FP&A Manager - 18 Month Fixed Term Contract in Bristol

At IVC Evidensia, we are a leading veterinary services provider in Europe and North America with more than 2,500 clinics and hospitals across 19 countries and around 42,000 employees. We aim to have an extraordinary impact on animal lives, supporting in the region of 25,000 animals every single day across our international network. IVC Evidensia exists to champion the long-term health and welfare of animals and deliver our purpose of Healthy Animals, Happy Owners.

The FP&A Manager will deliver the monthly and ongoing management reporting requirements for FP&A for both our internal and external stakeholder groups. Working closely with the group reporting team, FP&A and our shareholders, you will ensure robust, timely and accurate reporting as well as value add analysis to drive internal and external decision making. You will support the FP&A leadership to deliver the forecasting and budget planning cycles and ad-hoc refinancing processes.

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities

• Financial Reporting

• Own monthly like-for-like revenue reporting for the group
• Own monthly and ad-hoc external shareholder & group management reporting
• Own monthly M&A reporting including deal activity and pipeline management
• Own Leverage reporting, rolling last 12 month and debt metrics
• Lead and deliver timely commentary for the group board report
• Ensure reconciliation of the planning system to monthly management results

• Foster strong relationships with the relevant internal teams to ensure robust inputs, commentary, and team collaboration
• Deliver high quality analysis to support decision making for multiple stakeholder groups
• Be the subject matter expert on the group like-for-like calculation
• Understand the subsequent impacts of decisions on balance sheet and cashflow performance

• Support the development of the group budget/forecast like-for-like revenue result
• Support the development of the group cashflow and balance sheet budget/forecast
• Support the development of the group EBITDA to PAT budget/forecast

Experience / Qualifications

• Essential

• Experience of in-depth analysis of financial data and ensuring outputs to the relevant stakeholders are clear, concise and reconciled
• Experience of leading month end deliverables to a high degree of accuracy
• Comfortable with dealing with senior and external stakeholders
• Able to flag and help manage risks identified through analysis and reporting
• Experience with managing conflicting deadlines and reprioritisation
• Comfortable with change in a rapidly expanding and developing business
• Relevant accounting qualification ACCA/ACA/CIMA
• Advanced Excel

• Experience of working with Oracle systems
• Experience of working with Power BI
• Experience of PE backed environment
• Experience in a multi-national environment

What We Offer

At IVC Evidensia we recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

• Work-life balance
• 26 days annual leave
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Pension
• Discretionary Bonus
• Discounted staff pet care
• Dog Friendly office
• Free Parking available at Head Office

Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging and are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.