Job Description
Our client, a global organisation with a presence in over 35 countries, is looking for a Senior F,P&A professional to join its finance function at Director level. The position is for Director F,P&A – Commercial . This role will suit a candidate with exposure to working in a large organisation in a commercial finance role, with a strong background in F,P&A and reporting. It is an exciting place to work, offering the flexibility of working from home all of the time or utilizing offices in Manchester if that’s your preference.
The candidate will need to have a manufacturing background and experience working in the commercial area of the business—pricing, contracts, quotations, margin, profit, etc. Industries such as automotive or aerospace would be good starting points, but having previously worked in manufacturing, particularly in areas dealing with numerous components, will be key.
What you can expect:
- Salary of between £-k DOE and Qualification plus a 20% Bonus
- Choose where you work – spend the majority of your time at your home office or at the Head Office in South Manchester
- Contributory pension and more
- The chance to work for a global brand with a turnover of circa m whose clients are household names
The Key Requirements:
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to explain the detail at an elevated level to C-Suite individuals both in the UK and internationally.
- Experience with SAP and OR Power BI is advantageous.
- Advanced Excel skills, which are usually a given at this level.
- Strong background in F,P&A – Financial Planning and Analysis using numbers and data on a broad scale to drive the commercial performance of the business.
- Understanding of how a large manufacturing business operates; transferable industries include automotive and aerospace, although this is not exhaustive.
- Qualified accountant – CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, etc.
- Proficiency in working with large data sets and/or databases to perform analysis and create visual data.
Role Responsibilities:
- Assisting with financial forecasting and budgeting processes, performing detailed analyses, developing standard reporting and procedures, and presenting key findings to senior leadership. This role will include daily interaction with senior leadership.
- Supporting the 3 Commercial Directors on weekly/monthly/quarterly orders outlook, LBE, actuals, major initiatives, etc. reporting and associated commentary, including required calls and follow-ups with regional commercial leaders.
- Support on quotation approval process reviews if required.
- Pipeline analysis.
- Variance analysis for month-end bridges used in Corporate Executive Committee (CEC) and analysis to support materials for outlook changes to orders.
- Analysis of historic and backlog standard margins by Value Stream/Region, including supporting the 3 Commercial VPs on resulting strategic actions.
- Key account profitability analysis (work with the Director of Global Key Accounts).
- Channel partner profitability analysis.
- Ad-hoc commercial analysis for the above commercial leaders – e.g. reviews of profitability of given products in given regions.
- Service utilization/profitability analysis.
- Customer Service Level Agreement analysis, including profitability.
- Leverage 80/20 principles to help identify key opportunities for long-term strategic growth and profitability in various product groups.
- Assist with key discrete strategic projects, presenting progress and key achievements to senior leadership teams.
- Build and maintain financial models to identify and quantify the impact of internal and macroeconomic drivers.
- Evaluate current processes and continuously improve efficiency/productivity through automation and other process improvements.
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