Job Description

This role acts as a key business partner to senior management responsible for the budgeting, forecasting and planning process as well as broader commercial finance exposure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver a robust annual Strategic plan, budget and quarterly forecasts encompassing P&L balance sheet & cashflows
• Ensure the group results are understood and supported by insightful analysis and commentary. Being commercially aware is key to this.
• Be responsible for the timely and accurate production of both management and board reporting, ensuring delivery of flash results and management information in line with the executive calendar.
• Develop and improve the Group's cashflow management, ensuring proper monitoring and reporting against Bank covenants and latest forecast.
• Champion the Group's Financial systems (including the reporting tools, general ledger, business objects).
• Develop strategic financial modelling to assess potential business opportunities.
• Design and implement an appropriate business case template for financial investments.
• Develop Ad Hoc tools for analysis to support business challenges and opportunities.
• Support with financial analysis and modelling for merger and acquisition opportunities.
• Oversee analysis of external data for competitor analysis.
• Develop reporting and analysis to give insight into operational cost base and drivers.
• Owning the 5-year financial plan process
• Strong FP&A experience in a large business environment
• Have strong reporting skills - proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products especially excel (intermediate).
• Have a recognised accounting qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) either gained while working in audit practice or in industry.
• Strong business partnering ability
• Have really good communication skills
• Work well within a team, being supportive, reliable and trustworthy

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Strong FP&A experience in a large business environment Have strong reporting skills - proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products especially excel (intermediate). Have a recognised accounting qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) either gained while working in audit practice or in industry. Strong business partnering ability Have really good communication skills Work well within a team, being supportive, reliable and trustworthy