At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for a large international organisation.
- Company: Join a dynamic, international company with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, hybrid work model, and potential for extension.
- Other info: Opportunity to lead a team and drive continuous improvement in financial processes.
- Why this job: Make a significant impact in a transformative finance role while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Qualified Accountant with Group-level FP&A experience and strong Excel skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
For a large international organisation, we are recruiting an Interim Group FP&A Manager who will coordinate and produce consolidated financial plans, budgets, and forecasts. The Group FP&A Manager will contribute to planning activity and data across Finance, working closely with Regional Finance Directors to ensure consistency of all planning and forecasting. This role will report to the Director of Group Planning and Reporting and will lead, manage, and motivate a Financial Planning Analyst. This role is for a minimum of 6-months and could be extended.
Main Duties:
- Provide a financial planning, forecasting and management reporting service in the UK, Regions, and international business units across Group level.
- Deliver monthly MI reports.
- Coordination and delivery of annual budget, quarterly forecasts and monthly re-forecasts.
- Support multi-year planning.
- Tracking and forecasting of financial KPIs.
- Support the Director of Group Planning and Reporting in preparing reports for Exec on reporting and planning deliverables.
- Lead continuous improvement of processes across monthly close, financial commentary and analysis and cash-flow forecasting.
- Ensure the MI and forecasts are fit-for-purpose during a period of transformation and change.
- Play a key role in the implementation of a new planning and reporting tool as part of a global finance transformation programme.
- Set planning and forecasting timetables for the organisation.
- Work closely with the Head of Strategic Planning and coordinate with the UK and Regional finance teams to ensure alignment of all financial planning activity.
- Support strategy in the collation and consolidation of 5-year planning.
- Development and rollout of multi-year planning workbooks and processes.
- Work closely with Shared Service Centre in India, supporting the FP&A team in-country.
- Lead, manage and motivate one Financial Planning Analyst.
Person Specification:
- Qualified Accountant with proven Group-level FP&A experience including MI reporting.
- Experience managing the annual planning and reporting calendar.
- Ability to build budgets, forecasts, and annual plans at Group level.
- Annual planning and reporting at Group-level.
- International and multi-cultural company experience.
- SAP experience, financial modelling, and advanced Excel.
- Shared Services experience.
Group FP&A Manager in City of London employer: Pro-Recruitment Group
As a Group FP&A Manager at our large international organisation based in London, you will thrive in a dynamic and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee development and collaboration. We offer competitive daily rates, flexible hybrid working arrangements, and the opportunity to lead impactful financial planning initiatives while working alongside talented professionals from diverse backgrounds. Join us to enhance your career in a supportive environment that values innovation and continuous improvement.
