Finance Manager - FP&A

A bit about the role

Team

This role sits within our dedicated Planning & Analysis function, reporting into the senior finance manager and taking responsibility for the management of a finance analyst.

Responsibilities

The role takes responsibility for the accurate and timely production of our management accounts on a monthly basis, ensuring that the finance function are aware of and deliver to their respective month end deadlines. This includes having holistic knowledge of our P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash flow, providing insight where relevant to our Finance Director.

This role is responsible for the apportionment of central costs to operating business units and is the key contact for any Group/ shareholder queries that are raised.

The role will also be pivotal in our annual planning cycle. The production of our annual budget, 5 year plan and rolling forecast will sit within this role's responsibilities, managing the end to end process and delivering through others.

Ad-hoc analysis will form a key part of the day to day responsibilities of this role. Both internal and external factors can play a part in our business performance and FP&A often serves as a support function to the business partners. This role will need to take a proactive approach in identifying and analysing key performance drivers, clearly articulating our current position and calling out the financial risks and opportunities in the future.

Other responsibilities:

1. Key finance point of contact for our colleagues in Selfridges Group
2. Financial management of a number of P&L lines
3. Working closely with our colleagues in financial control to understand our balance sheet and cash flow position, making recommendations where relevant
4. Provide ad-hoc support to the Director of Finance and Finance Director

General Responsibilities

To represent the finance community in line with the Selfridges values and embed into the teams ways of working.

Understand and support the delivery of the Selfridges Strategy and initiatives.

To contribute towards the creation and delivery of the Finance People Plan.

A bit about you

Experience

1. Experience within FP&A
2. Held a number of previous roles across a broad spread of finance areas
3. Sound business knowledge preferably retail

Technical Skills

1. Qualified - CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW or international equivalent

Personal Attributes/ Behavioural Skills

1. Curious, analytical and numerate
2. Clear and confident questioning style, with the potential to influence customers
3. Competently applies their technical qualification and ethics to the situations at hand, seeking out assistance where needed
4. Good verbal and written presentation skills, able to adapt their style to the audience
5. Acts with authenticity, honesty and integrity
6. Works effectively and collaboratively cross functionally
7. Flexible in work style able to reprioritise effectively according to the changing demands of the business