Senior FP&A Manager

We are currently recruiting on behalf of a market leading organisation based in Stevenage who are seeking a dynamic and highly experienced Senior FP&A Manager to build and drive forward a new FP&A/commercial finance team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the FP&A team to ensure timely and accurate production of periodic information including:
  • Monthly management accounts
  • Quarterly forecasts
  • Annual budgets
  • Submission of 5 year Strategic Plan
  • Tracking of business transformation initiatives
• Maintain a continuous assessment of risks and opportunities for each value stream within the BU in achieving its year-end financial budget/forecast and strategic objectives
• Improve the flow of financial information to the organisation and its business partners
• R&D and Engineering activities - tracking of key projects and product development initiatives - resource v benefit analysis.
• Product line P&L - support the assessment of current Product line P&L's and the further improvement and alignment of the methodology and structures across all product groups.
• Review Headcount mapping across each cost centre (both permanent and contractors) following various changes in the functional team structures to ensure alignment between activities, cost centre ownership and payroll. Support the streamlining of Cost Centre structures across legal entities.
• Support the deployment of the new Foreign Exchange assessment tool to capture currency hedging needs over a time span of 6-18 months.
• Support the Cash Flow forecasting process.
• Project management support/coordination and other ad-hoc initiatives.

The successful applicant will be ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualified with a thorough understanding of financial processes and systems and proven FP&A experience (including management reporting tools - forecasting & budgeting, cost center analysis, business performance review decks etc). Excellent computer skills (including Excel at pivot, vlookups, sumifs level) are essential as is an ability to interact effectively with functional stakeholders in building management reporting tools and business partnering to drive customer focus and cost structure efficiencies.