Group Fp&a Manager

The role

As part of the ongoing growth of our business, we are looking for a technically strong and commercially minded Group FP&A Manager to play a key role in driving continued business growth.

Reporting to the Finance Director, the Group FP&A Manager will be responsible for group level financial planning and analysis as well as forecasting and providing insight to the leadership team on profit, and liquidity to help drive decision-making.

The Company

The Client Relationship Consultancy is a specialist data driven consultancy supporting clients in the advertising, media, marketing and manufacturing sectors and in the B2B services space.

We support our clients to take a more strategic approach to the way they manage their relationships, with the belief that relationships are one of the most powerful and yet underutilised levers, and by focussing on these relationships, add commercial benefits to clients’ financial stability and growth.

The business has a differentiated product offering, enabling deep insight into client relationships, and is well placed and well-resourced to grow significantly in a market with favourable dynamics.

We are scaling and highly profitable. The newly formed Group Leadership Team (including active founding team) are targeting strong growth following PE investment whilst retaining the positive culture that has been the foundation of our success.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial reports including reports on KPIs and interpretations to the Leadership Team
• Identify financial risks and opportunities
• Collaborate with the CFO on strategic initiatives
• Support investor relation activity
• Create and develop financial forecasts and scenarios to support long-term planning and strategic decision-making
• Leverage technology to enhance financial reporting and analysis processes
• Input into performance reports including review of actuals, key driver analysis, budget variance analysis, highlighting potential risks and opportunities

Security

• Comply with all aspects of our security policies, taking personal responsibility for the security of your own, the company’s and our clients data

Skills required:

• A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a similar field
• Professional certification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA)
• Proven experience in financial planning and analysis
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
• High proficiency in financial software and MS Office
• Someone with attention to detail with a high level of accuracy – someone who is curious to dig deeper and produce strong analysis
• Strong reporting and presentation skills, both written and oral, to leadership
• A team-player, who can take responsibility and work with a high level of autonomy combining both “thinking” and “doing”
• Previous SAAS technology experience highly desirable