Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
Location | Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Leeds Wetherby - Leeds |
Company name | Optimum Recruitment Group Limited |
Category | Accounting |
Contract | Permanent |
Full/Part time | Full time |
Salary | £ 75000 - £85000/annum plus car al |
Optimum Recruitment Group have been appointed on an exclusive basis to appoint to a newly created role of Head of FP&A. You will provide strategic commercial guidance to a growing medium sized organisation based on the outskirts of Leeds. Are you a driven FP&A Manager with a passion for excellence wishing to embark on that next step in your career and is keen to lead the function? As Head of FP&A, you will work with the Management Team to provide the Board with high quality, insightful management information to both aid and influence the decision-making process; helping it to achieve its growth objectives. Your daily responsibilities will include: * Managing and collaborating with a team of business partners to deliver robust plans and forecasts. * Managing the day-to-day operations of Group forecasting, planning, and corporate reporting processes. * Preparing and evaluating revenue line PL's on a monthly basis to improve profitability and performance with the team. * Providing guidance, reviewing inputs, and offering insights while challenging assumptions. * Creating high-quality monthly board packs for the Group FC and CFO presenting plans, forecasts, and actual results in an insightful manner that drives actions at the board level. * Working with the management team to review monthly performance against budget and determine necessary actions to be taken as a result. The data driven analysis should include financial and non-financial indicators and be supported by key KPI's. * Cash flow forecasting; reviewing weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual comparison of cash flows against budget. * Supporting direct reports who partner with functional heads including operations to manage costs and achieve planning/forecast objectives. * Evaluating existing approaches, identifying areas for improvement, and simplifying processes. Can you demonstrate the following skills and experiences: * Qualified accountant (CIMA / ACA / ACCA) with relevant PQE accounting experience. * Pro