As the Graduate IT Finance System Analyst, you’ll play a pivotal role bridging the gap between our Business (Finance & Wiltshire Farm Foods Teams) and IT (Enterprise Applications Team). Reporting directly to the Senior Enterprise Application Manager, your role would be to enhance our financial processes and drive efficiency.

Your Key Collaborators:

1. Enterprise Applications Team:
   • Your seasoned colleagues bring a wealth of experience, having supported, and maintained Dynamics NAV over several years.
   • While drawing from their expertise, you’ll also infuse fresh perspectives, innovative ideas, and novel approaches.
2. Wiltshire Farm Foods Depot Teams:
   • These teams handle daily reconciliations from the day’s trade. Your streamlining efforts will directly benefit their processes.
3. Apetito Finance Teams:
   • Like their Wiltshire Farm Foods counterparts, they’ll benefit from your dedicated focus on removing barriers and optimizing workflows.

Your Role:

• Process Enhancement:
  • Dive into our existing processes and systems, identifying areas for improvement.
  • Focus on streamlining the End of Day process for Wiltshire Farm Food depots, particularly banking reconciliation.
  • Ensure this critical information is centrally accessible for finance teams to review and complete their reconciliations.
• Future-Proofing:
  • As part of your role, actively participate in the selection process for replacing Dynamics NAV 2009.
  • Help define requirements and shape the solution for our future—a unique opportunity to leave your mark.

This role is based in our Trowbridge Head office and you’ll need to be in the office at least 3 days per week. Remote working is available for up to 2 days (dependant on operational commitments).

Who We Are

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 600 care homes, 500 hospitals, as well as 200 education settings. Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness. For over 25 years our sister company Wiltshire Farm Foods has been cooking and delivering over 300 different delicious frozen meals to our customer's homes.

As a family-owned business established in 1958, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service, dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people and offering delicious and nutritious meals to our customers.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce. This is in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future here: https://www.apetito.co.uk/about-us/ethics-sustainability

Our two-year graduate programme provides opportunities from day one to support your continuous development and give you the strongest start in your career. Every year, we recruit talented graduates to join our apetito team in a variety of different roles across the business. The aim of our unique programme is to train and develop graduates into future leadership roles. We offer an immersive and experiential induction programme as well as training and support for your career development, and there are many opportunities outside of your role to get involved in too.

Full details on the programme can be found on our careers pages at Graduate Development Programme

At apetito, we value inclusivity and diversity as it empowers people from different backgrounds to contribute innovative ideas. Our mission is to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand financial processes and requirements.

- Assist in the analysis, design, and implementation of financial systems and applications.

- Participate in system testing, data validation, and troubleshooting to ensure accuracy and reliability.

- Support the integration of financial systems with other business applications.

- Contribute to process improvement initiatives and recommend solutions for enhanced efficiency.

- Work closely with stakeholders to gather and document system requirements.

- Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies in finance and IT.

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Information Technology, or a related field.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.

- Eagerness to learn and adapt in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

- Knowledge of financial principles and basic understanding of IT systems.

- Experience working with an ERP system such as Business Central or NetSuite would be beneficial