Finance Manager (Financial Planning and Analysis Reporting)

An exciting commercial finance opportunity to join a rapidly-growing business specialising in driving digital transformation and integration across the life safety, security and communications industry.

As Finance Manager, you will take-on and develop the reporting and forecasting of MI and financial information with the goal of promoting commercially focussed decision making across the business, driving, and optimising profitability and cashflow.

Client Details

A rapidly-growing business specialising in driving digital transformation and integration across the life safety, security and communications industry. The company has recently benefitted from private-equity investment which has driven them to achieve 20% YoY growth, with many new markets and a booming sector driving long-term development opportunities.

Description

• Develop and maintain weekly and monthly reporting timetables supporting the provision of timely, accurate and commercially informative reporting.
• Take on existing, and further develop value/add financial and MI reporting in response to the growing needs of the business and to serve key stakeholders in the business to inform and aid the decision-making process.
• To own the annual budgeting process including the budget models, coordination of inputs by the business owners and production of the budget presentation for the Board and Investors.
• To maintain a regular reforecasting timetable, coordinating stakeholders and partnering the business units to understand the key drivers of performance and ensure visibility of key risks and opportunities to the Leadership Team.
• To own and develop forecasting models improving their speed and accuracy and identifying the commercially relevant variables.
• Provide value/add commentary on variance analysis and partner key stakeholders to ensure they understand the impact of their plans and initiatives on the delivery of the budget and business objectives.
• Assess the existing software systems and identify opportunities to improve functionality and work with software partners to design and implement improvements.
• Working with 3rd party suppliers to develop Power BI reporting and leverage the benefits of the platform as a source of MI that can be accessed by key stakeholders to aid the decision-making process.

Profile

• An intellectual, commecially savvy finance professional who is able to draw financial insights and present to the Senior Leadership team to help define strategy.
• CIMA/ACCA or ACA qualified with post-qualified experience and the ability to demonstrate knowledge of FP&A and reporting.

Job Offer

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per annum

Benefits: Annual Cost of living increase, Cultural Awards, Pension Scheme, Life and Accident Insurance, Medical Cash Plan, Cycle to Work, 25 days holiday increasing to 27 days plus bank holidays, Birthday holiday, Employee Assistance Program.