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 model 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, including 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)
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