Financial Planning & Analysis Controller

ABPM Recruitment Limited; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ABPM Recruitment Limited seeks an ambitious finance professional to understudy the Finance Director and partner with the Exec Board across a group of companies. The role delivers end-to-end Financial Planning & Analysis to support informed decisions.

You will produce monthly executive summaries, build multi-year business plans, manage budgeting, cashflow forecasting, and oversee FX hedging in line with group policy.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with ACA/ACCA/ACMA designation.
• Experience in a precision manufacturing environment or complex manufacturing group.
• Strong financial modelling and scenario analysis capabilities.
• Advanced Excel and Power BI skills; ERP familiarity a plus.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for non-financial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Produce a monthly executive summary from the Group monthly management accounts with P&L analysis.
• Develop a high-level 6-month business plan and refresh annually.
• Lead the group budgeting process and ensure timely completion.
• Create 12, 36 and 60 month plans for revenue and costs; update annually.
• Prepare budgets for revenue, costs, gross and net margins; conduct sensitivity analyses.
• Monitor performance against budget and propose adjustments with the FD.
• Develop rolling 3-month and 12-month cash flow forecasts.
• Monitor and optimise banking facilities and financing costs.
• Track working capital and FX hedging per group policy.
• Evaluate investments, projects and potential acquisitions.

Skills

Financial modelling

Communication skills

Leadership potential

Analytical

Commercial focus

Education

ACA/ACCA/ACMA

Tools

Power BI

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

£75,000 to £90,000 plus Benefits

Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Reporting to the Finance Director and serving as a business partner to the Exec Board, this role is to understudy the Finance Director and leadership team across a group of companies and provide end-to-end Financial Planning & Analysis to support more informed decisions across the whole group.

Accountabilities:

• Produce a monthly executive summary from the Group monthly management accounts, including P&L analysis and a paper relating to current performance with key items highlighted.
• Build a high-level business plan which has a 6-monthly update.
• Enhance and facilitate the annual group budgeting process to ensure that it is completed in a timely manner and in line with business plans.
• Create detailed 12-month, 36-month, and 60-month business plans across the revenue and cost centres of the group, which are updated and refreshed annually in line with point 3 above.
• Prepare budgets for revenue, operational costs, gross profit and net profit margins, and quarterly detailed review including a sensitivity analysis with updates.
• Monitor, challenge and analyse performance against budget and agree adjustments with the Finance Director where necessary.
• Create and develop the rolling 3-month & 12-month cashflow forecast.
• Monitor cash balances within agreed banking facilities and minimise bank transaction and financing costs.
• Monitor and report on the working capital position.
• Track and review forecast overseas currency transactions to enable hedging against potential fluctuations in exchange rates, in line with the group's FX hedging policy.
• Investment and project appraisals for review and discussion.
• Support and analyse business opportunities and potential acquisitions.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/ACMA).
• Experience of operating in a precision manufacturing business.
• Financial modelling skills.
• High proficiency in financial software, Microsoft Excel and a tool such as Power BI; familiarity with ERP systems is a plus.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders.
• Experience of participation on or supporting a board / executive team.

Traits:

• Curious, intellectually robust and numerate.
• Analytical and efficient.
• Good communication skills.
• Commercial focus.
• Leadership potential.
• Credible.