Head of Fp&a

**About the Role**:
**Head of FP&A - Maritime Transport Division**
Full time, Permanent
London with Hybrid Working

**About Us**

**Principal Accountabilities**

**5 Year Strategy, Budgeting and Forecasting**
- Lead the divisional teams in creating a robust financial plan that aligns with Group’s and divisional strategic goals.
- Accountable for the efficient running of the Division’s planning processes, proactively driving improvement opportunities.
- Communicate clear guidelines on deliverables and ensure timely delivery of requirements.
- Working closely with the leadership team, develop and analyse scenarios to forecast possible outcomes and optimise business plans.
- Provide high quality commercial insight on business financial performance.
- Look for ways to use technology to deliver more accurate and timely outputs.
- Build internal capability to develop robust short and long-term plans.
- Create clear presentations to the Division and Group.

**Performance Management**
- Collaborate with product lines on creating a set of annual KPIs that are aligned with the Group.
- Simplify KPI report preparation to utilise the existing submissions and sources of information.
- Monitor performance against KPIs to proactively facilitate the identification of required actions.
- Analyse monthly management accounts and draw out key performance trends.
- Prepare and present concise reports for the Group and senior management.
- Develop systems and processes to produce informative reports and drive targeted performance conversations, utilising data and trends analysis.

**Other**
- Coordinate the preparation and communication of the Divisional reporting calendar.
- Prepare financial submissions to Investment Committee and review the full submission for clarity and consistency. Continuously improve submissions quality.
- Work closely with the Controllership teams to ensure accuracy of cash flow and, in particular, working capital forecasting.
- Lead cost efficiency and other continuous improvements projects.
- Various ad-hoc projects and initiatives.

**Knowledge, Experience and Skills required**
- A qualified accountant with considerable post qualified experience.
- Experience of working in a Group organisation setting.
- Good experience in managing people and teams.
- A hands-on approach and the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of managing multiple stakeholders at various levels of a group organisation.
- Able to demonstrate a strong background in business intelligence, performance management and planning systems & process development.
- Flexible approach combined with attention to detail and an excellent work ethic.
- Strong communication skills
- Excellent excel skills.
- Good team player who is willing to learn and develop with the role, on new assignments as they arise.
- Approachable, pro-active leadership skills.

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