The Business

AAB is a tech-enabled, business critical services group providing audit and accounting, tax, payroll and HR, outsourcing and advisory solutions globally from our UK offices. We have great minds working together, enabling our customers to thrive. Combined with our commitment to building long lasting relationships, our expertise and enthusiasm, we're always finding ways to achieve our customer goals.

The Team

At AAB we pride ourselves on providing everyone with an inspiring career opportunity. Our culture keeps the layers simple and the relationship personal. We know that our success is down to one thing, our people, and we make sure looking after our people is at the heart of everything we do.

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The Role

We currently have an opening for a Head of Business Control & Special Projects (Head of FP&A) to join our Finance team.

The role can be based in any of the following offices: Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh or London

The Head of FP&A will advise and assist management to improve business operations and performance via effective oversight of financial and operational performance.

Key responsibilities:

• Together with the Heads of Service Groups (HOSGs) and CFO / COO take P&L responsibility for the Group generating revenue of ~£100m with an EBITDA margin of ~15% ~1,000 staff
• Accountable for financial transparency of the business and overall financial performance of the Group as well as its individual constituents
  • Propose measures for performance improvement of any nature and size, be it organic growth, cost reduction and capital efficiency improvement. Co-lead implementation together with HOSG
  • Prepare results meetings and presentations on actuals and forecasting to CEO, CFO and COO and HOSG
• Accountable for performance and output of Business Controllers and the Business Control function
• Accountable for production and analysis of accurate financial and management reports for operational management
• Accountable for accurate and on time reporting and up to date and accurate information in Power BI. Also includes leading BI projects to improve or expand the tool
• Deliver the budget for the Group through management and leadership together with HOSG and CFO / COO
• Analyse, control, budget and re-forecast financial performance across the Group to improve:
  • Sales, costs, Opex and Operational efficiency

• Assist with the business case and integration of acquisitions
• Leading on and delivering BAU finance deliverables
  • Weekly KPI reporting process management
  • Monthly gross profit reporting process management
  • KPI dashboard development, data validation and maintenance
  • Annual Group budgeting & re-forecasting processes

• Leading on and delivering finance project work:
  • Group consolidated LBO model development and maintenance
  • Bank refinancing modelling (P&L, BS and CF)
  • Acquisitions & disposals modelling and review of external FDD
  • Management of the financial element of the exit process including liaising with external advisors and stakeholders
  • Run rate, leverage and covenant reporting and analysis

Education and skills

• Strong academic background and fully qualified (CA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Highly proficient Excel skills
• Demonstrable experience leading finance teams
• Highly analytical
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Passionate about data and data-driven decision making
• Thrives in operational execution excellence
• Energetic and self-starter
• Team player, hands-on, inquisitive
• Experience of dealing with complexity and ambiguity.

Experience

• Substantial experience in Business Control (or similar function) in £150m-£200m+ turnover business
• Relevant private equity experience
• Exit process experience for £100m-£200m+ enterprise valuation
• Refinancing & fundraising experience in private equity backed business
• Highly acquisitive organisation
• Multi-site, business services sector, with extensive people-planning challenges
• Experience with PowerBI

The Benefits

Over the years, AAB has been recognised for its excellent working practices by some of the most prestigious award bodies in the UK. We pride ourselves in the fact that our approach across the AAB Group has gained an excellent reputation and is loved by our employees.

Some of our benefits are

• Hybrid, agile and family friendly working practices to enable you to manage your work life alongside your home life
• Full payment of Private Healthcare for you and your family
• Private Dental Care
• Workplace pension
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• Ongoing personalised coaching and mentoring programmes to maximise your potential
• Regular updates from our Health & Wellbeing team, access to all Headspace resources and Employee Assistance Programme as well as access to trained Mental Health First Aiders
• We're energetic people who like nothing more than having a bit of fun; with our Social Club organising frequent staff events and initiatives
• Volunteering leave through the Anderson Anderson & Brown Charitable Initiative (AABIE)
• Financial rewards for helping AAB to grow our client portfolio
• Reimbursement of your professional subscription and fully funded study leave for all students
• Life Assurance
• Generous Employee Referral Bonus
• Paid sick leave
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Dress for your day
• Various groups to become involved in such as LGBTQ+, Environmental, Social and Governance, Working Families and Menopause
• Regular communication from our leadership team regarding AAB Group activities and initiatives

You can find out more about what it is like to work at AAB directly from our people. Read our Life at AAB Blog to hear from people across our teams.

At AAB you will have tremendous opportunities that will meet your career aspirations, working in a progressive, energetic and stimulating environment alongside supportive and engaging professional teammates.