value-Add - create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services. The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.