Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Oxfordshire
- Salary
- Benefits
- Posted
- 11 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 09 Jul 2022
- Sectors
- Construction & Skilled Trades, Planning
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
My client is a crematorium development and management company which provides operational support to 11 memorial parks and crematoria across the UK.
The company has grown significantly in the last 3 years and is continuing to expand with an active pipeline of new developments as well as becoming an ever-increasing provider of direct cremations across the UK, both sold direct to the public and contracted from other funeral industry professionals. It is a key innovator in the industry and requires a high level of dedication to service from all employees within the firm.
The company's success requires high quality financial support to the Finance Director, providing a new opportunity for a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager.
Job Purpose
We are looking for a hands-on Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager who demonstrates all the skills, experience and attributes required of an accountant in an SME environment. There will be a requirement to work closely with the Divisional Finance Director and Finance Manager to provide monthly management and financial accounts, reporting, budgets, forecasts, analysis, planning, and other MI as required.
Key Responsibilities:
* Accountable for the preparation of monthly Management and Financial Accounts for nominated company's. This includes, not exclusively, KPIs, margin analysis, variance and trend analysis, reconciliations and forecasts. This also includes the computation and journal processing of prepayments, accruals, CAPEX / depreciation as well as balance sheet reconciliations and royalty/commision/plan related calculations.
* Responsible for budgets and forecasts for nominated businesses, working closely with operational managers and senior stakeholders on these.
* Responsible for planning activities and the planning cycle: outputs, templates, timetable for AF business'.
* Continually improve and develop robust financial procedures and processes, to future-proof the companies' growth and to ensure efficiency.
* Effective matrix manager and team player.
* Extensive analysis relating to volumes, margins and the book for all AF business'.
* Analysis relating to acquisitions and investment opportunities.
* Flash reporting.
* Product profitability analysis and reporting.
* Presenting and explaining management information and working closely with, as well as supporting and advising, the senior management team across the business.
* Systems admin, support and problem-solving involving the company's operational systems and harnessing technology to ensure the companies' efficiency.
* Involvement in year end audit, enabling a satisfactory audit and liasing with auditors and other external stakeholders.
* The need to coordinate plans and activities with those of the wider finance team, where these are interdependent, so as to facilitate the smooth and timely operation of the functions of all areas.
* Provision of support to the Divisional Finance Director in the delivery of an excellent finance function to the senior management team and stakeholders alike.
* Acquiring knowledge of all finance department processes to include the production of management accounts for the company, in order to provide holiday and sickness cover for these functions.
* Responsible for Inter Company reconciliations, accurate and timely sales reconciliation of operational reports, cashflow management and maintaining fixed asset registers.
* Involvement in financial systems developments.
* Support for payment runs.
* Adhoc duties as requested by the Divisional Finance Director.
Skills and Qualifications:
ACCA / CIMA qualified, PQ, Finalist,or QBE, several years of experience in a finance role; experienced using accounting software; experience using SAPbyD would be advantageous but not essential; advanced level of general IT skills - particularly Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint; solid communication skills, both written and verbal; superior attention to detail; organisational skills; advanced planning and analytical skills, honesty.
Personal Attributes:
You will be extremely confident, organised, proactive, innovative, analytical with an excellent attention to detail. You will have experience of preparing management and financial accounts, planning, and analysis
The company has grown significantly in the last 3 years and is continuing to expand with an active pipeline of new developments as well as becoming an ever-increasing provider of direct cremations across the UK, both sold direct to the public and contracted from other funeral industry professionals. It is a key innovator in the industry and requires a high level of dedication to service from all employees within the firm.
The company's success requires high quality financial support to the Finance Director, providing a new opportunity for a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager.
Job Purpose
We are looking for a hands-on Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager who demonstrates all the skills, experience and attributes required of an accountant in an SME environment. There will be a requirement to work closely with the Divisional Finance Director and Finance Manager to provide monthly management and financial accounts, reporting, budgets, forecasts, analysis, planning, and other MI as required.
Key Responsibilities:
* Accountable for the preparation of monthly Management and Financial Accounts for nominated company's. This includes, not exclusively, KPIs, margin analysis, variance and trend analysis, reconciliations and forecasts. This also includes the computation and journal processing of prepayments, accruals, CAPEX / depreciation as well as balance sheet reconciliations and royalty/commision/plan related calculations.
* Responsible for budgets and forecasts for nominated businesses, working closely with operational managers and senior stakeholders on these.
* Responsible for planning activities and the planning cycle: outputs, templates, timetable for AF business'.
* Continually improve and develop robust financial procedures and processes, to future-proof the companies' growth and to ensure efficiency.
* Effective matrix manager and team player.
* Extensive analysis relating to volumes, margins and the book for all AF business'.
* Analysis relating to acquisitions and investment opportunities.
* Flash reporting.
* Product profitability analysis and reporting.
* Presenting and explaining management information and working closely with, as well as supporting and advising, the senior management team across the business.
* Systems admin, support and problem-solving involving the company's operational systems and harnessing technology to ensure the companies' efficiency.
* Involvement in year end audit, enabling a satisfactory audit and liasing with auditors and other external stakeholders.
* The need to coordinate plans and activities with those of the wider finance team, where these are interdependent, so as to facilitate the smooth and timely operation of the functions of all areas.
* Provision of support to the Divisional Finance Director in the delivery of an excellent finance function to the senior management team and stakeholders alike.
* Acquiring knowledge of all finance department processes to include the production of management accounts for the company, in order to provide holiday and sickness cover for these functions.
* Responsible for Inter Company reconciliations, accurate and timely sales reconciliation of operational reports, cashflow management and maintaining fixed asset registers.
* Involvement in financial systems developments.
* Support for payment runs.
* Adhoc duties as requested by the Divisional Finance Director.
Skills and Qualifications:
ACCA / CIMA qualified, PQ, Finalist,or QBE, several years of experience in a finance role; experienced using accounting software; experience using SAPbyD would be advantageous but not essential; advanced level of general IT skills - particularly Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint; solid communication skills, both written and verbal; superior attention to detail; organisational skills; advanced planning and analytical skills, honesty.
Personal Attributes:
You will be extremely confident, organised, proactive, innovative, analytical with an excellent attention to detail. You will have experience of preparing management and financial accounts, planning, and analysis