Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Alzheimer's Society; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

About The Role

Contract: Fixed Term for 6 Months.

As an FP&A Manager on a 6-month interim basis, you will play a crucial role in enhancing internal financial reporting and implementing a new budgeting and forecasting process. You will act as a key financial business partner, utilising advanced technologies and business intelligence tools to drive strategic decision-making. Your responsibilities will include developing accurate financial reports, leading financial planning cycles, and providing impactful business partnering to various departments.

About you:

You are an experienced FP&A professional with a relevant accounting qualification and a strong background in financial planning and analysis. Your expertise in using tools like Power BI allows you to provide strategic insights and support decision-making processes effectively.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial planning and analysis, in all likelihood holding a relevant accounting qualification. You will have proven experience as a financial business partner, adept at using advanced technologies and business intelligence tools like Power BI. Your analytical skills will be exceptional, allowing you to provide strategic insights and support decision-making processes. You will be able to demonstrate your ability to build credibility and trust in yourself and in the wider finance function as the arbiters of a single point of truth.

Your excellent communication skills enable you to present complex financial information clearly. You are a team player, passionate about supporting colleagues and promoting equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

What you'll focus on:

• Financial Reporting: Develop and embed enhanced internal financial reports to provide accurate and timely insights to senior leadership and Trustees.
• Budgeting, Forecasting and Financial Planning: Lead the implementation of a new budgeting and forecasting process, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and objectives over a three year financial planning cycle
• Business Partnering: Provide impactful finance business partnering to various departments, becoming a trusted advisor and adding value to decision-making processes.
• Technology Integration: Utilise advanced technologies, including Power BI and other business intelligence tools, to streamline financial processes and enhance data analysis capabilities.
• Strategic Analysis: Conduct in-depth financial analysis to support strategic planning and resource allocation. Identify trends, risks, and opportunities to inform business decisions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure financial processes are integrated and aligned with overall business strategies.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with financial policies, procedures, and regulations. Advocate for best practices in financial management and reporting.

About Alzheimer's Society

Dementia is the UK's biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

At Alzheimer's Society, we're the UK's leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.

Together with our supporters, we're working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.

Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.

We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.

Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.

Our hiring process

During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best. We are working hard to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible, so please do inform [email protected] for application support or any adjustments you might need.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value it truly adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to showcase them in your own voice.

We try to avoid closing roles early where possible, however if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close earlier than the advertised closing date. Should this occur, we will aim to provide you with at least 48 hours' notice.

We are committed to safer recruitment and ensuring the welfare of those we work with, due to the nature of some of our roles, we might need to carry out a DBS check at the relevant level.

Giving back to you

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.

You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it's like to be an employee at the Society.