FP&A Manager

Why should you apply for this role?

• Free onsite parking
• 2 days a week in the office
• Great bonus structure
• Pension
• Opportunity to join an amazing growing finance team

Role Overview:

Your ability to drive profitability, cost efficiencies, and business insights will be instrumental in achieving our growth objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the General Manager and Senior Management Teams to spearhead critical initiatives, process improvements, and positive organizational changes.
• Lead P&L reviews and performance modelling, identifying growth opportunities, cost savings, and efficiency enhancements while fostering a culture of commercial awareness.
• Proactively analyze, investigate, and communicate key movements and trends, providing valuable business insights and driving process improvements.
• Ensure transparent visibility of financial and commercial implications, holding the business accountable for meeting sales, margin, and pricing targets.
• Prepare comprehensive competitor, industry, and economic analyses.
• Assist in the execution of Financial Planning and Analysis processes, focusing on value analysis and margin enhancement.
• Take charge of budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Lead long-range planning efforts, preparing 3- and 5-year projected plans and strategic review papers for presentation to the parent company.
• Utilize Business Intelligence (BI) tools to deliver meaningful insights into business performance.
• Prepare and present monthly financial forecasts, reporting packs, and actionable insights to Business Heads.
• Act as a true business partner across non-finance teams, including Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Support Functions, highlighting key issues and fostering collaboration.
• Develop financial and business models for projects.
• Cultivate a culture of accountability to achieve quality organizational outcomes.
• Build and manage a high-performing departmental team focused on executing functional activities and process improvements.
• Collaborate closely with finance and technical teams to evaluate the impact of system changes on workflow, data, and reporting.

Key Skills Required:

• Exceptional leadership, networking, and influencing skills, fostering strong internal and external relationships.
• Profound problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a data-driven mindset and proficiency in financial data analysis tools and BI/reporting packages.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of conveying complex financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong commercial acumen and foresight to enhance business value.
• Personal accountability, solution-driven attitude, and effective time management skills.
• A proactive, “can do, will do” attitude, focused on success and innovation.

Experience/Education:

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with a minimum of 8 years’ experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant analytical experience.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office package, particularly Excel and Power BI (desirable but not essential).
• Significant analytical skillset, including the utilization of BI and reporting tools.
• Understanding of energy markets (sales & wholesale) and associated retail products (desirable but not essential).
• Finance experience in implementing ERP system projects (desirable but not essential)