Overview of role

Join Us as Our Financial Controller and Shape the Future of Jordans Cereals. 
We’re looking for an experienced Financial Controller to step into a high‑impact role at Jordans Cereals—a brand with big ambitions and an exciting growth journey ahead.
As the leader of our Central Finance team, you’ll guide a team of four, partner closely with our Group Service Centre, and play a pivotal role in shaping the financial heartbeat of our newly relaunched business. 

This is a highly visible, strategically important position with direct exposure to the Jordans Cereals Management Team and our parent company, Associated British Foods plc (ABF). With recent changes to our structure and systems, we’re looking for someone who brings both expertise and curiosity—someone ready to refine, improve, and elevate the way we work.

So, if you're a confident finance leader who thrives in a dynamic environment and wants to make a real impact during a transformative time, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Accountabilities

• Business performance management
      Lead monthly reporting process
      Co-ordinate forecast and budget cycles
      Improve access to transparent financial and non-financial information
      Meet external reporting requirements (incl. statutory reporting, VAT, national statistics etc
• Maintain a robust control environment
       Adhere to ABF’s Financial Control Framework
       Improve financial processes, finding the right balance between efficiency and control
       Monitor and support internal and external audits
       Manage Anti-Bribery and Corruption processes
       Help the business execute good budgetary control
• Treasury and Tax
       Partner with ABF’s treasury and tax teams to ensure we meet their requirements
       Manage foreign exchange risks and execute hedging
       Liaise with international tax teams so they can complete required returns
       Manage indirect tax processes and submissions
• Team management
      Manage work planning across the team of 4, leveraging our Group Service Centre to outsource tasks
      Ensure that all team members are developing in role and support their career ambitions

The Right Person

• • A qualified accountant e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc
  • Previous experience in a Financial Controller position
  • Highly organised and able to keep the business on track with clear deadlines
  • Rigorous attention to detail with good judgment on materiality/bigger picture
  • A clear communicator who is able to explain the relevance of technical issues to non-technical colleague
  • Proven track record of managing and developing a team

If you share our values... 

• Be Bold: Comfortable speaking up when there’s a better way to do things. Uses good judgement to make fast decisions.
• Be Curious: Asks questions to understand why processes operate the way they do, looks for better ways to do things while exploring different stakeholder needs
• Do the Right Thing Together: Builds great relationships and works collaboratively with the rest of the team to drive better business outcomes. Understands that we won’t compromise on our ethical standards
• Make It Happen: Always delivers on-time and in-full. Finds new ways to improve efficiency, drive out cost and tighten controls

We can offer.... 

Competitive salary
Up to 25% bonus
Private Healthcare Cover - Family 
Car Allowance 
Pension Scheme – up to 10% employer contributions
Hybrid & Flexible work culture 
Buy holiday scheme    
Discounted products 
Health Cash Plan
Career opportunities - ABF group employs 128,000 employees worldwide. 
Discounts on over 900 retailers on our discount platform  
Group Cycle to work scheme