Deputy Head of Group FP&A (Fixed-term Contract / Secondment - 6 months)

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the review and challenge of budgets, forecasts, and long-term plans.
• Lead the coordination and consolidation of reporting across Group FP&A, delivering reporting for Executive team, Board, and wider management.
• Monitoring performance, KPIs, risks, and opportunities within the business. Provide insightful commercial understanding to the financial results to enable decision making.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance financial analysis, systems, and reporting.
• Establish effective working relationships across the business and senior management team.
• Support investor relations in the analysis of financial information for external market announcements.
• Support scenario planning, including the impact of M&A
• Deputise for Head of Group FP&A as required and contribute to the development of the wider FP&A team through coaching and mentoring.

Qualifications

Skills & Abilities

• Previous experience working at a senior level within FP&A at a large/listed organisation
• Strong influencing skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial technical matters to non-technical people
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and produces quality outputs to tight deadlines
• Proven record of managing a team

Professional Qualifications

• Recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Desirable

• Trained at a top tier accounting firm
• Experience in large FTSE listed environment

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