Financial Planning and Analysis Controller

ABPM Recruitment Ltd; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ABPM Recruitment Ltd represents a manufacturing group in Doncaster seeking an aspiring Finance Director to partner with the Exec Board and lead end-to-end FP&A across the group.

You will build 6-, 12-, and 60-month plans, deliver monthly executive summaries, manage cashflow forecasting, budgeting, and currency hedging, while supporting strategic opportunities and potential acquisitions with the Finance Director.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Financial modelling

Excel

Power BI

ERP familiarity

Board experience

Communication

Education

ACA/ACCA/ACMA

Tools

Power BI

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.