A vacancy has arisen for a Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Accountant on a 12-month FTC
This position proactively partners with the respective Business Unit (BU) Management, Operations, Finance functions and Regional Teams to understand and assist in improvement of BU and Product Line profitability. Involvement is in both the understanding and analysis of monthly business performance as well as helping to evaluate the viability and strategic implications of BU projects. Responsibilities range from the simple to complex and require the use of analytical modelling and business problem solving skills.
Responsibilities:
· Support the long-term Strategic Planning process of the Special Aromatics global business and the Business head, as well as provide assistance to the Performance Solvents business in Germany, which together form the Life Sciences division.
· Assist in the development of the annual Budget and formal quarterly forecasts, plus subsequent review meetings as well as ad-hoc analysis for the BU.
· Provide comprehensive financial analysis and broad-based business insight as well as make recommendations to support business decisions and develop effective strategies, with an overriding goal to create value for the company.
· Provide timely, accurate and actionable information required to manage the business as well as provide detailed profitability analysis reports.
· Challenge Business Line managers and other decision makers, in an assertive and independent manner. As part of the Finance organisation, this person should feel independent to do so.
· The person is based in Leatherhead, however the Business and all relevant support services are extended to Germany and US.
Budgeting Process Owner
· Co-ordinate the whole budgeting process (balance sheet, P&L and cash flows) in the UK, with the relevant sales, manufacturing and functional areas.
· Liaise closely with both Group HQ and VP F&A.
· Turn global timetable into a local UK timetable that is communicated to all relevant personnel.
· Ensure all relevant targets are met for review dates in Frankfurt, including ensuring adequate time for review and correction.
Month end Process support/ownership and controllership in UK
· Support business controller with month-end closing process for the Costing process (Actual vs Standard costing).
· To fully understand and be able to explain the derivation of costing and material price variance allocations to product groups.
· Ownership of hedge posting process. Understand the relationship between Commodity hedge positions, material price variances and sales price movements.
· Ownership of Capex (Fixed assets register) and Opex process & maintenance.
· Ownership of Lease assets process - good understanding of IFRS16 lease would be added advantage.
· Support Manufacturing management to understand financial data relating to production efficiency.
· Support a proactive and effective working capital control environment covering AR/AP/Inventory/Cash. Provide monthly business unit update to support weekly liquidity forecast.
· Work closely with the relevant personnel at both the existing Harwich and Stanlow sites, involving regular site visits and meetings.
Overviewing management accounting process and group reporting during month end:
· Supervise and Co-ordinate the whole HCUK group company’s month end closures for HCUK, BIDCO and HOLDCO.
· Review key balance sheet control account reconciliations such as Fixed Asset, Lease, Provisions, Accruals, rebate, etc.
· Reporting UK companies’ financial results on time & to quality to group controlling via designated reporting platform. Support VP F&A with management commentary.
Other tasks
· Dealing with Auditor requests and queries during interim (every November) and year end (every February).
· Any other ad hoc project based tasks.
Required Skills and Experience:
We are looking for a person with energy, drive and persistence.
The ideal candidate must demonstrate advanced analytical and modelling skills, typically acquired through at least three years of related experience in a similar (process industry) environment. Additionally, they must have:
· The ability to work in a cross-functional team environment to drive fiscally sound business results.
· The skills to effectively communicate to all levels and functions within the organisation, both written and verbal.
· Progressive experience in financial analysis, management reporting and strategic performance management required.
· Ideally should have a general understanding of IFRS reporting requirements.
· Qualified with Accounting professional body (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with minimum of 5 years’ post qualification experience.
· Possess advanced Excel skills (incl. Pivot tables) with adequate skills in PowerPoint and Word. Financial modelling & analytical skills using Power BI, Python or similar programming tools is highly desirable.
· Strong experience of working with a major ERP platform, preferably SAP.
· Ability to work efficiently under time constraints and have the ability to multi-task.
· Operational finance experience in a manufacturing environment is a requirement because of the heavy emphasis on product costing.
· Proven success working in a rapidly changing environment as well as the ability to work in a team environment are important.
Benefits:
Competitive salary
25 days holiday per annum
Life Assurance
EAP Scheme
Bike to Work scheme
5% Pension Contribution (subject to 4% employee contribution)
Pension advice meeting
Nursery voucher scheme
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