Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

fdu is recruiting an Interim Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) for a multi-site business with ambitious plans for growth. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) you will be initially tasked with:

• Supporting the CFO with the 2021 budgeting process.
• Implementing meaningful KPI’s to bring a new level of sophistication to the analysis of business performance.
• Establishing dashboards to deliver meaningful metrics to the Senior Management Team.

Key responsibilities:

• Preparation of the annual budget, five year plan and quarterly reforecasts.
• Supporting asset management planning and other strategic initiatives.
• Cashflow forecasting; reviewing against budget.
• Preparation of monthly analysis of business performance for the Board pack.
• Work with Management to drive new initiatives to improve profitability and performance; delivering analysis of competitor behaviour.
• Update sales forecasts; working with the relevant teams to support new spend and evaluate potential returns.
• Monthly review of performance against budget and determine resultant actions.
• Utilise BI tools to deliver insightful financial and non-financial performance metrics i.e. creating dashboards.
• Analysis of capex and other large spending requests.
• Debt covenant management; reporting to banks and shareholders.

Your profile:

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) specialist.
• A demonstrable track record of implementing robust and effective systems and processes which provide clarity and detail to the decision making process.
• Superb communication, presentation and team working skills are essential as is a strong working knowledge of Excel and BI systems in general.
• Able to operate in a hands on manner, you must be someone who gets things done.
• Available immediately.