Working as part of the Manufacturing Commercial Finance team, based in Trowbridge, you will a key member of the Manufacturing community working alongside the business to enhance commercial support. This job is office based requiring Apetito standad guidlines of 3 days based onsite. 
 
This role provides a fabulous opportunity for a bright individual starting out or progressing on their finance career. This individual will have a great opportunity to influence our business.
 
You will foster an environment of continuous improvement by identifying and delivering efficiencies ensuring that the Manufacturing Commercial Finance team work in as lean and an effective manner as possible.
 
This role provides an exciting opportunity for the right individual to gain commercial exposure and provide a platform to develop a career in Finance. Opportunities to join the apprenticeship scheme learning either ACCA or CIMA alongside your employment are available.

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

• Develop strong bonds with key business stakeholders to collectively identify and deliver value adding initiatives
• Continuous development of key business intelligence focusing on areas which provide Production Managers with a deeper understanding of the financial dynamics of activities
• Automate, streamline and improve the efficiencies and effectiveness of Manufacturing Commercial Finance processes.
• Producing KPI’s and other financial reports for production management to aide decision making
• Routine support and involvement in various areas of the Manufacturing Commercial Finance and wider Production teams to ensure all departmental objectives are met within the required timescales
• Be an effective team member and contributor to other ad-hoc support / project work
• Contribute to the month end reporting duties as required, by completing/ publishing & presenting reports as well as posting journals.

Essential:

• Previous experience in a finance role/ setting
• Avaliable to be on-site at least 3 days per week

Desirable:

• Previous experience of SAP.
• Currently working towards and continuing to pursue accounting qualifications.

Personal Qualities:

• Being diligent and possessing good attention to detail
• Understanding the ‘why’ of responsibilities not just ‘how’ to complete tasks
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Flexible and deadline focused
• Organised in your approach 
• Effective time manager
• Effective problem solver

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.
Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.