FP&A Manager

FP&A Manager | Ashford | £70k - £80k

Cobb & Jones are partnered with a large FMCG business in Ashford, supporting them in their search for a new FP&A Manager. The FP&A Manager is a critical role for the local team. You will be a leader, playing a pivotal role in shaping the company's financial future by providing insightful analysis, accurate forecasting, and strategic guidance to stakeholders at all levels. Your work will shine a light on the commercial performance of the business, as well as performance drivers across multiple channels and geographies. You will lead the annual budgeting process, the annual Mid-Term Strategy review, and drive quarterly forecasting of the P&L and cash positions.

You will lead the finance teams in their mission to utilise data and insights to drive value-driven decision making across the group, as we embark on our continual growth journey.

Responsibilities:

Provide analytical leadership of performance drivers, with practical alignment to business initiatives and results.

Lead and own collaborative initiatives across Product, Analytics, Control, and functional teams to source and interrogate performance information.

Assess suitable actions, and present these with authority, giving due regard to relevant assumptions and informational anchor.

Ensure the alignment of team priorities to the strategic business objectives.

Role mode and champion collaborative stakeholder partnerships across business functions.

Conduct financial analysis of ongoing business performance to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for growth, profitability, and cashflow management.

Run the FP&A budgeting process through to board sign-off, ensuring cross functional alignment with strategic goals and efficient allocation of resources.

Challenge material business assumptions in the development of our functional business plans.

Lead the annual 5-year Strategy Plan.

Partner with business leaders across the organisation to translate strategic objectives into financial models and metrics.

Prepare regular financial reports and presentations for senior management and the board of directors, includes P&L and Cash reporting to a Board level on a monthly basis.

Build rapport with functional leaders and conduct deep-dives on critical business topics with objective candour.

Produce accurate KPIs for Head of Finance (Operations), utilise automation and BI tools.

Continuous development and improvements on the financial processes in order to support all above activities.

Profile:

At least 2-5 years experience within a FP&A position

Commercially orientated

Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant/Accounting Technician or Degree

Business Graduate

Understanding of the pharmaceutical / Healthcare market or FMCG / product based (E)

Exposure to Private Equity / stand-alone SME business (E)

Advanced Excel capability (E)

Use of SAP (ECC6 or By Design) (D)

Have a numerical and analytical aptitude

Demonstrate excellent attention to detail

Demonstrate initiative and proactive attitude

Pharmaceutical / FMCG industry experience (E)

Qualified Accountant (incl Part Qualified.) - ACCA / CIMA Preferred

University degree

On Offer:

£70k - £80k Basic Salary

Discretionary 10% Bonus

Hybrid Working

Flexi-time

5% pension matched

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