FP&A Manager

Dobbies Garden Centre is seeking to recruit a FP&A Manager to contribute to the leadership of the Financial Planning & Analysis team by working closely with senior stakeholders to increase the company’s efficiency and profitability by assisting with the formulation of both the medium and long-term financial budgets and measuring performance (both financial and non-financial) against these targets.

Key Relationships:

• Director of Commercial Finance
• CFO
• CEO
• Senior Finance team
• Commercial team
• Buying & Merchandising team
• Regional / Store management
• Business function senior managers
• Financial control team
• Finance Business Partnering team

The role:

• Manage the preparation of key weekly and daily commercial reports to present financial results and KPIs to senior stakeholders, regional managers and business divisions.
• Support the Financial Reporting team with the assessing and explaining of month-end financial results and store performance.
• Support the Regional Managers/CSO Managers with the preparation of reports and attendance at monthly regional management meetings and quarterly store meetings with General Managers.
• Monitor, challenge and control costs across the business; proactively identifying saving opportunities and ensuring performance in line with budget.
• Materially contribute in the preparation of budgets, re-forecasts and weekly outlooks to manage the cost base, understand risks and monitor the impact on full year projections.
• Review and provide commentary on month-end cost performance to support the Regional Managers and wider finance team with understanding and controlling cost variances vs budget.
• Continuous review of processes and reporting to improve the efficiency of tasks, including the development of new reports.
• Support the professional development of the Finance Analysts through mentoring.
• Assist with ad hoc reporting and analysis of management information as may be required.
• Train and mentor team members.
• Provide oversight to team, managing day-to-day issues and concerns, coaching and developing all team members, driving performance and deliver of the company goals through in-house tools and ensuring all managed within company policy, procedures and processes.
• Takes the lead in creating a great place to work for everyone; creates a positive and engaged team through recognition, fun and inspiring others to achieve an effective coach with the ability to provide direct, honest and constructive feedback.

You’re making a great impact when:

• Commercial MI produced on time and accurately, while providing insight and opinion that contribute to better business decisions being made.
• Continually creating new business MI to aid decision making process and seeking new insights to help drive business performance.
• Cost drivers are understood, recorded, budgeted and controlled in line with business objectives, with strong controls on managing suppliers.
• Budgets are produced accurately, timely and detailed enough in order to drive annual review process.
• You have collaborated effectively with the wider business to aid their understanding of the company’s financial performance, problem-solve and enhance insightfulness of MI.
• You have knowledge of business goals and how team will contribute to company success.

Candidate Requirements:

• Qualified accountant (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience.
• Experience working within retail or similar environment.
• Excellent prioritisation skills.
• Understands commercial processes and a strong Business Partner for teams.
• Excellent organisation skills with strong attention to detail.
• Highly numerate.
• Proactive.
• Focused on getting things right.
• Strong planning, prioritisation, presentation and problem-solving skills.

Benefits:

• Pension 6%
• 33 days leave
• Various healthcare benefits
• Staff discounts
• Collaborative office space

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.