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Nando’s is on a journey to Create Lasting Happiness, making a difference to the lives of our people, our customers, and the communities we work in. Originally started in Johannesburg, South Africa, we pride ourselves on creating memorable experiences for everyone involved in Nando’s: from our employees, communities, founders, and suppliers, but most importantly, our customers.
Overall Ambition:
* Reporting into the Finance Department and uniquely placed to be a strong link between the Finance Transformation team, Reporting team and Regional Business partners.
* To be a model builder and custodian of the financial information held in the Anaplan Budgeting and Forecasting system.
* To be able to build dashboards and functionality within the system in order to improve financial reporting. This will be across monthly re-forecasting, weekly Sales and LFL reporting and periodic full P&L production.
* To understand the Vena Budgeting system and be able to deliver Group deliverables re quarterly Forecasting across the P&L, balance sheet, and Cashflow.
* To work with the Finance Reporting and Business Partnering teams, to provide the business with accurate and relevant financial information delivered in a timely manner. This involves weekly, periodic, and half-yearly commercial reports focused on key trading metrics and P&L’s.
* To work with the Finance transformation team to review the current use of finance systems to streamline processes and reduce manual intervention.
* To identify problems, needs, and opportunities for systems and process improvements, especially regarding operations reporting and restaurant P&Ls production.
* This role requires a Nandoca capable of moving between high-level problem analysis (“thinking”) and practical output delivery (“doing”).
* Support the Planning manager in the Budgeting and Forecasting process to deliver a robust and commercially sound short- and long-term Plan.
* To be responsible for managing the monthly restaurant reforecasting process within Anaplan alongside the Finance Business partners.
* To assist in the production of Company sales budgets and forecasts, ensuring all inputs from stakeholders are considered and recorded in the system.
* Own certain P&L line items, becoming an expert to produce robust data and advise on accounting methods.
* Customer curiosity: Provide expert technical support to the Finance team for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, with input on Anaplan use.
* Understand and improve reporting on key areas like LFL reporting. Lead on complex deliverables such as the business incentive scheme.
* Research expert: Support and encourage users to maximize the utility of financial systems. Train and support finance teams in Anaplan, and reconcile data to ensure consistent reporting.
* Restless enthusiasm: Assist with monthly P&L Flash and dashboard reporting. Review and improve management reporting outputs.
* Shaping the future: Become an expert in Anaplan, identifying opportunities to automate and improve reporting and analysis processes.
* Use accounting expertise and system knowledge to ensure accurate financial statements and drive continuous improvement in reporting processes.
Key Stakeholders:
This role involves collaboration with:
* All UK Finance teams.
* Group Finance
* Property
* Central cost areas
The candidate should possess / be:
* A strong desire to become an expert in finance systems.
* A professional accounting qualification – Preferably CIMA, ACA, or ACCA, with at least 1 year post-qualification experience.
* Experience in hospitality or retail is advantageous but not necessary.
* Experience with finance systems or participating in system change projects is beneficial.
* Good knowledge of financial reporting, reconciliations, P&Ls, and related documents.
* Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills, capable of multitasking and managing own workload.
* Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
* Ability to interact professionally with internal and external stakeholders and serve as a role model within the finance department.
* Ability to interpret and explain financial information clearly.
* Willingness to learn and improve routine processes.
* Adaptability in a dynamic environment.
Our candidate should be looking for:
* A culture with strong purpose and values, committed to positive cultural and societal change.
* An environment that is relaxed and informal, yet highly driven and ambitious.
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