Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

FP&A Manager, Hospitality and Leisure, West London

70k

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated FP&A Manager to join the finance team of this food service leader.

The FP&A Manager will provide support and challenge to the wider business, driving performance and commercial goals through strategic decision-making alongside the MD, CFO, and UK Executive.

Consolidate UK business reporting and deliver detailed financial analysis for new opportunities in line with parent company requirements.

• Manage the month-end reporting process. Analyse complex financial information to provide accurate and timely financial information to management for decision-making purposes.
• Analyse current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures.
• Consolidate Weekly Operating Reports for all units, validate summary analysis/narrative and deliver insightful analysis of results before submission.
• Coordinate the annual plan process, ensuring this supports the business objectives.
• Consolidate the unit budgets whilst proactively challenging the validity of assumptions used and culminating in a set of balanced risks and opportunities.
• Completion of 3/5 year plans in line with strategic objectives.
• Produce a rolling forecast and a schedule of risks and opportunities every month.
• Preparation of all management reporting packs, including weekly, monthly, forecast and budget for the UK Executive and Group.
• Produce financial modelling for potential new business. Using business and industry knowledge, critically appraise the opportunity in line with the UK’s existing portfolio and strategic goals.
• Design, build, and maintain complex financial models for hard FM and total FM bids, integrating lifecycle costing, risk assessment, and value-for-money analysis.
• Review new business trading against the business case.
• Completion of ONS and other statutory surveys.
• Provide financial support to other functional departments.
• Other ad-hoc analysis and reporting requirements.

• Qualified (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
• 2+ years relevant finance experience
• Good commercial and business acumen
• Experience working across bids and new business proposals.
• Ability to analyse complex financial information
• Excellent communication skills, including being able to present complex information in a clear and concise format
• Be proactive, challenging, highly organised and work well under pressure
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills and be confident in partnering the business to help drive better results
• Use of People Soft or equivalent accounting system, HFM and Smartview
• Use of excel to a good standard as required in a senior finance role