The FP&A Senior Manager is a high profile role within the FP&A team and will report to the Group Head of FP&A. The role will have an overall responsibility for managing accurate and timely delivery of the group planning and forecasting deliverables, managing deliverables to the Board and Audit Committee as well as the C-suit.
Manage communication of the Group financial strategy working closely with Investor Relations and own the group financial model including conducting scenario analysis and develop presentations showing Group KPIs and performance.
The position requires a suitably qualified accountant who will be an integral support for business decision making through extensive financial modelling and analysis and bring transparency and rigour to the data and models used to make smart, data-driven decisions and aligning with our broader strategic and financial objectives.
Forecasting and Reporting / Business Partnering
Develop strategic budgets and forecasts drawing meaningful conclusions from varied inputs and articulate a story.
Develop executive presentations, Board packs and other internal and external reporting and work closely with investor relations on external messaging.
Manage Board and Audit Committee papers as well as external reporting.
Partner with the business division teams to understand and analyse business performance, and identifying risks and opportunities.
Draft internal and external reports.
Data analysis / financial modelling
Manage the the Group financial models that are used for forecasting. Apply excel financial modelling skills and perform scenario analysis and drive development of dashboards to bring numbers to life.
Collate and summarise data from various sources (OneStream and other systems), and work with several stakeholders and colleagues to obtain, understand and articulate the data.
Automate data extraction, collection and manipulation and continuously look for process improvement and operate in an agile and dynamic way.
Projects / Ad hoc
Work on Corporate Development / M&A / Strategy related projects.
Undertake regular quality checks to ensure adequacy, accuracy, legitimacy of data and manage actions to resolve non-compliance.
Providing ad-hoc decision support and insight.
Person Specification
Competencies:
Strong interpersonal, collaboration and organisational skills with hands-on financial modelling experience.
The individual needs to be hands-on and willing to roll-up the sleeves to get the job done.
Excellent analytical skills and proven ability to take decisions. Analyse and interpret financial data, draw conclusions and make recommendations.
Be comfortable working in a dynamic, and fast-paced environment.
Professional/Technical Skills:
Qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent with several years’ of experience, preferably industry experience.
Experience in the Group FP&A / strategic finance of another PLC and/or Transaction services / modelling experience in accounting firms.
If you feel you can adhere to the above please apply