Job Title
FP&A Manager
Responsible to
Head of FP&A – Compass One
Location
Birmingham
Department
Finance
Overall Purpose of the Role
An exciting and high-profile role facilitating enhanced decision making by providing insight to key stakeholders across the sub-sectors, delivering high quality analytics and robust financial data to facilitate company’s strategic, long-term and short-term objectives.
There will be a keen focus on continuous process improvements, leveraging Power BI tools to produce value-added analytics and providing high quality reporting with added insight.
Key Accountabilities
PURPOSE: Commercial Support
* Perform month-end related tasks including journal posting, reporting, and balance sheet reviews.
* Drive reporting, assessment and communication of financial results to key stakeholders.
* Facilitate financial planning cycle.
* Develop strong relationships with key internal stakeholders across the sub-sectors.
* Understand, highlight, and manage financial risks and opportunities arising from ongoing business performance.
* Support audit process and liaise with Financial Risk & Control team
PERFORMANCE
* Month end journals preparation and review.
* Preparation and review of annual budgeting and reforecasting processes including consolidating the budget/forecast, understanding key drivers, and preparing the budget presentation for senior stakeholders.
* Support production of the suite of monthly reports to the senior management to provide enhanced analysis of the business performance.
* Facilitate preparation of Compass One monthly business review pack.
* Promote working capital improvements through value added analysis and reporting.
* Balance sheet reviews and compliance with Group Accounting Manual, maintaining a full and up to date understanding of SAP, escalating key risks/ opportunities to senior stakeholders.
* Take responsibility for reporting /monitoring of the central cost centres, being the first point of contact for functional leads regarding reporting, planning and analysis.
* Implement ongoing improvements to planning and analysis processes to deliver faster and more accurate insights to the business.
* Drive automation of reporting processes by embedding Power BI tools into the FP&A processes
* Delivering proactive ad-hoc financial analysis to support business decision making.
* Facilitate implementation of financial planning systems
PEOPLE: Relationship Management
* Building relationships with key stakeholders
* Supporting the development and career progression of junior members of the FP&A team
Candidate Requirements: Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential:
* Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with varied experience in accounting roles/FP&A
* Experience of business partnering senior stakeholders with the ability to challenge, influence and persuade at all levels.
* High numeric and analytical skills and attention to detail
* Comfortable developing and working with complex spreadsheets.
* Track record of delivering complex financial analysis and presentations to the senior stakeholders.
* Demonstrable commercial finance experience of improving business results and adding value.
* Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate verbal and written information concisely and logically.
* Ability to analyse, evaluate and present information in a clear and impactful way.
* Team management experience
* Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to influence internal and external parties.
Desirable:
* Experience of operating within a multi-sector organization
* Good working knowledge of SAP and Power BI
* Anaplan experience is advantageous
Leadership behaviours
* Communication – ability to manage, develop and lead peers.
* Can Do – Finds new / quicker ways of meeting goals, shows conviction in own judgement and decisions, responds quickly under pressure, and overcomes hurdles to achieve targets. Solutions orientated when facing problems.
* Share Success – Provides task related feedback to do the job effectively and provides excellent service. Delegates tasks to develop others.
* Passion for Quality – Sets demanding performance expectations, sets priorities to maximise benefits, tracks the commercial implications of a situation in a step-by-step way.
* Win through Teamwork – Pursues friendly relationships with colleagues and clients, interacts with colleagues across the organisation and shares own knowledge and insight and displays a high level of energy and commitment to the role and organisation.
* Embrace Diversity – Listens to others and values their contributions, receptive to new and builds on ideas and acts in ethical and socially responsible manner.