Job Description

Strategic Planning:

• Develop comprehensive financial models to support strategic initiatives, business planning, and company growth
  

• Lead our 5 Year Planning Process - co-ordinate and model our long-term strategies working collaboratively with the wider business stakeholders through a deep understanding of the different products we sell and markets we operate in.
  

Financial Analysis and Support:

• Analyse complex financial data and extract and define relevant information; interpret data for the purpose of determining past financial performance and/or to project a financial probability and provide high level recommendations to ensure the business delivers on its long-term financial objectives.
  

• Deeply understand business challenges and their impact on the company’s financial position.
  

Budgeting and Financial Projections:

• Oversee and lead annual budgeting and planning process; administer and review all financial plans and compare to actual results with a view to identify, explain, and correct variances as appropriate.
  

• Manage the Group’s overall budget process ensuring that it supports the Group strategic objectives including communicating timelines and milestones, working with both internal Element Six teams and shareholders, and developing presentations for use with the Element Six Board and senior management.
  

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop and continuously improve budgeting processes.
  

• Create accurate financial projections and operating forecasts.
  

Monthly and Quarterly Performance Reporting:

• Analyse and compellingly present monthly and quarterly business financial performance ensuring that key issues are raised to the Board and our Shareholders.
  

• Assist the Senior Leadership Team with data-driven analysis and strategic decision-making.
  

• Develop a monthly ‘latest view’ model, working closely with key stakeholders.
  

• Provide regular, insightful analysis into the Group’s financial performance that can be easily interpreted by senior executives.
  

Cash Flow Management and Working Capital Strategies:

• Maintain a thorough understanding of the group’s cash-flow position.
  

• Implement strategies to improve working capital.
  

Leadership:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of three analysts and a finance business partner to deliver on our proactive business partner ethos
  

• Work closely with the CFO and other senior executives to proactively informed economic and business decisions.
  

• Help drive the vision for our digitalized finance function of the future through standardization, automation and simplification through demonstrating a continual process improvement mindset