Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.
This role can be done at either offices - Bury St Edmunds or Burton on Trent
The Corporate and Strategic Finance team partners with the CEO, CFO, COO and CXO, and their respective teams. The team consists of high-performing finance professionals who, in addition to providing technical expertise and setting policy in the fields of Tax, Treasury and External reporting, support and drive the business in Property, Procurement, Operational Excellence and strategic projects, whilst business partnering the Corporate Functions. The overall team is further responsible for setting the Group planning agenda and strategic plan and driving the results to balance the needs of the business and the shareholder.
This role can be done from either Bury St Edmunds or Burton offices
Your role as Finance Manager
• To understand and provide meaningful analysis in terms of the latest trading across the group.
• Review periodic, quarterly, annual, and longer-term financial plans, providing challenge on performance and reporting these to CEO & CFO.
• Provide support to the wider corporate finance team, including quarterly reporting to the CK group as well as providing ad hoc financial support to the CEO, CFO and Executive board.
What you’ll bring…
Qualified Accountant CIMA (or equivalent)
Commercial background with both retail and manufacturing sectors experience is desired
Proven ability to assimilate, understand and provide insight on key financial information
Creation and understanding of advanced excel spreadsheets, most especially for modelling
Clear communicator, both written and in person
Ability to deliver key financial and commercial messages successfully
Attention to detail, ensuring that outputs are of high quality
Strong people & team communication skills
Desire to learn, improve and grow
Enquiring mind with proactive approach to identifying solutions to problems
Consistently deliver on commitments, despite challenging timescales and competing priorities
Flexible approach to workload, able to adjust easily to changing priorities
Proactive in seeking to understand the task at hand
Self-starter
Be confident in liaising with senior stakeholders across the business.
We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…
You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:
Greene King is the country’s leading pub company and brewer with c.2,600 pubs, restaurants and hotels across England, Wales and Scotland.
At Greene King we are passionate about delivering our purpose to ‘pour happiness into lives’. That’s for our customers, our team, our pub partners, our suppliers and the communities in which we live, operate and serve. Founded in 1799 with offices in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk and Burton on Trent in Staffordshire we employ around 40,000 people across the group with three divisions: Greene King pubs, Destination Brands & Ventures, and Brewing & Brands.
• Greene King pubs: Greene King pubs is our mainstream pub brand located where people and communities come together; pubs enjoyed in cities, towns and villages throughout the country with clear ambition to be “The Nation’s Most Loved Pub Brand”. Pub Partners runs our tenanted and leased pubs business and Hive Franchise pubs.
• Destination Brands & Ventures: Destination Brands is a portfolio of distinct brands which includes Hungry Horse, Chef & Brewer, Farmhouse Inns and Flaming Grill that bring friends and family together, delivering great service, quality and value for money for a range of eating out and drinking occasions. Venture includes Hickory’s, Premium (Crafted Pubs & Metropolitan Pub Company) and Hotels which operate autonomously of Greene King’s managed pub brands.
• Brewing & Brands covers the brewing sides of the business. Quality ales are brewed at the Westgate brewery in Bury St Edmunds and the Belhaven Brewery in Dunbar. Our industry-leading portfolio includes Greene King IPA, Old Speckled Hen, Abbot Ale, Ice Breaker and Belhaven Best and our premium beers, Level Head and Flint Eye, brewed for the modern-day drinker.
