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Summary:
Our client is looking to recruit a Head of Financial Planning and Analysis on a full-time, permanent basis. You will be undertaking a role within a dynamic and ambitious company, with your duties based around providing support to the CFO and overseeing the creation and monitoring of financial plans. The successful candidate must have high-growth business scale-up experience. You should also be a fully ACA/ACCA/CIMA/ICAEW qualified or Finalist accountant.
Responsibilities:
- Defining financial situations and recommendations from quantitative analyses.
- Appraising investment decisions.
- Assessing the potential for growth and development.
- Engaging with forecasting and analysis based upon robust budgeting.
- Implementing and following analytical processes.
- Keeping updated with business trends and results.
- Providing advice to improve organisational performance.
Qualifications needed:
- You should be a fully ACA/ACCA/CIMA/ICAEW qualified or Finalist accountant.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Business scale-up experience (essential).
- Previous experience using PowerQuery, PowerPivot, PowerBl and SQL (advantageous).
- Strong data analysis and modelling skills with sound knowledge of MS Excel.
- Experience of working in a fast-paced, high-growth, capital-intensive businesses with a high transaction volume.
- Background in developing financial models and business cases.
- Sufficient experience in modelling and presenting scenario analyses and compelling data-driven recommendations.
Person Specification:
- A highly numerate individual with strong attention to detail.
- A decisive thinker who can quickly analyse information and use it to make firm decisions.
- Somebody who can provide accurate and useful financial advice to the CFO grounded in data-driven analysis and performance evaluation.
- An analytical, detail-oriented individual who values finding solutions to problems, and who can thrive in fast-paced environment.
- Somebody with strong communication skills, who can summarise complex financial information into simple, palatable messages.
Package:
This role offers a Competitive salary range of £40k-£50k based upon experience. There is also a generous benefits package on offer including 25 Days Holiday plus bank holidays, 5 days Company Sick Pay, and access to Cycle to Work, Tech and Referral Schemes.
Recruitment Consultant: Joanne Howell.
Closing Date: All suitable candidates will be submitted as soon as received; our client reserves the right to appoint before the closing date. Please note that due to the volume of applications, if you haven’t received a response within 5 days of applying, then unfortunately on this occasion you won’t have been successful.
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