Financial Controller - Samworth Brothers : Job Details

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The OpportunityIn this role as Divisional Financial Controller, you’ll play a pivotal role within our finance leadership team. You'll champion a unified approach to financial control, embed robust reporting standards, and ensure strong governance across the division.

Your focus will span financial control, reporting, capital management, and team leadership. You’ll also act as the senior finance point of contact across our Food To Go sites - ensuring accurate insight, consistency, and challenge.

• Lead financial governance across P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow
• Own monthly close processes and balance sheet reconciliations
• Drive working capital and cashflow improvements across the division
• Oversee internal and external audits and ensure compliance with Group accounting standards
• Lead on MBR reporting, overhead insights, and cross-site financial visibility
• Provide oversight for capital project governance and fixed asset reporting
• Line manage the financial accounts team and capital/project accountants

A hybrid working model (site-based at Bradgate Bakery with home-working flexibility)

The Ideal CandidateWe believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with post-qualification experience
• Proven background in a senior finance role, ideally within FMCG, food manufacturing, or multi-site operations
• Strong grasp of financial control, audit, and cashflow management
• Experienced in capital governance and leading multi-site reporting processes
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member - you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.