Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

3 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Spencer - Richardson Full time

Our client is a PE backed European Market leader and Group of companies. With a Head Office in Manchester and operating from 50 offices around the UK and Europe. We are looking for an FP&A Manager that will sit in the Group Finance function at their Head Office. The role is hybrid and would also suit a Senior/experienced FP&A Analyst looking for their next career move.

You will have a passion for commercial finance and the advantages that forward thinking and looking for the story behind the numbers can bring to an organsiation. The successful candidate will support in the delivery of accurate business forecasting, providing analysis for decision-making across a number of areas including operational, financial, and strategic.

We are looking for an experienced FP&A professional with strong commercial finance knowledge. Your team will provide quality, actionable information to enable informed decision making that will equip better decision making and financial performance of the business.

Key responsibilities:

  • Managing the standard Group consolidation processes. This includes reviewing and preparing for presentation of key FP&A outputs relating to results of the divisions, including revenue, margins, cash, working capital, CAPEX and more on a monthly basis, as well as quarterly re-forecasts and annual budgets
  • Identify and investigate potential risks and opportunities within the financial results, forecasts and budgets and providing recommendations for actions to resolve
  • Managing and developing the Group FP&A Analyst
  • Establish strong working relationships across the rest of Group Finance and with the divisional finance teams.
  • Support the Head of FP&A to improve processes and apply FP&A best practice across the Group focussing on consistency and convergence.
  • Involvement with finance transformation and other corporate projects
  • Ad-hoc duties as and when required by the business.

Key skills & experience:

  • An eye for detail and high level of accuracy
  • The ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment
  • CIMA, ACCA, ACA qualified (or equivalent), with a demonstrated background in either a Commercial Finance Business Partner, Financial Analyst or FP&A
  • Experience working with Private Equity desirable
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
  • Management experience with strong interpersonal skills.
  • of interacting with all levels in the business – from junior accountants to senior management
  • High levels of integrity, honesty and personal accountability with a willingness to instil this in others.
  • Desire to learn, develop and grow professionally in a fast-paced environment.
  • Advanced Excel skills and a proficient user of Work & Powerpoint.
  • Proven ability to meet deadlines.
  • Experience in having improved business processes.
  • Flexibility and adaptability

Desirable skills

  • Advanced data manipulation and modelling skills
  • Experience working with enterprise level business intelligence and planning tools e.g. VENA, PowerBI
  • VBA or data focused coding skills



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