FP&A Manager

Rutherford Briant; Harlow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job description

Are you an experienced FP&A professional looking for a hands on, progressive role where you can play a key part in the strategic planning and growth plans of a medium sized international business?

A rapidly growing group with an office close to Harlow is looking for an FP&A Manager to provide immediate support to the group whilst taking full responsibility of budget planning & control, supporting strategic business decisions, forecasting, long term planning & implementing dashboards. This is a highly sought after business, a unique job role with endless possibilities with an expanding brand across the world with an entrepreneurial growth plan. A huge opportunity to develop the FP&A function and team, play a key role in the growth of the business and implement key financial planning & budgeting processes.

Responsibilities:

As a FP&A Manager you will be responsible for:

1. Implement, lead and deliver best-practice group wide budget, forecasting and long-term planning processes in accordance with strategic objectives, collaborating with all business stakeholders.
2. Establish a financial KPI framework to track, assess and report upon the key business actions required to deliver strategic growth objectives.
3. Develop existing underlying budget & forecast models for P&L and create Balance Sheet and cash flow budget & forecast models (at entity and consolidated level).
4. Rationalise and justify growth revenue and cost drivers: (sales & margin, product mix, opex spend) in alignment with objectives.
5. Implement Power BI (or similar) data sets and visuals (dashboards etc).
6. Develop and maintain financial analysis models with underlying recurring, consistent processes, for financial evaluation and scenario planning.
7. Direct and partner with the manufacturing subsidiary on cost analysis including the maintenance and interrogation of data in a new Manufacturing Accounting System.
8. Partner with IT to drive data gathering both external and internal within a data warehouse and the reporting thereafter (opportunities, risks, scenarios etc).
9. Provide insights and partner with budget holders to manage all budgetary control.
10. Assess, monitor, and interpret KPIs / metrics to ensure financial performance targets are met, drawing out key insights and observations to facilitate management decision making.
11. Contribute to multiple business development projects regards the impact on management information & reporting.
12. Collaborate with the Finance Team on the underlying ERP accounting data structure (GL, Dimensions) to ensure full alignment with FP&A and management reporting.
13. Manage, mentor and grow the FP&A team and function.

Requirements:

As a FP&A Manager, you will need:

1. Fully qualified CIMA/ACCA or ACA with 3+ years PQE.
2. Prior experience in strategic planning, budget formulation & business planning.
3. Experience in building financial reports, models, templates and solutions from scratch.
4. Competency in handling large volume data analysis and translating to presentable ready insights.
5. Experience of managing people.
6. Power BI (or similar) experience, preferably with development experience.
7. Capability to deliver quality outputs under time pressure within deadlines.
8. To know what “good looks like” for an FP&A function, and the capability to implement it.

Benefits:

As a FP&A Manager, you will get:

1. Discretionary performance-based bonus.
2. Private medical insurance.
3. Social events throughout the year.
4. Onsite Parking.

Rutherford Briant is passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion. We seek individuals from the widest talent pool and encourage underrepresented talent to apply to vacancies with us. We are committed to recruitment processes that are fair for all, regardless of background and personal characteristics.