Main Duties and Accountabilities
• Annual Budgeting and monthly forecasting
• Commercial business partnering
• Analysing payroll vs. budget, creating forecasts, people planning, productivity by branch
• Commercial partnering with branch network driving profitability and understanding cost base / sales per head count / productivity analysis
• Preparation of Reporting and PowerPoints for Board Packs, Senior Management Packs and Business Updates
• Supporting with cost control through business partnering with senior management
• Report and presentation of monthly financial performance to senior management
• Process and reporting improvements
• Driving change within the current reporting systems to improve outputs
• Provide support and guidance to more junior members
Experience Requirements
• Trained by big 4 accountancy firm is a must
• Experience in FP&A desirable or the ability to demonstrate strong analytical abilities
Person Specification
• Strong communication skills required as this is a commercial, business facing role and this person is expected to develop good relationships with many people across the business
• Strong excel skills is a must with experience in modelling to support forecasts and budgets required
• Ambitious candidate looking for progressive role and wants to continually learn and take on new challenges
• A self-starter with a history of driving improvement and not accepting the status quo because that is how it has always been done
• Qualified in ACCA, ACA or CIMA required