Job Description
Financial Planning and Analysis Director
Coventry
£850.00 per day Umbrella
3 Month initial contract
Our client within Coventry is searching for a FP&A Director to join their team on an interim basis. Within this role, you will be responsible for leading the financial planning and analysis for their UK Business. You will be the owner of all financial planning processes for the UK and will be a key point of contact between the UK Business and wider Group.
You will be a key member of the Finance senior leadership team across the UK and will be expected to deputise for the CFO when required.
Responsibilities:
* Ownership of financial reporting and management for UK working closely with the Operational Finance Director and management accounts team.
* Collaborate with the management accounts team to ensure production of timely and reliable management information at month end, including variance analysis and reporting on contract performance.
* To lead the annual budget and regular re-forecasting process, including liaison with operations team to develop robust budgets, forecasts and associated action plans.
* Own the month end process, from flash reporting to Group reporting, ensuring quality financial analysis and commentary
* Monitor budgets and forecasts against actuals, investigating and providing analysis of differences.
* Work proactively with Group colleagues on financial matters, ensuring high levels of transparency
* Provide financial assurance when required of all major UK initiatives
* Develop Power BI use across the business to enhance analysis and action across the business
* Develop a concise financial KPI suite and incorporate into the wider UK Business scorecards
* Challenge the business to improve aged debt and accrued income management through regular review and reporting
* Work with central Finance team and Ops Finance team to ensure Balance sheet accounts are clean and risks managed.
Knowledge and Skills:
* Fully qualified, with good experience of various sectors, ideally in a PE backed service-based businesses.
* Extensive experience within FP&A, ideally at Director level
* Experience managing forecasting and budgeting processes, working with operations teams and central teams
* Proven ability and sound understanding of accounting principles.
* Excellent communication, both verbal and written, to communicate succinctly and accurately to management.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and stakeholder management
* Strong IT skills including excel and data manipulation. Power BI expertise preferred