Senior Financial Planner & Analyst

• Own the annual operating plan, a rolling 12-month forecast, and driver-based models and business plans built on volumes, pricing, bill-of-material cost and headcount, not last year plus a percentage.

• Own the annual operating plan, a rolling 12-month forecast, and driver-based models and business plans built on volumes, pricing, bill-of-material cost and headcount, not last year plus a percentage.

• Own the monthly pack for both entities and the consolidation , covering P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, KPIs and cost centres.

• Own the monthly pack for both entities and the consolidation , covering P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, KPIs and cost centres.
• Prepare sales and cost performance reporting, delivered to a fixed working day.

• Build and maintain CEO, CFO, functional-head and investor dashboards .

• Build and maintain CEO, CFO, functional-head and investor dashboards .
• Ensure one definition per metric, with controls that prove the numbers tie.

• Own the cash position statement and short-term cash forecast .

• Own the cash position statement and short-term cash forecast .
• Track receivables and payables ageing and collections, inventory ageing, DSO / DIO / DPO.
• Manage treasury and investment valuation summaries, along with the overall liquidity and runway view .

• Perform budget vs actual, forecast vs actual, month-on-month and year-on-year analysis.

• Perform budget vs actual, forecast vs actual, month-on-month and year-on-year analysis.
• Decompose variances into volume, rate and mix .
• Provide the cause, impact and recommended action — not just the number.

• Analyse profitability by product, segment, customer and geography .

• Analyse profitability by product, segment, customer and geography .
• Build cost structures from bill of material to commissioning .
• Provide deal-level margin support.
• Develop capital-expenditure and make-versus-buy business cases .

• Support the financial sections of the board pack and investor MIS .

• Support the financial sections of the board pack and investor MIS .
• Build the models, scenarios and diligence data required for a fundraise.

• Conduct market sizing and demand analysis .

• Conduct market sizing and demand analysis .
• Track competitors and perform benchmarking that informs business planning and pricing decisions.

• Drive working capital as an agenda, not just a report .

• Drive working capital as an agenda, not just a report .
• Own a tracked improvement programme with named owners across sales, supply chain and procurement .

• 5 years in FP&A, business finance, management reporting or corporate finance , including an audit or advisory background with a deliberate move into analysis.

• 5 years in FP&A, business finance, management reporting or corporate finance , including an audit or advisory background with a deliberate move into analysis.
• Personally owned a monthly reporting pack for at least twelve consecutive cycles .
• Built a budget or forecast from drivers , not from last year plus a percentage.
• Written variance commentary that senior management acted on .
• Worked directly from a trial balance or an ERP extract , not only from clean data handed over to you.
• Strong advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Power Query, Power BI or SQL is a strong plus.
• Have the instinct to say “this does not tie” before a pack goes out — and hold that line.

• Recurring ownership of receivables, payables and cash reporting .
• Experience in treasury or investment reporting .
• Multi-entity consolidation and multi-currency experience.
• Experience in manufacturing, hardware or supply-chain-intensive industries .
• Experience with market sizing or competitive benchmarking for a management audience.