Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

1 week ago


Slough, Slough, United Kingdom IRIS Software Group Full time
Job Description

Role Overview:

IRIS Software Group is seeking a dynamic and strategic Senior Finance Manager to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. The primary responsibility of this role is to act as the senior finance partner to the Managed Services function, providing full financial support to the Senior Leadership Team. Managed Services includes a diverse range of services such as monthly outsourced payroll services, offshore support, and additional advisory services. This segment has seen significant growth both organically and through acquisitions, and we anticipate this trajectory to continue.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Finance Leadership: Provide timely analysis and insight to the Managed Services leadership team to help them meet and exceed financial goals.
  • Financial Analysis & Reporting: Prepare, review, and sign off key financial submissions (actuals, forecasts, budgets, and long-term plans). Ensure that key assumptions and trends are fully understood by key stakeholders (Operational and Finance SLTs).
  • Acquisition Integration: Support the consolidation and integration of acquisitions within the Managed Service function. Aid leaders in achieving post-acquisition value creation plans and EBITDA improvement.
  • KPI Analysis: Review and manage performance against KPIs. Recommend corrective actions where appropriate.
  • Mentorship: Act as a finance team leader, support more junior members of the team to grow and develop.
  • Ad Hoc Projects: Engage in other ad hoc projects to support the broader UK Payroll & HR division as required.
  • Partner with Functional Leads: Provide financial support to aid their decision-making process. Attend and participate fully in Managed Service SLT meetings – present relevant financial data, highlighting key trends and issues.
  • Financial Model Management: Provide direction to the Managed Services Finance Business Partner to ensure that financial models are robust, accurate, and appropriately maintained.
  • Reporting and Planning: Manage the monthly reporting, annual budget, and Long Term Planning processes ensuring that key deliverables are met and that Commercial, Product, and Operational initiatives are appropriately reflected.
  • Risk Management: Ensure business partners fully understand their financial commitments and how they are tracking against them. Provide guidance on managing the risks and opportunities and agree strategies and reporting mechanisms to help maximize financial performance.
  • Financial Performance Improvement: Challenge the Managed Services SLT as appropriate to maximize financial outcomes.
  • Financial Control: Review the monthly results against forecast and budget. Provide key variance information to Finance and Operational SLTs and explain implications of variances on the forecast.
  • Financial Governance: Ensure effective financial controls are in place and working across Managed Services.
  • Business Intelligence: Work effectively with the broader finance function to develop and deliver holistic and informative information on the performance of the product portfolio (e.g., new sales, upsell, attrition, and attributable costs).
  • Data Analysis: Utilize various systems and the Datawarehouse to deliver and enhance the management information that drives decision-making within the business.
  • Value Creation: Identify areas of value creation/potential cost saving. Support ad-hoc projects and analysis as required, for example, supporting IRIS's leadership team to deliver their strategic objectives.
  • Acquisition Integration: Support integration of acquisitions into BAU reporting.

Qualifications:

  • Professional Certification: CIMA (or equivalent) several years PQE.
  • Experience: Proven experience in business partnering with senior leaders, ideally within managed services, recurring revenue, or payroll services sectors.
  • Analytical Skills: Strong ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights.
  • Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of effectively interacting with various stakeholders.
  • Leadership: Capability to lead projects/initiatives and drive them to conclusion.

Why IRIS Software Group?

  • Market Leader: Work for a company that is the largest third-party online filer with the UK Government, with a strong presence in the UK and international markets.
  • Customer-Centric: Join a company that values long-term relationships with customers, with over 80% of our customers having a tenure of five or more years.
  • Innovative Environment: Be part of a team that focuses on simplifying and automating critical tasks for organizations of all sizes.
  • Growth Opportunities: IRIS Software Group is a high-growth company backed by leading private equity software investors Hg and LGP.

IRIS Software Group is proud to be placed in the Grant Thornton Sunday Times Top Track 250 and the Megabuyte50. Join us and be part of a company that is making a significant impact on the market.



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