Group FP&A Manager

Job Description
Excellent new opportunity with our client, the world’s leading supplier of premium carbonated mixers. With hugely exciting products, and a fantastic team to join, if you are a finance professional looking to drive change in a fast moving organisation, read on !
On their behalf, we are looking for a Group FP&A manager to take ownership of all FP&A reporting processes, to play a pivotal role in the annual planning cycle and provide insightful analysis through the year, to support and influence business-decision making. This is a newly created role, which will be key in optimising reporting and planning processes, and creating more bandwidth for driving key analysis and actionable insights for the organisation. This role will have significant exposure to senior management, including to the CFO, CEO, COO and Management Team.
This is a great opportunity for someone who is motivated to use financial analysis to affect real life business decision-making and action.
Responsibilities :
Responsible for the monthly FP&A reporting process, including production of the monthly Exec pack, regional reporting packs, Board packs and Sales Flash
Lead role in driving the implementation of Power BI self-serve reporting, and seeking further opportunities to streamline current processes and add value and insights from existing reporting. You should become the in-house Power BI expert, continuing to develop their platform and supporting other teams with your expertise.
Key role in the budget and re-forecasting cycles, supporting with consolidation, analysis of submissions, developing the use of Anaplan, and being a key touch point for these regional finance business partners throughout these forecasting processes.
Key role in embedding the Group-wide integrated planning tools into business planning processes.
Performing financial analysis on key business questions, and supporting the Senior FPA Manager and Commercial Finance Director on ad-hoc analysis and project work.
Provide monthly analysis to identify key variances and areas of focus, as well as ad-hoc analysis on business trends and issues.
Support the monthly business performance review process
Taking the lead on specific strategic or commercial finance projects, to drive growth and value across the organisation
Key liaison with other teams, including Group Finance, Group Operations, Regional Finance Business Partners, Technology, Supply Chain, Demand Planning
Skills and Experience:
A curious and questioning mind-set, highly motivated and enjoys problem solving
Experienced and motivated by working in an environment of change and continual process improvement.
High attention to detail, analytical mind and a methodical approach to work.
Comfortable working in and maintaining large datasets and spreadsheets, and new systems
Advanced excel skills – able to build and maintain complex models
Good communication and relationship building skills
Industry experience within FMCG/Retail/Manufacturing
Qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA
Experience of Power BI, Tableau or similar
Worked with large ERP systems (NetSuite, Oracle, SAP etc.)
This is a hybrid role, based in the West London (Head) Office.