FP&A Manager

British Sugar Plc; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK sugar producer is seeking a qualified finance professional to support budgeting, forecasting, and process improvements. The role involves stakeholder management and financial oversight within a high-performing team. Candidates should be CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified and demonstrate strong communication skills. This position offers the opportunity to influence business decisions and contribute significantly to financial strategies within the organization.

Qualifications

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified with PQE.
• Understanding of effective financial controls.
• Knowledge of British Sugar business model desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the consolidation and delivery of budgets and forecasts.
• Lead the preparation of management reporting packs.
• Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Process improvement

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified with PQE

Job description

Responsibilities

• Support the consolidation and delivery of budgets and forecasts.
• Prepare ad hoc analysis as required by key stakeholders.
• Business Partner providing analysis and insight to optimise value.
• Support the FP&A team, to deliver project work across the team.
• Be an advocate of internal controls in line with ABF policy. Key coordination in the annual budget, quarterly forecasts including drafting timetables and agreeing deadlines with key stakeholders.
• Lead the preparation of management reporting packs for submission to ABF Sugar and Board presentation packs.
• Monitor financial results and provide insights to review key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Ad hoc support and requests from the Head of FP&A as necessary.
• Deputise in absence of Head of FP&A for certain activities including prioritisation and coordination of activities across the team.

Business Partnering

• For certain overhead functions, ensure implement monthly cost review meetings with Budget holders to review actual costs incurred, and outlook for the remainder of the year.
• Have a good working knowledge of the procurement policy, and contract renewal periods, to enable contract renewal processed are cost conscious and compliant with procurement policy.
• Develop good working relationships with the budget holders, to allow a challenging, and not confrontational review of cost base.
• Support and influence business decisions as required by the budget holder.
• Lead on the corporate overhead review at a quarterly forecast, including working closely with CI on the Central PIP programme to identify cost savings.
• Ensure a good awareness of British Sugar operations and develop an awareness of how that would impact the financial results.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes and reporting.
• Implement automation and best practices in planning, modeling, and analytics.
• Evaluate and improve systems used for budgeting and reporting.

Financial Oversight

• Support and mentor FP&A team members and ensuring mitigation of the risk of a single point of failure across the team.
• Oversight of sugar stock and production variance reporting and forecasting, performed by the FP&A Management accountant.
• Balance sheet reconciliation review and journal entry approval at period end.

Qualifications

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified with PQE.
• Knowledge of British Sugar business model desirable.
• Understanding of effective financial controls.
• Uses 2-way communication and active listening techniques to drive collaboration and comprehension.
• Senior stakeholder management including British Sugar Board and ABFS, and ensure communication is tailored for the audience.
• Able to prioritise and manage own workload balancing conflicting priorities.
• Able to work within and be part of a high performing team.

We are committed to creating an environment where all our people are treated with respect and given the opportunities to succeed. We want British Sugar to be a great, inclusive place to work for everyone.