FPA Manager

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Description

FPA Manager reporting to the Head of FPA will be a key member of the FPA team, assisting in providing oversight and guidance for the overall performance of the group.
The FPA function has grown over the last 24 months to lead the annual budgeting process, mid-year forecasting cycles, financial modelling of longer-term strategic plans and plays a key role in assisting treasury and transactional finance with cashflow reporting as well as key reporting to both internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Production of Monthly Finance and Lender Packs including liaising with Commercial Finance to understand performance and variances
Ownership of WIP and Debt reporting to SLT, working closely with commercial finance to understand movements, deviation from targets and improve the reporting processes
Oversee cash receipt forecasting cycle, working with treasury and providing meaning-ful analysis / targeted actions to effectively manage liquidity
Ownership of Financial Operating Model (excel based) that is used for Balance Sheet and Cash flow forecasting, budgeting and long term (5 yr) planning
Work with Group Finance leads to develop effective working capital analysis and man-age feedback loop to improve working capital forecasting accuracy
Calculation and forecasting of covenant compliance ratios (adjusted leverage)
Key involvement in Budgeting and Planning cycles from both a PL and BS/cash per-spective
Key involvement in process improvement and migration to reporting within Microsoft Fabric / PowerBI
Working across multiple areas of finance including group / commercial / transactional and treasury
Direct report with responsibility for Transactional performance reporting (including AP / AR) and payment practice reporting
The role has one direct report

Experience and Qualifications

Qualified Accountant
Experience in 3 Statement Model
Excellent analytical skills
Inquisitive – understanding the numbers and adding insight
Driven to improve processes and clarity of outputs
Strong communicator and able to engage with key internal and external stakeholders at multiple organisational levels

Salary and Benefits


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