Fp&a Business Partner

7 months ago

Maidenhead, United Kingdom Volvo Cars Full time

**FP&A Business Partner**

**Location: Maidenhead**

**It’s not about cars. It’s about people.**
Our human-centric focus is what makes us different from all other car companies, and it’s at the heart of everything we create. If you want to join us in our mission to build and grow our teams with talented people who want to make a true difference.

**What you’ll do**

The purpose of the Finance team is to drive performance through gathering, interpreting and communication of knowledge. In addition, the finance team is the guardian of corporate assets and secures the appropriate governance, compliance, and controls. Securing the highest integrity of accounting, reporting and payments is also a foundation within the scope of the finance team.

The purpose of this role is twofold:

- Implement structured and business led analysis of sales and margin performance.
- Control and optimize a significant and varied operating cost base of c. £100m for Volvo Car UK. The role proactively advises the business to manage costs, optimize value and balance stakeholder interests within the company’s operating costs.

**Your key deliverables will include**:
FP&A
- Act as a key player in a thought leadership capacity, providing accurate & insightful performance analysis on Sales and Margin
- Develop and implement performance analyses as required by management
- Build robust relationships across commercial teams, finance, and accounting

Costs
- Business partner broad range of stakeholders up to director level, providing counsel and enabling decision making withing governance limits
- Cost base oversight and control (Fleet costs, Marketing, Selling, General & Administration) - actuals, budget, forecasts
- Create and prepare monthly costs reporting accurately with relevant commercial commentary, presenting to the CFO, and senior department heads
- Overall cost centre management including management of and working with Digital teams to develop Powerbi tools
- Purchase Order approvals

**What you’ll bring**
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA) with strong PQE experience, including senior FP&A expertise.
- Exceptional analytical capabilities and advanced Excel financial modelling
- Innovative problem-solving abilities and commercial acumen
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with professionalism.
- Good commercial and business acumen has business partnered previously.

Strong communicator able to communicate and influence at differing levels
- Plans and anticipates, strong time management / prioritisation skills.
- Manages expectations with ease.
- Sets high standards on process expectations and maintains principles.
- Ability to take initiative and not wait for instructions.
- Ability to be proactive, challenge status-quo and look at things differently.
- High integrity and ability to speak your mind.
- Able to work under pressure

We would love it if you also had the following skills and experience:

- Experience of working in the automotive industry
- Experience of SAP ECC, SAP S4 Hana, Hyperion Finance Manager
- Experience of Powerbi development, creating and maintaining excel macros

Most of all, you share our values and can see everyone's potential. Your warm personality and eagerness to collaborate will be welcomed by all of us

**Benefits & Life at Volvo Car UK**:

- Salary of £75,000 per annum
- Competitive salaries that are reviewed and benchmarked annually
- Discretionary, performance related bonus scheme that rewards you whilst you help us to achieve our goals
- Hybrid working in our agile, state of the art offices or from home when convenient for you and your family
- Everyday flexible working Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm depending on business needs
- 28 days holiday + bank holidays (4 fixed & 4 unfixed) + the opportunity to buy up to 5 additional days
- 15 days’ work from anywhere in the world policy
- 24 weeks enhanced and flexible parental leave for all employees regardless of gender up to a child’s 3rd birthday
- Matched pension contribution up to 5%
- Wellbeing benefits such as Health Cash Plan and Life Assurance, Private Medical Insurance with Vitality
- 2 paid volunteering / charity days per year
- Access to our preferential employee lease car scheme for you and your family
- Subsidised onsite restaurant plus free refreshments and snacks
- Onsite electrical charging for your Plug-In Hybrid Electric or Battery Electric vehicle.
- A set salary sacrifice spend limit, refreshed every tax year for you to choose from multiple services and products to suit your lifestyle whilst saving on tax and NI within our extensive flexible benefits platform
- Discounted shopping site with 100s of brands and online retailers

**Diversify our future**: Volvo Cars is an equal opportunities employer. We are a company for people who care about other people and for the world we live in. We celebrate diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are committed to equality of opportunity for all employees a

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