At Valeo Foods UK we bring together a family of much-loved UK food brands supported by the scale and ambition of a global investment partner. From Kettle’s bold crunch to Rowse’s natural sweetness, through to Matthew Walker and Barratt Sweets, our portfolio blends heritage, craft and category-leading innovation.
Alongside our branded portfolio, we are also one of the UK’s largest suppliers of private label products, partnering with major retailers to deliver quality and category expertise that meets the needs of millions of households every week.
As a business, we’re on a journey of transformation. We’re strengthening our operations, driving quality and investing in our people. It’s an exciting, fast-moving environment where heritage meets new thinking, and where every colleague contributes to shaping the future of food across the UK.
Join us and play your part in building the next chapter of some of Britain’s most loved brands
We're looking for a Performance and Reporting Analyst to pay a key role within the FP&A & Transformation team, working with the Leeds based Finance Business Partner to support cross-functional teams. The role provides accurate, timely and insightful financial reporting and analysis to inform decision-making and drive business performance and profitability.
- Produce clear, robust and insightful reporting that provides a detailed understanding of business performance.
- Build relationships between Finance and other departments to manage key workflows effectively, meet deadlines and identify opportunities to improve processes and decision-making.
- Represent Finance in reporting, analysis and review processes, which may include: balance sheet reconciliations, commercial sales data reconciliation, process improvement and data integrity checks, and month-end close.
- Complete month-end activities within your area of responsibility to agreed deadlines, providing commentary to explain performance and variances.
- Take ownership of completing accurate balance sheet reconciliations in line with financial controls.
- Provide other finance-related support and undertake project work as required.
- A positive, can-do and flexible approach, with the ability to respond constructively to change.
- Logical thinking and the ability to connect financial reporting and analysis with underlying business processes and changes.
- Ability to work efficiently under pressure, maintaining accuracy and meeting strict financial deadlines.
- Part-qualified in ACCA, CIMA or AAT, or educated to degree level in finance or accounting, with the intention to continue studying.
- Strong IT skills, particularly Excel.
- Experience with Power BI, Power Query and data modelling is desirable.
- Experience with accounting software is desirable.
- Experience in an FMCG environment is desirable.
- Full driving licence required for occasional travel to sites.
At Valeo Foods UK, you'll join a business with some of the nation's favourite brands and be part of a team that is investing heavily in systems, processes and capabilities for the future. This role offers the opportunity to influence how data is managed across the organisation, work on a significant transformation programme and help create the foundations for long-term business success.
If you're passionate about data quality, governance and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.
