Job Description
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Manager to lead one of two core pillars within our Group Financial Planning & Analysis team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, FP&A, you will be the accountable owner of operating and capital expenditure, management and Board reporting, balance sheet, cashflow, business-case analysis and sustainability reporting for a multi-entity international group.
This is a genuine ownership role. You are the final approver for your pillar — your work is not re-reviewed above you — and you will lead a small, capable team of a Senior and a Senior Staff accountant. We are equally interested in how you improve the way the numbers are produced: simplifying the close, automating recurring reporting and reconciliation, and making the reporting calendar sustainable.
What You Will Do
- Own the operating and capital expenditure build, challenging cost assumptions, headcount-driven costs and phasing across entities, and tracking spend against approval.
- Own the monthly management accounts, Board reporting pack and supporting schedules for your pillar — accurate, supported and delivered on the agreed calendar.
- Review balance sheet positions, reconciliations and movements, ensuring balances are supported, explained and cleared on a defined cycle.
- Own cashflow reporting and forecasting, including drivers of movement, working-capital effects and liquidity commentary.
- Analyse performance against budget, forecast and prior periods, and explain material variances in business language to Finance executives and business leaders.
- Oversee intercompany cost allocations, accounting entries and reconciliations across multiple entities and currencies.
- Lead cost-benefit analyses and business cases for investments and change initiatives, including assumptions, sensitivities and post-implementation review.
- Own sustainability reporting: data sourcing, controls, assurance readiness and alignment to the reporting calendar and applicable frameworks.
- Contribute to strategic projects and due diligence alongside the wider team, working concurrently across assigned workstreams.
- Lead, coach and develop two direct reports, setting clear ownership of financial areas and building capability and bench strength within the pillar.
- Manage workload and deadlines across the team so that quality holds through close, and maintain a named backup for every critical deliverable.
Qualifications and Requirements
What You Will Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with an active or valid professional licence or accreditation.
- At least 8 years' experience in management accounting, FP&A or financial reporting.
- Experience managing or supervising an accounting or finance team, including responsibility for review and sign-off.
- Proven experience in a multinational, multi-entity environment — intercompany transactions, multiple currencies and coordination across jurisdictions.
- Strong knowledge of accounting standards, financial controls, budgeting, forecasting, balance sheet and cashflow reporting.
- Strong understanding of key balance sheet metrics and financial ratios, with the ability to interpret movements in liquidity, working capital, leverage and cashflow and their impact on overall financial performance.
- Experience preparing or reviewing business cases and cost-benefit analyses.
- Sustainability or ESG reporting exposure, and Big Four experience, are advantageous but not required.
Technical Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel — financial modelling, complex formulas, pivot tables, scenario analysis and large-data handling.
- Strong working knowledge of ERP and accounting systems; experience with NetSuite OneWorld or a similar multi-entity platform is preferred.
- Experience with budgeting, consolidation or business intelligence tools such as Planful, Power BI, Tableau or equivalent.
- Practical use of AI and automation tools for variance commentary, reporting and reconciliation — with the judgement to critically review AI-generated output and uphold confidentiality, data security and human oversight.
- Confidence extracting, reconciling and interpreting financial and operational data across multiple systems.
Perks and Benefits
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