At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting to drive strategic growth.
- Company: Join a dynamic organisation focused on innovation and financial excellence.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and opportunities for career advancement.
- Other info: Fixed-term contract with potential for significant career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by shaping financial strategies and supporting major projects.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant with FP&A experience and strong analytical skills.
Job Summary
The FP&A Manager is responsible for all aspects of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and cash flow forecasting. Providing high-quality forward-looking financial insight to strengthen controls around purchasing and stock management, support operational performance, strategic growth and informed decision making.
The role will provide key analytical input to major strategic projects, developing financial models, budgets and forecasts, using historical data to identify trends, anticipate risk and support successful project delivery.
This is a fixed-term contract for an approximate duration of 12-18 months.
Responsibilities
- Support the Finance Director with forecasting and budgeting processes, coordinating departmental submissions and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Produce rolling forecasts, long-term financial plans and scenario modelling to support business growth.
- Develop and maintain financial models to assess performance under different commercial and operational scenarios.
- Monitor actual performance against budgets and forecasts, providing meaningful variance analysis and recommendations.
- Prepare and maintain detailed short, medium and long-term cash flow forecasts.
- Monitor working capital performance and identify opportunities to improve cash generation.
- Provide support for major strategic projects, providing financial planning, budgeting and ongoing performance analysis.
- Partner with project managers and operational stakeholders to ensure financial assumptions remain current and robust.
- Produce monthly management accounts, board packs and variance analysis (actual vs. budget/forecast).
Key Deliverables
- Timely, accurate monthly management reporting pack with clear commercial commentary
- Provide commercial analysis and recommendations to support strategic decision-making.
- Evaluate investment opportunities, pricing strategies and profitability across the business.
- Deliver insightful management information
- Develop, implement and monitor robust financial controls over purchasing activities.
- Review and validate stock ordering processes to ensure purchases are appropriate, accurately authorised and aligned with operational demand.
- Produce financial dashboards and performance reporting.
- Deliver insightful variance analysis with clear recommendations for corrective action.
- Present financial information clearly to senior leadership, project teams and departmental managers.
- Identify opportunities to improve budgeting, forecasting, reporting and financial planning processes through better use of systems and technology.
- Support the implementation of system enhancements and process improvements.
- Successful financial planning and support of the company's strategic projects
Key Competencies, Experience, Skills & Knowledge - Essential
- Qualified (or close to qualifying) accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
- Proven FP&A or Commercial Finance experience within a medium-sized or growing organisation.
- Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and management reporting.
- Demonstrable expertise in cash flow forecasting and working capital management.
- Developing financial models to support strategic projects and investment decisions.
- Strong understanding of purchasing controls, stock management and financial governance.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with ERP/finance systems.
- Excellent analytical, commercial and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities, with experience influencing senior management.
- Commercially astute with a proactive and strategic mindset.
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail.
- Able to anticipate business challenges and provide practical financial solutions.
- Confident communicator capable of influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Committed to continuous improvement and developing others.
Key Competencies, Experience, Skills & Knowledge - Desirable
- Experience within a manufacturing, distribution or stock-controlled business.
- Supporting major capital investment, transformation or strategic projects.
- Knowledge of Power BI or similar business intelligence tools.
- Delivering finance systems training or leading systems improvements.
Please indicate your salary expectation with your application.
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Financial Planning and Analysis Manager in Basildon employer: Whitehouse Leisure International Ltd
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