Senior Financial Planning Manager

4 weeks ago


Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom GSF Car Parts Full time

About the Role

As a key business advisory leader at GSF Car Parts, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the company's strategic plans. Your expertise will be instrumental in running future financial projections, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. You will be responsible for managing the P&L, cash flow, and capital adequacy, as well as providing scenario analysis and risk management support.

Main Duties and Accountabilities

  • Support the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in communicating financial strategy issues and recommended changes.
  • Provide the Board with relevant and timely information to assess performance against the company's strategy and objectives.
  • Support the development of financial Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to assess the success of both the business and the financial strategy.
  • Analyse competitor and market financial information to provide insight to assist with decision-making.
  • Track performance against key targets and outcomes and produce regular corporate-level management information to all senior management and the Board.
  • Ensure that all routine management information is produced in a timely manner, contains reliable information which has been agreed by key stakeholders.
  • Produce regular financial reporting to give an overview of business and financial performance, highlighting trends, key actions, and strategic implications.
  • Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of the Group's products and services.
  • Project manage end-to-end delivery of financial forecasting processes.
  • Creation of quarterly financial forecasts.
  • Use the output of financial models and analysis of trends to drive decision-making and communicate relevant messages across the business.
  • Produce professional reports and presentations summarizing the forecasts for senior management and the Board.
  • Work with the Management Information (MI) team to provide intelligence to the business in terms of converting data into meaningful information to make decisions.
  • Coordinate the capital spending review process for the Group. This will include the team modelling the financial impact of significant business change proposals/plans.
  • Aid in the creation and development of ad hoc financial models and analysis to assist and support strategic initiatives and business cases.
  • Regularly review the methodology used to assess our risk capital requirements used for measuring the Financial Strength of the Group.
  • Ownership and management of strategic financial risks.
  • Actively manage relevant risks within the Finance function.
  • Lead the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team, including staff recruitment, staff development, performance management, and task management.
  • Proactively contribute to plans and priorities for the department.
  • Identify, develop, and retain future talent to support business growth.
  • Assist the CFO in respect of reports and presentations to the Board regarding financial issues and developments.
  • Work with the IT department to recommend suitable technology solutions to enhance our financial modelling and analysis capability.

About You

We are seeking a professional with a strong background in financial planning and analysis, preferably with experience at Executive level and Board level. The ideal candidate will have a professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent) and be educated to degree level or equivalent. They will have proven experience in a Director/Senior Manager role, with strong modelling and analytic skills, excellent analytical skills, and a positive approach to change.

About Us

GSF Car Parts is one of the UK's leading automotive parts distributors, supplying thousands of independent garages throughout the UK and Ireland with parts, tools, garage equipment, and specialist training. The group has over branches nationwide and a turnover exceeding £ million. Built on the heritage and success of a dozen local brand identities acquired over several years, we have traded as one brand since November 1. Our branch network is bolstered by centralised support and expertise from specialist departments in key areas such as procurement and supply chain, marketing, and national accounts. The business also benefits from integrated IT systems, which include our industry-leading catalogue system, Allicat, and access to the Group's national garage programme, Servicesure.



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