FP&A Director with client service experience in top professional services firms - Birmingham & London - £95,000 to £130,000 DOE + LTIPS + Bonus + Commission
Alexander Daniels have been engaged by a leading global business advisory and accounting firm to help them recruit a FP&A Director. Our client has a large team of BIG 4 professionals and serve thousands of global clients throughout Europe, Americas and Asia Pacific regions. Due to continued growth in the UK they are looking to hire the best talent to join them on this fantastic journey.
As a member of our clients Business Transformation team, you will work as an extension of their client's team. Your work will focus on supporting the FP&A function of their client's finance organisation, including modeling, budgeting and forecasting, interim management, as well as high impact initiatives including restructuring, sell-side diligence, carve-outs, M&A integration, and other non-routine transactions.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- The FP&A Director is a key member of the Financial Planning and Analysis team and will help influence clients' financial and business decisions.
- Lead and/or support project teams engaged in the successful delivery of a wide range of Business Transformation initiatives aligning finance with business strategy in support of the broader organisation's future vision.
- Help develop finance strategies by assessing a client's business challenges/needs/gaps, diagnosing the root problems, and recommending an approach leveraging assets.
- Develop and apply an understanding of sales and spending trends, to manage financial risk and identify opportunities.
- Provide best-in-class business partnering support, and deliver quality reports and analysis used to make informed business decisions.
- Identify and support business development initiatives; participate in certain aspects of the proposal development process.
- Maintain an understanding of advancements in technology and innovations which are happening across digital, analytics, the CFO ecosystem, and broader marketplace.
Preferred Skills:
- Knowledge of leading Financial Planning and Analysis tools (i.e., Anaplan, Cognos, Hyperion, OBIEE, Tableau, Fusion).
- Knowledge of ERP technologies (i.e., SAP / Oracle / Workday / NetSuite / Microsoft Dynamics).
- Project Management experience is a plus.
Qualifications and Capabilities:
- Finance-focused with a minimum of eight years of experience in finance and/or accounting. Client service experience in top professional services firms (i.e., Big 4) is highly preferred, but not essential.
- Advanced understanding of the FP&A function within a finance organisation.
- Extensive experience and understanding of three statement financials and associated modelling.
- Significant engagement management experience as well as business, practice, and people development.
- Ability to concurrently manage internal firm and external client requirements.
- Transactional experience (M&A, divestures, refinancing, capital raises) and associated scenario modelling a plus.
- Working knowledge and expertise in analytics, forecasting, and finance technologies (process, planning analytics, core Financial).
- Experience with finance technologies such as Adaptive Workday, Planful, OneStream, Anaplan, Cognos, Oracle Hyperion, Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI, Fusion, etc. a plus.
- ERP technology understanding (SAP / Oracle / Workday, etc.).
- Experience leading projects/teams and the ability to lead key requirement workshops with clients.
- Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate with clients, document requirements, and articulate the value proposition and business case for various finance transformation solutions.
What is on offer for the successful FP&A Director?
- Salary is dependant on experience and will range from £95k to £130k
- LTIPS
- Bonus
- Commission
- Pension
- 25 days holidays + bank holidays
- Flexible working / Hybrid
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