Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager

William Jackson Food Group; Hull Bridge; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

William Jackson Food Group is seeking a Finance Analyst to deliver financial analysis and reporting to corporate functions, manage budgeting cycles, and provide timely insights under tight deadlines. The role emphasizes due diligence, accuracy, and business partnering with senior management.

The successful candidate will support period-end processes, cash flow and balance sheet activities, and contribute to continuous improvements in financial reporting and processes across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Have experience of preparing financial analysis and management reports at a senior level, balanced with experience that demonstrates effective business partnering qualities.
• Advanced financial modelling skills, ability to update, operate and develop financial models.
• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a confident communication style, preferably having had exposure to dealing with senior managers (non-finance).

Responsibilities

• Conduct analyses and reporting including consolidation of weekly and monthly profit and loss, reforecasting, variance analysis, and graphical summaries of Jacksons financial performance.
• Consolidate the company continuous improvement program and track against target.
• Lead planning of Budget and Forecast cycles including profit and loss and balance sheet, ensuring timely future-facing information for decision-making.
• Coordinate financial presentation packs supporting Actuals/Budget/Forecast.

Skills

Financial analysis

Management reporting

Senior-level partnering

Advanced financial modelling

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Job description

This role is responsible for financial analysis and reporting to corporate functions and completing ad hoc financial analysis. The role requires the ability to work effectively under tight deadlines, extreme due diligence, and consistent, accurate, high quality financial analyses.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct analyses and reporting including, consolidation of the weekly and monthly profit and loss, reforecasting, variance analysis, pipeline analysis, and graphical summaries of Jacksons financial performance.
• Consolidate the company continuous improvement program and track against target.
• Lead planning of Budget and Forecast cycles including profit and loss and balance sheet, ensuring supply of accurate and timely future facing information on which to base decisions.
• Co-ordinate financial presentation packs that support the profit and loss for Actuals / Budget and Forecast.
• Support corporate consolidation analyses and reporting, by ensuring all detail is within format required and within strict timelines.
• Manage or perform periodical or ad hoc financial data analysis, queries, reconciliations, and reports as needed from senior management or to satisfy external client or audit requests
• Support initiatives targeted at financial processes improvement and the implementation of changes to achieve efficiencies and the company's objectives in the areas of billing, reporting, indirect cost recovery, financial reporting, and analysis
• Responsibility for the co-ordination of the balance sheet reconciliations monthly.
• Responsibility for the Fixed Assets reconciliations.
• Support the implementation of new financial reporting
• Responsible for supporting and coaching a Finance Business Partner.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Have experience of preparing financial analysis and management reports at a senior level, balanced with experience that demonstrates effective business partnering qualities
• Advanced financial modelling skills, ability to update, operate and develop financial models
• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a confident communication style, preferably having had exposure to dealing with senior managers (non-finance).