Group FP&A Manager

Walker Hamill; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Walker Hamill is seeking a Group FP&A Manager for our client to coordinate the integrated planning process from liquidity forecasting to long-term projections, supporting corporate planning and transaction activity such as joint ventures, refinancing and M&A.

The role analyzes drivers of trading performance, commercial pipeline, cost management, Capex deployment and KPIs to enable forward-looking action plans for senior leadership, and may involve process improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating group reporting for executive and board audiences.
• Proven ability to manage group-wide forecasting and planning processes.
• Ability to deliver ad hoc analysis driving commercial insights.
• Exposure to transactions such as refinancing, M&A, divestments, and JVs.
• Experience developing and embedding a planning and reporting tool.

Responsibilities

• Support on all Group and Board reporting.
• Manage forecast and planning processes and related deliverables.
• Provide ad hoc analyses and scenario modelling.
• Assist with transaction activity including refinancing, acquisitions, divestments, JVs.
• Lead development of the planning and reporting tool.

Skills

Group reporting

Forecasting

Scenario analysis

Transaction support

Planning tool development

Job description

Salary Guide: £80,000-£90,000 + Bonus + Benefits

REF: JD54098

Description

Our client provides critical technology and telecoms infrastructure across Europe and Asia, where it holds leading positions in its core markets, offering world-class services to a host of Blue Chip clients. The business is extremely well capitalised, with an aggressive growth strategy over the next 5 years.

This Group FP&A Manager role is responsible for the coordination of an action-focused, integrated group planning process, from short-term liquidity forecasting through to long-term projections to support corporate planning and transaction activity such as joint ventures, refinancing and M&A.

The role will support analyse the drivers of recent trading performance, commercial pipeline, cost management, deployment of Capex and KPIs. This analysis will allow the creation of forward-looking action-based plans for the senior leadership to optimise performance across the Group. The new Group FP&A Manager is also responsible for assisting with the execution of ad hoc projects, identifying opportunities for process improvement and acting upon these to realise efficiencies.

Skills

Specific responsibilities of the Group FP&A Manager will include:

• Support on all Group and Board reporting.
• Managing the forecast and planning processes, along with preparation of associated deliverables to be used by the Executive and Board.
• Proactively bringing insight through ad hoc analysis, deep diving into key issues, scenario analysis, etc.
• Support on transaction activity, such as refinancing, acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, as well as supporting on work to define and articulate the Group strategy.
• Ongoing development of the new planning and reporting tool, to embed insightful reporting and fully connected planning.

The successful candidate for this Group FP&A Manager role will have gained experience in another international group of scale, working in FP&A at either group or regional level. Exposure to and involvement in transactions would be highly advantageous, including M&A, JVs and refinancing, whether gained within another FP&A role or from time previously spent in transaction services or similar.

All candidates should possess highly developed interpersonal skills in order to influence at all levels across the business. Any experience or exposure to systems implementations or systems development and improvement projects would be an added bonus, as the finance team seeks to drive further value from technology.

This is a high-profile opportunity to work for a highly successful, growing, innovative and entrepreneurial company that is looking to embark on the next stage in its growth story in an extremely dynamic sector.