FP&A Manager

FP&A Manager 
Luton
£50000 - £60000 per annum + Competitive Bonus

A fantastic opportunity has presented itself for a progressive Financial Planning and Analyst Manager with TGI Friday's in their UK head office based in Luton. They are looking for a real up and comer with a track record of adding value and making commercial decisions.

The successful FP&A Manager will be involved in the following in their Luton office:

• To manage significant components of the financial reporting and planning processes within the Group including Board, External and reporting
• To lead development of financial planning and reporting processes within the Group to ensure high-quality processes underpin a strong business planning process to deliver the Group's strategic objectives
• To provide business performance analysis to the Exec team and main Board through consolidation, review and challenge of business unit and functional finance reporting. Will need to drive value to the business through implantation of action from analysis
• Management of annual budgets, 5 year operating plan and in-year forecasting process to include preparation of Board paper and Board presentation
• Monthly Board and Executive consolidated reporting including flash reporting and KPI pack
• Production of product and basket mix reporting for commentary by business unit analysts
• Development of high quality efficient planning and reporting processes to support delivery of Group Strategy, business partnering with Strategy and Operation teams
• The preparation/development of forward thinking strategic planning and forecasting models, ensuring they are fit for purpose
• Improve the flow of financial information to the organisation and its operational leaders
• Attending operational meetings and working closely with senior management
• Administer the ERP system and furtherment of its roadmap within the business

Candidates applying for this FP&A Manager role will ideally match the following credentials:

• Strong leadership and influencing skills to build and manage relationships with key stakeholders across the business to manage and develop and deliver planning processes to ensure that agreed strategic goals are delivered
• Strong organisational skills to manage efficient and effective planning and reporting processes and production of Board to high levels of accuracy within tight time frames, meeting the needs of all stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively as a part of the Finance Leadership Team and contribute to all elements of the team objectives
• An excellent standard of written English with the ability to prepare clear, insightful, compelling and accurate Board reports - both written documents and presentations, together with good presentation skills
• You will be a qualified accountant with a strong background in planning and analysis based roles highly advanced Excel ability is a must, experience with the Dynamics suite of products is preferential
• Experience with SQL reporting would also be highly advantageous
• Able to demonstrate value creation and commerciality in previous roles

The successful applicant will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or overseas equivalent) with ideally 2 years plus post qualified experience but this does not preclude someone with more qualified experience from applying for the role. If you want to work for a business where you can really add value and progress your career then this is the role for you. TGI Friday's are one of our favourite business to partner with and it's a great environment over there.