Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to join their team in Manchester. This role offers an attractive salary range of £60,000 - £70,000. As the FP&A Manager, you will provide support and challenge the UK & Ireland business, driving operational performance through effective team leadership and management. You will lead and facilitate proactive reporting, analysis, planning, business and decision support to UK&I and Group Finance.
What you’ll do:
As the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, your role will be pivotal in driving operational performance through effective team leadership. You will be responsible for managing relationships with Group FP&A, leading the budgeting cycle, mentoring a small team, working closely with operations teams for high-quality management information delivery. Your analytical skills will be crucial in maximising trading opportunities. Additionally, you will manage key gross profit accounting processes and provide ad-hoc support to the Finance Director.
*Manage relationship with Group FP&A, ensuring all their reporting and analysis requirements are met.
*Lead the budgeting cycle ensuring all Stakeholder inputs are captured and we report to Group in a timely manner.
*Lead, mentor and motivate a small team.
*Work with Operations teams to ensure delivery of high-quality management information.
*Provide analysis to ensure we are maximizing trading opportunities.
*Lead and manage weekly trading and monthly forecasting processes.
*Manage key Gross profit accounting processes
*Provide ad-hoc support to the Finance Director and other Finance functional heads as required.
What you bring:
The ideal candidate for this Financial Planning & Analysis Manager role is a fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with strong accounting knowledge. You bring along previous experience in a similar role and have ideally worked within the retail, leisure or hospitality sector. Your analytical skills allow you to understand complex numbers easily. You are known for your excellent communication skills which enable you to interact effectively with both finance and non-finance colleagues. Your ability to build relationships makes you a trusted advisor within the business.
*Fully qualified accountant with good technical accounting knowledge and post qualification experience
*Previous experience in a financial planning & analysis role is essential
*Prior experience gained within the retail, leisure or hospitality sector is desirable
*Highly analytical, able to drill into and understand the numbers
*Great communicator, both with finance and non-finance colleagues
*Great relationship builder, to become a trusted advisor to the wider business
*Experience in leading a small team would be an advantage
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