Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

Our client, a leading global media business in London are looking for a Head of FP&A to join in a newly positioned role. You will report to the Finance Director and manage a small team. You will be responsible for the following.

• Leading commercial insight and analysis for the Division.
• Ensuring the business receives high quality financial support.
• Leading and developing the FP&A team.
• Delivering insight and analysis which helps the business to achieve strategic goals and deliver the annual budget.
• Implementing improved processes, systems and analytical tools to improve the quality of forecasts, budgets and financial analysis.
• Support the CRO, SVP, Global MD Marketing Solutions, Head of Global Events with business insight and analysis.
• Provide commercial support and manage the pricing process across the division to ensure that margins are protected during the sales process. Manage cross regional revenue and margin splits.
• Ensure client incentive plans are reflected in contracts and in pricing decisions, are practical and can be tracked.
• Manage the delivery tracking process. Provide insight into levels of resources required to optimise profitability at both a gross margin and operating margin level.
• Develop and present a deeper understanding of trends within the marketplace across other advertising and content providers to track performance against competitors.
• Develop KPIs and metrics that support the Media Businesses strategy and help the commercial and delivery teams to improve performance.

You will need to be a qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA with significant PQE in a large complex organisation.