Contract FP&A Manager – 6 months – Bracknell (hybrid) - £300pd (inside IR35)
Unique opportunity for a Qualified FP&A Manager to partner with, and provide business decision support to, product Business Leaders in the European region.
This is an exciting opportunity to significantly impact the European Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. Strong stakeholder management is required to build trusting relationships and help influence strategic business decisions. It offers the chance to work with diverse teams across Europe, providing crucial financial insights and support.
About the Role
The European FP&A team is responsible for the analysis of monthly results, coordinating budgeting and forecasting efforts, and offering comprehensive commercial finance decision support. Working within a designated product group, managing budgeting, forecasting, and monthly result analysis. This role includes providing ad hoc financial support to the Head Office and overseeing one Finance Specialist. It requires close collaboration with the Finance Operations team to ensure accuracy in financial closings and to provide detailed performance analysis to senior stakeholders.
Key responsibilities include:
- Analysis of Actual Results: Collaborate with the Financial Operations team to ensure accurate period-end financial closings. Support the Department Manager in reviewing and analysing final outputs and providing valuable performance insights to senior stakeholders. Work with Business Planning teams to understand division results and recommend improvement opportunities.
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Coordinate the division budgeting process for the European region, ensuring alignment with division objectives and providing guidance to budget preparers. Support Head Office business teams in budget preparation and monitor and communicate budget performance against preset targets and support the development of accurate balance sheet budgeting.
- Performance Management: Support business reviews and create financial projections. Develop plans for profit improvement in collaboration with local teams, and the wider FP&A team. Act as an advocate for understanding cost drivers and cost control.
- Commercial Finance Support: Serve as a key point of contact for the product division financial matters. Provide financial expertise to relevant business projects and ensure ROI is accurately determined for investment decisions. Support Group Finance regarding audit requirements and contribute to significant projects such as budget software replacement.
- Leadership and Development: Motivate, develop, and manage the Finance Specialist. Assist the Department Manager in developing efficiencies in current processes and reporting structures, advancing current models, and pursuing automation where appropriate.
About the Candidate
You will be a qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with a proven track record in FP&A tasks. The candidate should possess:
- Technical Skills: Strong experience with SAP, S/4HANA would be beneficial, and advanced Excel skills are highly desirable. A proven record of process improvement, particularly in an FP&A context, is a plus. Hyperion Planning and HFM would be a strong advantage
- Interpersonal Skills: A strong team player with excellent communication and presentation skills. Ability to motivate and manage a direct report under pressure and to tight deadlines. Comfortable working with people of varying financial experience across Europe and bridging the finance/non-finance gap.
- Innovative Mindset: Curiosity, willingness, and aptitude to investigate and learn the latest tech solutions to support FP&A activities (e.g. Power BI, Power Query, RPA, AI).
The Offer
A day rate of £300 per day, inside IR35 for an initial 6 month contract.