Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Role Overview

• Conduct financial analyses, including variance analysis.
• Develop and maintain financial models to assess business performance and identify key drivers.
• Assist with the forecast of revenues based on information provided by the commercial and operational teams to assist with strategic decision making.
• Contribute to the development of insightful management dashboards.
• Create informative slides which are used within board meetings.
• Liaise with external stakeholders to understand and report on other KPI metrics.
• Collaborate in the preparation of annual budgets and regular forecasts.
• Monitor actual performance against budgets and forecasts, providing insights into key variances.
• Evaluate and analyse business threats and opportunities for optimisation and efficiency improvements.
• Collaborate with operational teams to understand cost drivers and provide recommendations for cost control.
• Identify where efficiencies within the business can be made and investigate potential solutions through cost-benefit analysis.
• Assist in the implementation of projects and/or lead a departmental projects which have been identified by you or the business.
• Contribute to the identification and mitigation of financial risks.
• Partner with the commercial team to ensure figures are understood and provide a point of contact for any finance related queries.
• Effectively prepare and manage monthly payroll over multiple entities, ensuring timely completion.
• Lead and offer guidance to a small sub team within the finance department.

Requirements

• CIMA / ACCA finalist, or ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified.
• Proficient with Excel and /or other reporting tools (PowerBI, Tableau, etc…)
• Previous experience working within a finance team
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial standards.
• Experience managing people is not essential but preferred

Tech Stack

• Tableau