Finance Head jobs in United Kingdom

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a FP&A Manager to join a company based in Farnborough.

The company is looking for an ambitious, progressive individual looking to lead the FP&A function. Technical knowledge from a practice background is advantageous, but not essential.

This role offers progression, hybrid working arrangements and many other brilliant benefits.

Responsibilities

• Oversee preparation and delivery of recurring financial reports, providing insights into performance trends, key variances, and potential future risks to inform strategic decisions.
• Coordinate the corporate planning cycle, ensuring alignment across departments and integrating robust analysis of financial data to support organizational goals.
• Conduct in-depth financial reviews in collaboration with accounting teams during period-end closures to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
• Support senior finance leadership in analyzing actuals against forecasts and budgets, identifying material deviations and their underlying drivers.
• Contribute to the development of multi-year financial projections, aligning strategic initiatives with long-term business objectives.
• Identify and evaluate business risks and opportunities, translating insights into actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Lead the monitoring and reporting of operational performance metrics through interactive dashboards, enabling cross-functional teams to proactively manage performance.
• Analyze external data sets relevant to industry trends and operations, including transportation infrastructure and market activity, to support decision-making.
• Generate and deliver commercial analytics, with a focus on identifying revenue trends and customer behavior patterns.
• Act as a primary finance partner to leadership, providing analytical support for strategic projects and ad-hoc business case evaluations.
• Manage and mentor a team of financial analysts, fostering professional development and high performance within the team.
• Operational performance including trend analysis to help with management decision making
• Maintain strong relationships with business leaders and departments, including operations and sales
• Assist with due diligence research and analysis and other transactional support as needed
• Business support for M&A targets and occasional scenario planning and financial modelling
  
  

Requirements

• Professional Qualification - CIMA/ACCA or similar
• Minimum of 5 years work experience in the finance field
• Proven track record of building successful relationships with senior stakeholders
• Flexibility to occasionally accommodate the working hours of colleagues in other time zones as well as being flexible to the demands of supporting the business
• Experience with Oracle accounting system and OneStream reporting suite desirable
• Experience with analytical software using AI or machine learning desirable
  
  

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