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Finance Business Partner

Salary: Competitive salary
Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contributions, Life insurance up to 4 x salary
Location: Meals Boston, Lincolnshire
Ways of Working: Site based
Hours of work: Monday to Friday - 8:30am to 5:00pm 
Contract Type: Permanent

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US.

Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

What you’ll be doing

In this busy and exciting role you will partner with financial and operational teams to deliver high‑quality insight that drives performance, supports decision‑making and enhances profitability. You will analyse data, review trends and provide clear recommendations that strengthen financial control and operational delivery.

Role Accountabilities

• Translate financial information into clear, actionable insight for decision‑makers
• Build strong relationships across Operations and Finance to support performance delivery
• Identify and support cost efficiency opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives
• Review P&L and tracker data, providing accurate variance, trend and root‑cause analysis
• Support overhead reporting, reconciliations and cost centre performance reviews
• Work closely with FP&A to deliver consistent, meaningful reporting
• Produce ad‑hoc analysis to explain performance and guide actions
• Provide accurate forecasting inputs and support planning cycles
• Lead product costing reviews and maintain standard costing processes
• Support capital planning, investment appraisal and compliance activity

What we’re looking for

• Experience in a similar finance partnering role, ideally within FMCG or manufacturing
• Strong analytical skills and confidence interpreting complex financial data
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present insight clearly
• Strong Excel, PowerPoint and Word capability
• Experience mentoring, supporting or reviewing the work of others
• Working towards ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Ability to build effective relationships across multiple functions
• Strong time‑management skills and ability to prioritise in a fast‑paced environment
• High attention to detail with a “right‑first‑time” approach

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on‑the‑job training and development opportunities to further your career.