Finance Manager (Fp&a)

Salary: £48,000 – £60,000 per year

Elevation Recruitment Group are pleased to be working with an established and successful technology business in Mansfield as they look to recruit a Finance Manager for their commercial side of the business.

The business has a current turnover of over £18 Million, put they have a 5 year growth plan in place with the financial backing of a PE Firm to take the business to over £25 million by 2025.

The purpose of this role is to take on and develop the reporting and forecasting of MI and financial information with the goal of promoting commercially focussed decision making across the business, driving, and optimising profitability and cashflow.

The main duties will include: –

* Develop and maintain weekly and monthly reporting timetables supporting the provision of timely, accurate and commercially informative reporting
* Take on existing, and further develop value/add financial and MI reporting in response to the growing needs of the business and to serve key stakeholders in the business to inform and aid the decision-making process
* To own the annual budgeting process including the budget models, coordination of inputs by the business owners and production of the budget presentation for the Board and Investors
* To maintain a regular reforecasting timetable, coordinating stakeholders and partnering the business units to understand the key drivers of performance and ensure visibility of key risks and opportunities to the Leadership Team
* To own and develop forecasting models improving their speed and accuracy and identifying the commercially relevant variables
* Provide value/add commentary on variance analysis and partner key stakeholders to ensure they understand the impact of their plans and initiatives on the delivery of the budget and business objectives
* Assess the existing software systems and identify opportunities to improve functionality and work with software partners to design and implement improvements
* Working with 3rd party suppliers to develop Power BI reporting and leverage the benefits of the platform as a source of MI that can be accessed by key stakeholders to aid the decision-making process

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

* CIMA, ACA or ACCA Qualified
* Strong communication and business partnering skills
* Ability to work well on own initiative
* Ability to deal with stakeholders at all levels
* Good attention to detail
* Good time management and able to manage multiple workloads

This is an excellent opportunity for a strong and ambitious accountant to join a successful and high-performing team. It’s a hugely positive working environment with a progressive and supportive work culture in which you can build a great career.

If you are interested in discussing the position in more detail, please don’t hesitate to get in touch today