Director - Financial Planning & Analysis

3 weeks ago


Cheadle, United Kingdom Recruitment Solutions (North West) Ltd Full time

Our client a global organisation with a presence in over 35 counties are looking for a Senior F,P&A professional to join its finance function at Director level - Director F,P&A - Commercial - this role with suit a candidate with exposure to working in a large organisation in a commercial finance role with a strong background in F,P&A and reporting - an exciting place to work offering the flexibility of working from home all of the time or utilising offices in Manchester if that’s your preference.

The candidate will need to be from some kind of manufacturing background - industries such as automotive or aerospace would be good start points but certainly having previously worked in manufacturing will be key particularly manufacturing areas where the company deals with lots of components.

What you can expect

  • Salary of between £100-110k DOE and Qualification plus a 20% Bonus
  • Choose where you work - you can spend the majority of the time at your home office or if you choose you can work at the Head Office in Soth Manchester
  • Contributory pension and more
  • The chance to work for a global brand with a turnover of circa 400m who’s clients are household names

The Key Requirements

  • Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to explain the detail at an elevated level to C-Suite individuals both in the UK and Internationally
  • If the person has used SAP and OR Power BI - these would be advantageous
  • Advanced Excel which would usually be a given at this level
  • Strong background in F,P & A - Financial Planning and Analysis using numbers and data on a broad scale to drive the commercial performance of the business
  • Understanding of how a large manufacturing business operates - transferable industries include automotive and aerospace however this is not exhaustive
  • Qualified accountant - CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc.
  • Proficiency in working with large data sets and/or databases to perform analysis and create visual data

Role Responsibilities

  • Assisting with financial forecasting and budgeting processes, performing detailed analyses and developing standard reporting and procedures, and presenting key findings to senior leadership - this role will include daily interaction with senior leadership
  • Supporting the 3 Commercial Directors on weekly / monthly / quarterly orders outlooking, LBE, actuals Major Initiatives etc reporting and associated commentary. Including required calls and follow-ups with regional commercial leaders
  • Support on quotation approval process reviews if required
  • Pipeline analysis
  • Variance analysis for month-end bridges used in Corporate Executive Committee ("CEC") etc; likewise analysis to support materials for Outlook changes to orders
  • Analysis of historic and backlog standard margins by Value Stream / Region including supporting the 3 Commercial VP’s on resulting strategic actions
  • Key account profitability analysis (work with Director Global Key Accounts)
  • Channel partner profitability analysis
  • Ad-hoc commercial analysis for above commercial leaders - e.g. reviews of profitability of given products in given regions
  • Service utilization / profitability analysis
  • Customer Service Level Agreement analysis including profitability
  • Leverage 80/20 principles to help identify key opportunities for long-term strategic growth and profitability in various product groups
  • Assist with key discrete strategic projects, presenting progress and key achievements to senior leadership teams
  • Build and maintain financial models to identify and quantify the impact of internal and macroeconomic drivers
  • Evaluate current processes and continuously improve efficiency/ productivity through automation and other process improvements

If you do not have an up to date CV but would like a conversation about this role, please contact Gavin Reynolds for a conversation.



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