Strategic Financial Manager

1 week ago

Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom Cobb & Jones Recruitment Limited Full time
About the Role

Cobb & Jones Recruitment Limited is seeking a highly skilled Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to join our client's team in Ashford. As a critical member of the local team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the company's financial future by providing insightful analysis, accurate forecasting, and strategic guidance to stakeholders at all levels.

Key Responsibilities
  • Financial Analysis and Planning: Provide analytical leadership of performance drivers, with practical alignment to business initiatives and results.
  • Collaborative Initiatives: Lead and own collaborative initiatives across Product, Analytics, Control, and functional teams to source and interrogate performance information.
  • Actionable Insights: Assess suitable actions, and present these with authority, giving due regard to relevant assumptions and informational anchor.
  • Team Alignment: Ensure the alignment of team priorities to the strategic business objectives.
  • Stakeholder Partnerships: Role model and champion collaborative stakeholder partnerships across business functions.
  • Financial Reporting: Conduct financial analysis of ongoing business performance to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for growth, profitability, and cashflow management.
  • Budgeting and Forecasting: Run the FP&A budgeting process through to board sign-off, ensuring cross-functional alignment with strategic goals and efficient allocation of resources.
  • Strategic Planning: Challenge material business assumptions in the development of our functional business plans.
  • Strategy Development: Lead the annual 5-year Strategy Plan.
  • Financial Modeling: Partner with business leaders across the organisation to translate strategic objectives into financial models and metrics.
  • Reporting and Presentations: Prepare regular financial reports and presentations for senior management and the board of directors, including P&L and Cash reporting to a Board level on a monthly basis.
  • Process Improvement: Build rapport with functional leaders and conduct deep-dives on critical business topics with objective candour.
  • Key Performance Indicators: Produce accurate KPIs for Head of Finance (Operations), utilising automation and BI tools.
  • Continuous Improvement: Continuous development and improvements on the financial processes in order to support all above activities.
Requirements
  • Experience: At least 2-5 years' experience within a FP&A position.
  • Commercial Acumen: Commercially orientated.
  • Qualifications: Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant/Accounting Technician or Degree.
  • Business Acumen: Business Graduate.
  • Industry Knowledge: Understanding of the pharmaceutical / Healthcare market or FMCG / product based.
  • Private Equity Experience: Exposure to Private Equity / stand-alone SME business.
  • Technical Skills: Advanced Excel capability.
  • Software Proficiency: Use of SAP (ECC6 or By Design).
  • Soft Skills: Have a numerical and analytical aptitude, demonstrate excellent attention to detail, demonstrate initiative and proactive attitude.
  • Industry Experience: Pharmaceutical / FMCG industry experience.
  • Accounting Qualifications: Qualified Accountant (incl Part Qualified.) - ACCA / CIMA Preferred.
  • Education: University degree.
What We Offer
  • Basic Salary: £70k - £80k.
  • Bonus: Discretionary 10% Bonus.
  • Working Arrangements: Hybrid Working.
  • Flexibility: Flexi-time.
  • Pension Scheme: 5% pension matched.

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