FP&A Manager

Business
Leading West End based Fashion Retailer with revenues of c£150m.

Role Summary
Supporting the Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Manager in all aspects of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting and providing analysis, commercial support and management information to senior finance, board and operational stakeholders to support business decision-making.

Key Responsibilities
- Establishing and communicating the planning timetable, process and guidelines to stakeholders including management of templates and deliverables
- Managing existing and new modelling tools to support the five year business plan, annual budget and forecasts
- Monitoring weekly business performance, attending weekly trading meeting to understand impact of current trade on forecast
- Working with the Head of FP&A in delivering presentational outputs for discussion with Executive Team and Board
- Providing financial support to business cases for investment and conducting post-investment reviews
- Ad-hoc financial analysis for Finance Director/Executive team to support strategic development and business decision-making
- Building and maintaining strong working relationships with all stakeholders

Key Stakeholders
Finance Director, Senior Buying and Merchandising stakeholders and departmental heads


Key skills and experience
- post qualified accountant from a relevant accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
- Logical, systematic and organised problem solver
- Strong influencing skills, able to challenge stakeholders at all levels
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills
- Retail experience (particularly sales and margin) desired but not mandatory
- Strong working use of Microsoft Excel, experience of financial planning tools beneficial

Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Please note that any references to salary or pay rates in this advertisement and in the salary refinement section are indicative only and should only be used as a guide.