Consumer Additions are currently partnering with a well-known entertainment business, to recruit for a Interim Group FP&A Analyst to join the team based in London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Group consolidation of weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting across several territories
- Delivery of individual territory monthly finance packs with clear and insightful commentary and analysis on performance – both financial and non-financial. Liaise closely with territory finance teams ensuring consistency and quality
- Production of the group monthly finance pack
- Produce and optimise the weekly reporting of performance KPIs
- Support delivery of group board presentations, including territory board meetings
- Support the group FP&A team in other routine and ad-hoc board and executive reporting requirements
- Support delivery of the in-year forecasting and budgeting processes
- Group consolidation for quarterly and annual forecasting and budgeting across several territories
- Development of territory reporting packs for forecast and budget processes and development of group consolidation workbooks
- Development of board and executive reports for each forecast and annual budget
- Ensure timely and accurate submission of data into the group financial systems and liaise with territory finance teams to ensure timeliness, consistency and quality of data
- Create and implement automated templates and reporting structures that local finance teams are able to use when submitting the required information at group level
- Create and embed meaningful performance management measures to inform all stakeholders, including shareholders
- Involvement in development and implementation of group-wide planning and reporting system(s)
- Using business knowledge and systems skills provide ad-hoc reports and analysis
- Other ad-hoc project work and analysis as and when required
- Provide relevant support for other core group FP&A work streams as required
Key Requirements:
- Experience of weekly and monthly reporting, analysis and forecasting processes across multiple territories within a UK based group.
- Retail, leisure and hospitality is a preferred sector of experience, where working with pace and commerciality is common practice
- A strong understanding of complex Excel models with the ability to change/develop/re-design them at advanced level
- Experience in introducing new processes to reduce risk, improve efficiency of reporting and aid management decision making
- Able to work with foreign subsidiaries to ensure group objectives are met and deadlines adhered to
- Able to respond to ad hoc reporting requests as required
- Part Qualified Accountant ACMA, or ACA
- Numerate & Analytical: Highly numerate and analytical. Takes a logical and methodical approach to the analysis of information in order to draw accurate conclusions
- Attention to Detail: Focused on the accuracy and quality of work through to completion without losing sight of the bigger picture
- Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Able to liaise with 9nternational finance teams and senior stakeholders
- Planning & Organising: Establishes a clear set of objectives and priorities. Schedules activities in order to maximise the use of time and monitors outputs against objectives. Able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Problem Solving: Able to pro-actively solve problems and develop solutions, or new ideas, which have not been considered before; looks at things from a different perspective
- IT literacy: Advanced Excel capabilities including ability to develop/re-design financial models, advanced pivot tables
Thank you for your application. Due to the high number of applications we are, unfortunately, not able to provide individual feedback to every candidate at this stage of the process. If your application is successful however, you should be hearing from us in due course.
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