The finance function has 25 team members located in Abingdon, Madrid, and Latin America and is responsible for accounting, tax, group reporting, FP&A, commercial finance, finance systems, treasury, payroll, AP, and AR. The Head of FP&A will report to the CFO and own forecasting and management reporting for senior management, board, and lenders, with a strong focus on cash, lender covenant compliance, and providing automated and real-time MI. There will be 1-2 direct reports at mid-senior level. The Head of FP&A will also act as a business partner to C-level cost functions, provide strategic leadership to group treasury, and support M&A activities.
Key Responsibilities
* Own the long-range 3-statement forecast model, updating this on a monthly basis to provide senior management and the board with rolling forecasts. Scope opportunities to automate this in the Workday planning tool.
* Lead the budget and rolling re-forecast processes, ensuring these are accurately captured in Workday and presented in a clear and concise manner to senior management and the board.
* Manage lender reporting and covenant compliance and be vigilant to risks and opportunities to forecast that may impact future cash positions.
* Provide automated and insightful monthly management and board reporting, focusing on business performance and outlook, and any cash consequences of this. This will leverage tools including PowerBI and Workday.
* Act as a business partner to the C-level leaders of technology, product, marketing, finance, and legal. This will involve monthly cost reporting with analysis on variances to budget and prior periods, and supporting them with forecasting and ad hoc requests.
* Work closely with investors on M&A assessment and heavily support the preparation and execution of exit events.
* Build strong relationships with both internal and external customers and stakeholders, including other finance and support functions, commercial leaders, investors, and lenders.
Qualifications
* ACA/CIMA/ACCA-qualified with significant FP&A experience. Excellent academics.
Person Specification
* Intricate understanding of 3-statement financial forecasts and extensive experience modeling these, including both direct and indirect cash flow.
* Advanced SQL, M Query, DAX, and PowerBI skills.
* Experience in a PE-backed or similar environment where cash visibility is critical.
* Experience in a multi-jurisdictional environment and associated finance issues including intercompany, FX, transfer pricing, etc.
* Experience with Workday or a comparable planning tool.
* Gravitas to partner with C-level executives with a proven ability to balance support and challenge as a business partner.
* Superb attention to detail.
* Intellectual curiosity.
* Ability to operate at pace and balance competing priorities.
* Excellent presentation skills and ability to craft a compelling narrative at the board level.
Benefits
* Generous employer pension; 6.5% employer contribution.
* Income Protection & Life Assurance.
* Option of Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Critical Illness cover.
* Subsidised Gym Membership through Gymflex.
* 25 days Holiday (plus Bank Holidays), Holiday Buy Scheme.
* Health cash plan, 24/7 remote GP access, and Employee Assistance Programme which includes counselling & legal advice.
* Give as you earn and volunteer day off.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Season Ticket Loan.
* Achilles Advantage Club (high street retail discounts).
* Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave provisions.
* Flexible working environment.
* Health & Wellbeing initiatives.
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