Head of Financial Planning Analysis & Reporting / FP&A Manager

• Are you a qualified Accountant looking to move into a more specialised forecasting and reporting role within a fantastic Finance department?

• Do you have significant experience of giving presentations to senior management?

• Do you have excellent analytical and data manipulation skills in order to provide performance vs. budget and forecast information?

If you can answer 'YES’ to these questions, then we want to hear from you!

SALARY: £85,000 - £90,000 per annum+ Generous Benefits (see below)

LOCATION: Hybrid working partly from the office in Ealing, West London (W5) and the remaining time from home

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

WORKING HOURS: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for Head of Financial Planning Analysis & Reporting / FP&A Manager with an accounting qualification, significant experience of presenting to senior management, executive and board level and excellent analytical and data manipulation skills.

Working as the Head of Financial Planning Analysis & Reporting / FP&A Manager you will be tasked with providing the Board and Committees and the Executive Team with good quality commentary that paints a picture of the most important things going on in the performance of the Group.

As the Head of Financial Planning Analysis & Reporting / FP&A Manager you will own the budget and forecasting process, facilitating well understood forecasts with clear assumptions and drivers against which performance can be measured.

DUTIES

As the Head of Financial Planning Analysis & Reporting / FP&A Manager your key responsibilities will include:

• Writing or contributing to Board and Executive Management Team papers on performance vs. budget and forecast, giving a clear account of value drivers, variances, planning and execution

• Working with Business Partners, the Business and Finance to understand performance

• This role will require both analytical skills in the centre, but also building a network of relationships in the business to source explanations and insights into performance

• Answer ad-hoc business performance questions from the CFO and EMT using analysis of actuals, budget and forecast

• Own the budget process, including timetable, instructions, templates, and reporting formats. Make improvements to the process to give outputs that serve the needs of the Board and EMT

• Consult with inputters and stakeholders to help people understand their part in the process, and to coordinate everyone to deliver on time and to quality

• Understand the forecast process and look for ways to deliver it more efficiently, and more accurately

• Work with the Finance Directors and others to deliver an improve service to stakeholders

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualified accountant - ACA / ACCA / CIMA or similar

• Extensive experience of presentation to senior management

• Excellent presentation skills using PowerPoint and Word

• Excellent analytical and data manipulation skills

• Personable, persuasive, clear in communications

• Able to use skills and experience to inspire and persuade busy teams to help

• Stakeholder management skills including ability to coordinate people both more senior and more junior, and to facilitate decisions happening on timetable

BENEFITS

• 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
• Up to 8% contributory pension
• Flexible working
• Investment in your learning and development
• Generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family
• Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions

The organisation recognises that some people will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, they’d still encourage you to apply should you not feel you meet the criteria 100%.

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JOB REF: AWDO-P13179

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