Senior FP&A Manager

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About The Role

The Role

We are looking for a dynamic professional to join our accounts team in Birmingham. Reporting directly into our Finance Director, the primary purpose of this role is to oversee and manage the delivery and development of our financial planning and analysis, and internal reporting function for the Group. This includes budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting, as well as identifying opportunities for further insightful analysis and added value, including cost savings and revenue enhancement opportunities. This is a business facing role where relationship building with stakeholders across the group is essential.

Responsibilities:

• Support the preparation and review of Group budgeting and forecasting in a matrix environment and subsequent monthly reporting against those targets, including monthly fee earner KPIs
• Liaising with stakeholders across the business
• Have day-to-day responsibility for the team delivering financial analysis, budgeting and internal reporting across the business
• Working alongside the FDs and CFO, identify key areas with opportunities for cost savings or revenue enhancement
• Sensitivity analysis and scenario modelling
• Ad-hoc reporting for Board and banks, including quarterly covenants analysis
• Responsible for timely delivery of monthly suite of reports for Group boards, platform and unit heads
• Lead on ad-hoc financial projects where financial modelling/advanced Excel skills are required
• Support the Acquisitions team on financial due diligence and investment appraisals as and when required
• Perform monthly validations and make adjustments to as needed; investigate variances and follow up as appropriate
• Cash flow projections and variance to budget
• Consider ways to further enhance monthly / annual reporting and processes
• Work with other business support areas and external stakeholders to deliver regulatory and other reporting, e.g., Risk
• Support the development of team members

The Team

Our highly skilled and diverse finance team is dedicated to delivering exceptional accounting services to our exciting and dynamic Professional Services Group. We offer a comprehensive range of services that cater to both legal and non-legal businesses within the Group. Our finance team is meticulously organised into several specialised functions, including Group Accounting, Legal Cashiering, Billing, Credit Management, and Purchasing. This role will sit within our Group Accounting function and will report directly into our Finance Director.
The purpose of the financial planning and analysis team is the delivery of meaningful and insightful analysis for senior leaders across the business to support their strategic decision making. Additionally, the team is responsible for delivering internal reporting to fee earners and supporting client requests for data. This team is also integral to the compilation and preparation of the annual budget model for the Group. The team comprises of a mix of qualified and part qualified accountants.

We pride ourselves on servicing our internal clients to the highest standards, consistently adding value by going above and beyond in our efforts. Our commitment to excellence and proactive approach ensures that we not only meet but exceed the expectations of our stakeholders, contributing to the overall success and growth of the Group.

The Person

Candidates will be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent qualification with at least 5+ years of post-qualification experience
• Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate with senior stakeholders and leaders across multiple functions from primarily non-finance backgrounds
• Strong financial analytical and Excel skills including financial modelling
• Intuitive individual capable of identifying and probing areas of value leakage
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem solving skills with a questioning mindset
• Diligent individual, strong attention to detail/data integrity
• Line manager experience

About Us

The benefits
With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.

In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip hop dance.

We are Gateley
We are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.

The 'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has got us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley: Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.

Diversity, inclusion and well being
Diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.

We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.
We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.

Additional Information
If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability, and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.