Finance Director - AB Neo

Are you a dynamic finance leader ready to drive strategic growth and transformation? AB Neo is seeking a Finance Director to play a critical role in shaping our financial future. Partnering with our Managing Director and the AB Neo Senior Leadership Team, you will have the opportunity to influence key business decisions, champion financial excellence, and support our ambitious plans for sustainable international growth. Reporting to the MD of AB Neo and with a functional line to the CFO of AB Agri, you will lead the AB Neo Finance Team. Your focus will be on providing strategic financial insights, managing financial governance, and supporting business transformation. With a blend of technical expertise and commercial acumen, you will be instrumental in driving our strategic goals, including geographic expansion, product innovation, and M&A activities. What you'll be doing:

• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team, creating a collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Provide strategic financial input to the Senior Leadership Team, ensuring robust business planning and performance.
• Oversee financial control and governance, ensuring compliance with all regulations and standards.
• Drive the financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes, supporting sustainable EBIT growth.
• Champion business transformation, including strategic pricing, product profitability, and manufacturing optimisation.
• Cultivate strong partnerships across AB Neo, AB Agri, and external stakeholders, promoting a culture of collaboration and innovation., When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits - these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.
  
  Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA) with proven success in a senior leadership role.
• Experience in strategic and operational financial transformation within a complex, B2B environment.
• Experience with ERP implementation would be advantageous.
• Strong track record of driving business improvements through financial insight.
• Ability to build and manage relationships across different cultures and regions.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a knack for challenging the status quo.
  
  We are AB Neo a specialist business bringing together the expertise of four successful companies with the aim of revolutionising nutrition for all neonates. Bring your talents to AB Neo and play your part in producing affordable, high quality and responsible food for the growing global population.
We're part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we're passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that's because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we're building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.