FP&A Accountant

Support and challenge business decision making by providing high-quality and insightful performance analysis.

Client Details

A multi-site, market-leading, support services group based in Bath, with an excellent reputation and culture within the finance team and wider business.

Description

FP&A Accountant's Key responsibilities:

• Ensure teams (business partners/divisions) are supported with accurate & insightful performance analysis.

• Highlight risks and opportunities to financial and commercial management and provide variance and trend analyses to support decision making.

• Support and challenge the Business in the quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting processes.

• Perform month end analysis to support financial reporting entries accurately and timely to facilitate the month end close. Ensure entries are reviewed and documented.

• Provide consolidated views, analysis, and reporting of monthly/ half yearly/ annual performance, revenue and commercial spend; collaborate closely with the Operating Board Directors to provide timely information and insights into the drivers of key variances.

• Build robust relationships across both the Business and with other finance teams to ensure seamless FP&A support to the Business, and supporting their decision making

• Appraise, provide analysis and recommendations on potential business opportunities and investments.

• Develop and foster a strong financial integrity & stewardship culture across the business.

• Conduct deal evaluations, pricing and profitability analyses, and recommendations for the Business

• Support of the group strategy, growth and profitability objectives.

• Drive a continuous improvement mind-set ensuring that best practice is embedded.
• Ad hoc project appraisal and analysis work as required.

Profile

Essential:

• CCAB qualified accountant or qualified by experience

• Ability to assimilate information and make decisions quickly

• Experience of presenting complex information in a user friendly way to non-financial managers

• Proven track record of influence decision makers in key business areas

• Proven track record of building relationships, gaining credibility and challenging constructively

• Advanced excel skills
• Comfortable with large volume data extraction and manipulation

Desirable:

• Experience in multi company, multi product offering environment

• Experience in Microsoft Dynamics

• Experience in Business Objects

Job Offer

Competitive basic salary + package