Financial Planning and Analysis Expert

4 weeks ago

ThorntonCleveleys, Lancashire, United Kingdom Victrex Full time

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Financial Planning and Analysis Expert to support the delivery of timely and accurate analysis, forecasts, and reports to the Senior Finance Team, Victrex Management Team, and the wider business.

This is a highly visible role that offers a fantastic breadth of opportunities for personal development, allowing you to build and shape your career in commercial finance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide reliable and insightful data, commentary, and analysis to be included in internal reports and KPIs for reporting to the management team and Board.
  • Day-to-day coordination and management of budget, forecasting, and strategy processes, including maintaining the financial planning models and performing first-level reviews of outputs and identification of unexpected movements.
  • Deliver year-end and half-year reports and analysis of business performance for internal and external reports, including to support the external audit.
  • Lead the development of and drive the use of automated reports and BI reporting across the finance team and wider business.
  • Manage the development, report writing, and master data updates to the group forecasting system, Anaplan, including training of finance team and integration with other functional users.
  • Respond to business/finance team ad-hoc requests, understanding the requirement and being able to extract data and reports that answer key stakeholder questions.

Requirements

To thrive in this role, you will be an ambitious individual, enjoy working in a team environment, have a can-do attitude with a strong attention to detail, and be keen to develop your career in FP&A/commercial finance.

You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships and strong stakeholder management at all levels. You won't be afraid to challenge the status quo and offer alternative solutions to interesting problems.

To be successful in this role, you will have a passion for data and have developed intermediate/advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills. You will also have proven experience in, and a desire to continually improve (through both self-study and supported learning), using Business Intelligence tools (preferably report writing), financial forecasting software, and handling large data sets. You will also be familiar with ERP systems.

You will hold a recognised accounting qualification or be at finalist level (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent).

About Victrex

Victrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) and PAEK (Poly Aryl Ether Ketone) polymer solutions focusing on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy, and industrial, electronics, and medical.

Every day, millions of people use products and applications containing our materials – from smartphones, aeroplanes, and cars to energy operations and medical devices.

With over 40 years' experience, we are developing world-leading solutions with PEEK and PAEK-based polymers and selected semi-finished and finished parts which enable environmental and societal benefit for our customers and our markets and drive value for our shareholders.

Vision and Culture

At Victrex, we have a clear purpose: to bring transformational and sustainable solutions which address world material challenges every day.

This underpins our core values; passion, innovation, and performance which are at the heart of our business.

Our culture is shaped by how we work together, driving for results with a focus on customers, continuous improvement, and doing the right thing.

We value and recognise how every employee plays an important role in enabling us to deliver our growth strategy.

Sustainability is core to our strategy. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint while supporting society through our sustainable products and making a positive impact on our local communities.

We have recently become winners of the prestigious Ecovadis Silver Award, which is a universal acknowledgement of our sustainability rating as being in the top 5% of over 75,000 companies.

We are also proud to be recognised as a 'Disability Confident' employer.

Our aim is to provide the support of accessibility and community within Victrex for everyone.

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