Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
- Employer
- Optimum Recruitment Group Limited
- Location
- Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- Sep 25, 2024
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- Job Role
- Finance Director/Head of Finance
- Sector
- Finance
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Optimum Recruitment Group have been appointed on an exclusive basis to appoint to a newly created role of Head of FP&A. You will provide strategic commercial guidance to a growing medium sized organisation based on the outskirts of Leeds.
Are you a driven FP&A Manager with a passion for excellence wishing to embark on that next step in your career and is keen to lead the function?
As Head of FP&A, you will work with the Management Team to provide the Board with high quality, insightful management information to both aid and influence the decision-making process; helping it to achieve its growth objectives.
Your daily responsibilities will include:
Can you demonstrate the following skills and experiences:
Competitive salary plus a generous benefits package and a defined hybrid working policy.
Are you a driven FP&A Manager with a passion for excellence wishing to embark on that next step in your career and is keen to lead the function?
As Head of FP&A, you will work with the Management Team to provide the Board with high quality, insightful management information to both aid and influence the decision-making process; helping it to achieve its growth objectives.
Your daily responsibilities will include:
- Managing and collaborating with a team of business partners to deliver robust plans and forecasts.
- Managing the day-to-day operations of Group forecasting, planning, and corporate reporting processes.
- Preparing and evaluating revenue line PL's on a monthly basis to improve profitability and performance with the team.
- Providing guidance, reviewing inputs, and offering insights while challenging assumptions.
- Creating high-quality monthly board packs for the Group FC and CFO presenting plans, forecasts, and actual results in an insightful manner that drives actions at the board level.
- Working with the management team to review monthly performance against budget and determine necessary actions to be taken as a result. The data driven analysis should include financial and non-financial indicators and be supported by key KPI's.
- Cash flow forecasting; reviewing weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual comparison of cash flows against budget.
- Supporting direct reports who partner with functional heads including operations to manage costs and achieve planning/forecast objectives.
- Evaluating existing approaches, identifying areas for improvement, and simplifying processes.
Can you demonstrate the following skills and experiences:
- Qualified accountant (CIMA / ACA / ACCA) with relevant PQE accounting experience.
- Proven experience in finance business partnering, fostering collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders.
- Ability to thrive in a challenging environment with tight timelines.
- Excellent critical and analytical thinking skills.
- Self-starter with a high level of motivation to drive performance for the business, the team, and themselves.
- Exceptional communication skills at all levels.
- Strong leadership abilities and experience in managing a team.
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to cultivate strong relationships across the organisation.
- Previous industry experience in FP&A or commercial finance.
Competitive salary plus a generous benefits package and a defined hybrid working policy.
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