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Global Accounting Network are currently partnered exclusively with a well-established group of companies in the fields of financial services and real estate to recruit for a highly skilled and analytical Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager with a strong emphasis on financial modelling.
This is an initial 12 month contract.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis processes. This role requires deep expertise in building and maintaining complex financial models to support business planning, scenario analysis, and performance tracking.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, maintain, and enhance four financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, and strategic decision-making. Use the financial models to produce capital forecasts and ratios for an FCA regulated entity.
- Produce monthly reporting for the UK group encompassing monthly management accounts and recurring spreadsheet analysis of headcount and opex costs.
- Lead the forecasting process, ensuring accuracy and alignment with company objectives.
- Provide insightful financial analysis, including variance analysis, trend identification, and performance tracking.
- Partner with business leaders to translate operational strategies into financial projections.
- Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to evaluate potential risks and opportunities.
- Prepare financial presentations and reports for executive leadership, board meetings, and investors.
- Serve as a point of contact for the Australian group investor relations and finance teams.
- Prepare adhoc business analysis such as completion trends, product pricing analysis, and unit economics analysis.
- Use finance systems (Dynamics 365, Power BI, internal data lakes) to create dashboards and obtain source data for analysis.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree educated.
- Accounting qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
- Ideally 5+ years of experience in financial planning, analysis, and modelling.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, including financial modelling, scenario analysis, and data visualization. Use scenario analysis to inform business making.
- Capable of building three statement financial models from scratch.
- Strong knowledge of financial statements and accounting fundamentals.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and strategic-thinking skills.
- Ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders effectively.
- Strong attention to detail, with a proactive and results-driven mindset.
- Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with tight deadlines.
- Maximum 1 month notice period - unfortunately we are unable to accommodate longer notice periods
