Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

ZipRecruiter; Coventry; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ZipRecruiter is seeking a Financial Planning and Analysis Director to lead financial planning for their UK operations on an interim 3-month contract. In this role, you will own financial processes and reporting, working closely with senior management while also developing KPI suites and leveraging Power BI for enhanced analysis.

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A at director level required.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles.
• Good experience across various sectors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of financial reporting and management for the UK.
• Lead the annual budget and regular re-forecasting process.
• Develop financial KPI suite and enhance analysis using Power BI.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Power BI

Data Manipulation

Education

Fully qualified in Finance

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

Financial Planning and Analysis Director

Coventry

£850.00 per day Umbrella

3 Month initial contract

Our client within Coventry is searching for a FP&A Director to join their team on an interim basis. Within this role, you will be responsible for leading the financial planning and analysis for their UK Business. You will be the owner of all financial planning processes for the UK and will be a key point of contact between the UK Business and wider Group.

You will be a key member of the Finance senior leadership team across the UK and will be expected to deputise for the CFO when required.

Responsibilities:

• Ownership of financial reporting and management for UK working closely with the Operational Finance Director and management accounts team.
• Collaborate with the management accounts team to ensure production of timely and reliable management information at month end, including variance analysis and reporting on contract performance.
• To lead the annual budget and regular re-forecasting process, including liaison with operations team to develop robust budgets, forecasts and associated action plans.
• Own the month end process, from flash reporting to Group reporting, ensuring quality financial analysis and commentary
• Monitor budgets and forecasts against actuals, investigating and providing analysis of .
• Work proactively with Group colleagues on financial matters, ensuring high levels of transparency
• Provide financial assurance when required of all major UK initiatives
• Develop Power BI use across the business to enhance analysis and action across the business
• Develop a concise financial KPI suite and incorporate into the wider UK Business scorecards
• Challenge the business to improve aged debt and accrued income management through regular review and reporting
• Work with central Finance team and Ops Finance team to ensure Balance sheet accounts are clean and risks managed.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Fully qualified, with good experience of various sectors, ideally in a PE backed service-based businesses.
• Extensive experience within FP&A, ideally at Director level
• Experience managing forecasting and budgeting processes, working with operations teams and central teams
• Proven ability and sound understanding of accounting principles.
• Excellent communication, both verbal and written, to communicate succinctly and accurately to management.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and stakeholder management
• Strong IT skills including excel and data manipulation. Power BI expertise