Job title: Finance Manager – Lottie Shaw’s

Location: Lottie Shaw’s (Brighouse)

About Lottie Shaw’s

The urge to review one of her family favourite recipes; The Yorkshire Parkin cake, a classic much-loved regional bonfire treat, led to Lottie to create her own brand…Lottie Shaw’s.   Convinced once peoples tasted her authentic sticky ginger cake; a blend of oatmeal, ginger and black treacle, folk would enjoy it far & wide, all year round… and the rest as they say is history!

Crowned as the ‘Official Taste of Yorkshire’ in 2018, Lottie Shaw’s is based in Brighouse within a new 12,500 sqft state of the art bakery.  Combining sustainable practices with a pride and passion for the tradition of ‘scratch baking’, Lottie Shaw’s continues to bake award-winning seriously good treats with the authentic taste of Yorkshire home baking.

Since April 2024 Lottie Shaw’s has joined the Jacksons’ and William Jackson Food Group’s family, bringing two family-run, Yorkshire businesses together.   It’s an exciting time to join our craft bakery!

About the role

A key member of the Lottie Shaw’s Management team, helping to drive the business forward in a profitable manner, offering valuable insights and process improvement through accurate and timely reporting to both internal and external stakeholders. Taking the lead onfinancial matters and ensuring delivery of business and operational objectives.

Key role responsibilities

• Finance business partner and advisor to the Business Unit Lead and General Manager taking lead onfinancial matters and ensuring delivery of business objectives
• Preparation of the Weekly/ Monthly accounts and supporting KPI’s to supply variance analysis and commentary for Financial performance
• Drive improvements to performance and procedures, through identification of relevant data, reporting and CI planning
• Develop and maintain costings of all live SKUs to capture key, raw materials, labour and supply chain information
• Provide accurate new product costings in a timely manner to support the NPD Process
• Lead the annual standard cost roll up for all live raw material, labour and finish goods costs
• Responsibility for tracking in year savings for all CI initiatives and capital proposals
• Working closely with the Lottie Shaw’s Management team to produce robust budget and in year forecasts, including review pack which summarises key assumptions, along with drivers and drainers
• Ad hoc, proactive investigation, reports, capital proposals and financial propositions relevant to business/ function strategy and performance
• Be the key finance support for overhead spend approval and reporting, holding regular reviews with stakeholders with the focus on spending control
• Management of accruals and prepayments
• Month End processing including Group packs.
• Complete monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Support the line manager where required
• Any other duties as requested by your line manager

You will:

• Need attention to detail and tenacity
• Require a systematic approach to problem solving
• Be a great communicator at all levels and form strong working relationships
• Be innovative and constantly devise better ways of working
• Can do attitude and happy to get involved in all aspects of the business which touch on Finance

Live and Breathe Lottie Shaw’s Values:

Expert

• We strive to be the best at what we do, from baking great products, to delivering great service. We use our expertise every day and play our part in improving our business. We know our stuff but we’re always learning and we make sure we learn together!

Care

• We look after each other. We’re friendly and welcoming - everyone feels a part of the team. Together with our shareholders, we care about our business and our future, we are frugal and spend wisely. Our local communities matter too, and we play our part in making them a better place to live.

Passion

• Since 1851, we’ve been passionate about ensuring that every loaf we make is baked to perfection. We’re passionate about our great baked products and about Lottie Shaws, and we take responsibility and try our hardest every day.

Ambition

• We never lose sight of our history but understand we need to be bold and ambitious to be successful in the future. We’re not afraid of trying new things, and we quickly learn from our mistakes.

Grounded

• We create the best bread, deliver great service and celebrate our team’s success. We are exceptionally proud of what we do but never arrogant. Down to earth is how you’ll find us.

Those who know you would describe you as:

• Having drive and commitment
• Personable
• Good team player
• Good organisation and time management skills
• Working well under pressure and able to meet tight deadlines
• Someone who would be a great addition to our Finance team
• Flexibility to meet the challenges of the business needs

Qualifications and Experience

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA)
• Excel skills
• Experience within a manufacturing business essential

Job commitments

This is a full time, permanent role, working Monday – Friday 37.5 hours per week. You may be required to attend the Hull site occasionally.

About You

Why Lottie Shaw’s?

• In return for your commitment as a Finance Manager with us you will receive:
• Competitive salary paid every 4 weeks plus commission / bonus
• 6.6 weeks holiday, increasing to 7 weeks with 5 years’ continuous service.
• Stakeholder pension with generous employer contributions.
• Online benefits portal providing exclusive discounts with over 900 retailers.
• Wellbeing support including and Employee Assistance Help Line and GP access 24/7, along with online fitness classes and financial advice resources
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Support grants available for colleagues’ children attending University.
• Grants available for Sports Teams
• Various inter department / business social events such as dragon boat racing, football tournaments and a bake off!

Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it's like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully. We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet... go on... why not give it a whirl? Good luck!