FP&A Manager

JR United Kingdom; Kegworth; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping financial strategies and enhancing reporting practices. This hybrid position allows you to work from home two days a week while overseeing a dedicated team in a dynamic finance department. You will be responsible for managing the forecasting and reporting cycle, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in financial processes. With a strong emphasis on continuous improvement, you will implement new technologies and foster collaboration across departments to drive success. This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact in a global beverage solutions provider.

Benefits

15% Annual Bonus

Healthcare up to family level

Early finish on Fridays

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Income protection

Purchase additional holidays

Life assurance

Employee referral scheme

GroceryAid support service

Cheers benefits platform

Qualifications

• ACCA/CIMA/ACA certified with experience in Financial Accounting.
• Proven track record in inventory reporting and financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end reporting process ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Lead financial planning, analysis, and reporting improvements.
• Supervise reporting analyst and enhance reporting technologies.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Data Analysis

Forecasting

Budget Management

Team Leadership

Education

ACCA Certification

CIMA Certification

ACA Certification

Tools

Cognos

SAP S4

Job description

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We are looking for a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to join our team and play a key role in our Finance department. In this position, you will be responsible for managing the forecasting, planning, and reporting cycle with precision. You will also lead the implementation of improved reporting technologies and practices, ensuring a consistent and reliable version of financial truth for the business. This is an excellent opportunity for someone skilled in coordinating month-end reporting, managing time and people effectively, and who is eager to have a positive impact on our financial reporting processes and contribute to our success.

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Hybrid – work from home 2 days

Permanent Kegworth

Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 5 pm and Friday 8:30 am – 4 pm

• 15% Annual bonus and annual pay review
• Healthcare up to family level
• An early finish on a Friday
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Income protection
• Purchase additional holidays
• Life assurance
• Employee referral scheme - earn a bonus for referring your friends or family
• GroceryAid – a support service offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical support, advice and counselling
• Cheers – a benefits platform offering discounts, free perks, and well-being tools for all employees
• Free onsite parking

What you’ll be doing as a FP&A Manager

The FP&A Manager will have a key role in the Finance department, overseeing the forecasting, planning, and reporting process, as well as all related submissions to Group Finance. You'll be the main contact for Group Finance for any UK-related inquiries regarding these submissions. You will supervise a reporting analyst, and together, the team will develop, generate, and improve recurring reports and dashboards. In addition, you'll be driving the implementation of enhanced reporting technologies and practices while promoting a single version of truth that can be shared with the business.

Key responsibilities of the FP&A Manager

• Manage the delivery of the month end process, on behalf of the wider finance team, ensuring on time delivery of accurate, high quality reporting and analysis at month end with regular reporting and monitoring of the progress escalating where necessary.
• Managing on time delivery of reporting packs to Holdings e.g. monthly Board Pack. Coordinating the inputs and challenging the coherent story of the output.
• Lead the continuous improvement and development of financial planning and analysis within Refresco UK , developing reporting accuracy, speed and insight from use of evolving systems and data analysis.
• Build strong working relationships with all financial teams, procurement, supply chain and key operational teams.
• Develop and grow weekly operational reporting suite for key efficiency KPIs which provides commentary and guidance for the reader to turn into action
• Seek automation and efficient improvements in reporting within remit
• Manage an individual qualified or part-qualified accountant, supporting their career development and professional progression
• Present monthly/quarterly management reporting to Business Unit Controller and Finance Director
• Take ownership of the 3 year strategic planning, annual planning and quarterly forecasting process, including all outputs for review to challenge consistent assumptions made by the business as well as ensuring data integrity
• Responsible for overseeing all data uploads to Cognos consolidation tool and be a Cognos Superuser on site for data extraction.
• Support the implementation of the new SAP S4 financial and business system, identifying opportunities for enhanced reporting
• Import/Export reporting best practices from/to other Refresco Business Units.
• Leverage and expand the use of reporting software in the UK business, harmonsing reporting and creating one version of the truth.
• Take the lead on the implementation of certain new reporting requirement as directed by the Business Unit Controller.

About you

The ideal candidate must be ACCA / CIMA / ACA certified and possess substantial experience working in a Financial Accounting department of a comparable company. You should have previous experience overseeing inventory reporting, preferably in a manufacturing setting. Additionally, you need to have knowledge of Technical Accounting and stay informed about current laws and accounting principles.

About Refresco

Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia. Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass. Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand.

Refresco is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and has more than 13,500 employees. www.refresco.com.

There’s something unique about Refresco. Because while you may not recognise our name, you’re definitely familiar with our products. In North America and Europe, we bottle drinks for all famous retailers and big-name brands, from water bottles and fruit juices to sodas and sports drinks. We reach millions of people, enriching their lives every day with a moment of ‘me’ time, a moment of relaxation, bringing refreshment, enjoyment and fun. And we do it with something simple, but essential: refreshing drinks. Your drinks, on every table. From ‘Our drinks on every table’ to ‘Your drinks on every table’. What separates these sentences is just one letter. Minor detail? Major difference! Because you can make that difference. Refresco is looking for new colleagues to join our team and share the responsibility for billions of litres of drinks!

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.