Location: Bolton
Function: Finance
Job Reference: 8435
Employment Type: Permanent / Full Time
Closing Date: 10/07/2026
Date: 18 Jun 2026
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As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family, with the introduction of the sixth generation, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch, join us and you too could be proud to be Warburtons.
The Recipe
As our Commercial Finance Analyst, you’ll play a key role in driving performance across our customer base. You will bring numbers to life and influence the commercial decisions that shape our growth.
You’ll partner closely with our Commercial teams to manage revenue, optimise promotional investment, and provide insight that helps us make smarter, faster decisions. If you love turning data into action and being at the heart of the business, you’ll feel right at home here.
If you’re looking for a role where you can add real value, influence decisions, and grow your commercial finance career in a fast-paced, supportive environment, this could be your next move.
Key Accountabilities and Measures
To control product promotions spend and provide support to all aspects of the process:
Blueplanner management and co-ordination with supplier
Management of relevant accruals.
To review and evaluate promotions performance.
To co-ordinate the forecasting process.
To provide ROI reporting and inputs into future decision making.
To assist in the monthly and budget process for sales volumes and revenue.
Work with Commercial Leadership team to establish and monitor commercial spend budget.
Support month end process, providing analysis around volume and revenue performance vs budget, forecast and prior year.
To manage the customer master file changes at price increase time, working with central finance and commercial teams resolving customer audit queries.
To provide customer account support and analysis covering terms proposals, promotional sign off, price Modelling, new Customer requests. Covering convenience, online and premium
To manage the accounting for customer bonuses/discounts:
To manage the rebate accruals for override and other payments to customers.
To conduct in depth reconciliation each period to ensure accruals match expected pay-outs.
To validate customer trading year payments.
Supervision and support to Senior Accounts Assistant providing admin support two days a week.
Essential Ingredients
Finance experience, ideally gained in a commercial role.
Qualifications: CIMA qualified / CIMA part qualified, or equivalent, and committed to achieving qualification and on-going PQE.
Experience of operating in a SAP environment.
Excellent commercial skills: good understanding of the bakery industry; analytical; strategic thinker.
Analytical- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with an ability to interpret data clearly and concisely, clearly communicating and ensuring understanding of both finance and non finance colleagues. Strong attention to detail.
Excellent communication skills: influential; persuasive; articulate; confident in challenging and dealing with a variety of colleagues outside a finance community
Excellent relationship builder- Able to build relationships and influence across a broad range of non-finance and finance stakeholders.
Able to demonstrate strong time management and organisation skills.
Proficient in Excel.
Extra Dough
At last and by no means least you will want to know what your breads worth.
A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
Award winning pension scheme with company contributions of 7%
Life assurance
Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
Continued investment in your personal development
Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.
