Senior Finance Manager- FP&A (12 month FTC)

Job Introduction

Job Introduction

THE TEAM

The Financial Planning & Analysis team works as a catalyst to the finance function. 

Whether that is through:

• providing insight and analysis to the business partnering teams on a budget / planning cycle, month end, or ad hoc timeframe
• ensuring that the tasks of the finance function run as smoothly as possible via effective communication and clear timetables and templates
• enabling effective processing via the correct systems support of the EBS Finance system from a system admin perspective

We operate as a centre of excellence for the wider finance function, offering a wide-ranging variety of support including standardisation and best practice principles, data interrogation and analysis, macro-economic insight and much more.

The team’s responsibilities are split into three focus areas:

1. Process – we are the team that keeps everything on track. We look ahead, understanding the requirements of the business and how we as a finance function can support.
2. Insights – we deliver financial analysis that provides insight into the way we operate as a business, articulating the implications on our financial performance and how we can improve.
3. Information – we manage the data that sits behind decision making. Our team of system analysts ensure that information available for analysis is both accurate and delivered in a timely fashion. 

A bit about the role

Team

This role is within our dedicated Planning & Analysis function, reporting into the Head of Finance and taking responsibility for the management of both a finance manager and finance analyst.  

Responsibilities

• The role takes responsibility for the accurate and timely production of our management accounts on a monthly basis, ensuring that the finance function is aware of and deliver to their respective month end deadlines. This includes having holistic knowledge of our P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash flow, providing insight where relevant to our Director of Finance and Finance Director.
• The role will also be pivotal in our annual planning cycle. The production of our annual budget, 5-year plan, P7 Forecast and monthly rolling forecast will sit within this role’s responsibilities, managing the end to end process and delivering through others. Intrinsically linked to this will be our investment portfolio to which the role is expected to work closely with our investment finance team to understand the implications of the portfolio on our budget and 5-year plan on a monthly basis.
•  The role will also support the Head of FP&A with the Finance Futures Initiative over the next 12 months. This initiative, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the finance function, will encompass the introduction of a new planning tool, a review of data requirements & reporting practices (eg introducing Power BI or other such tools where appropriate) alongside a number of other improvements to existing systems
• Ad-hoc analysis will form a key part of the day to day responsibilities of this role. Both internal and external factors can play a part in our business performance and FP&A often serves as a support function to the business partners. This role will need to take a proactive approach in identifying and analysing key performance drivers, clearly articulating our current position and calling out the financial risks and opportunities in the future.

Other responsibilities:

• Key finance point of contact for our colleagues in Selfridges Group
• Financial management of a number of P&L lines
• Management of our intercompany processes
• Working closely with our colleagues in financial control to understand our balance sheet and cash flow position, making recommendations where relevant
• Review and challenge business cases for investment
• Provide ad-hoc support to the Director of Finance and Finance Director

General Responsibilities

• To represent the finance community in line with the Selfridges values and embed into the ways of working
• Understand and support the delivery of the Selfridges Strategy and initiatives
• To contribute towards the creation and delivery of the Finance People Plan

A bit about you 

Experience

• Held a number of previous roles across a broad spread of finance areas
• Held a position within a busy FP&A department
• Sound business knowledge preferably retail 

Technical Skills

• Qualified - CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW or international equivalent
• Excellent Powerpoint and Excel skills (not necessarily VBA, but complex formulae needed)

Personal Attributes/ Behavioural Skills

• Curious, analytical and numerate
• Clear and confident questioning style, with the potential to influence customers
• Competently applies their technical qualification and ethics to the situations at hand, seeking out assistance where needed
• Good verbal and written presentation skills, able to adapt their style to the audience
• Acts with authenticity, honesty and integrity
• Works effectively and collaboratively cross functionally
• Flexible in work style able to reprioritise effectively according to the changing demands of the business

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