Head of Financial Planning & Analysis Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Ad-hoc financial analysis, support and project-based work as and when required;
- Deep understanding of business challenges and how they impact the company’s financial position;
- Liaise with key stakeholders to develop and continually improve budgeting, financial projections, operating forecast and other ad hoc analysis;
- Present the monthly and quarterly financial reports of various units and departments;
- Support the senior Leadership Team with data-driven analysis and act as a sounding board when making commercial decisions and formulating strategy;
- Thorough understanding of the group’s cash-flow position, including cash forecasting, reporting and strategies for improving working capital;
- Review the P&L and BS, as well as posting the payroll and commissions;
- Ability to explain complex financial information to non-financial business partners;
- Develop financial models and analyse them to support strategic initiatives;
- Build and manage relationships and network productively;
- Owning the preparation of monthly management accounts pack;
- Maintain FP&A reporting tools, based in Microsoft Excel and Access;
- Provided leadership, support and guidance to the FP&A team ensuring delivery of the budget, forecasts and supporting analysis;
- Lead a team of three (3) management accountants to ensure accurate and timely completion for period end reporting;
- Lead within a performance management framework that delivers measurable objectives.
Requirements:
- Experience in business partnering and delivering highly complex messages;
- Track record of delivering value added financial reporting that supports decision making;
- Proven experience in a senior position within a finance function;
- Ad hoc reporting;
- Management Reporting;
- Commercial Finance;
- Not for Profit;
- Commercially minded;
- Forecasting;
- M&A analysis;
- Leadership;
- Business planning;
- Management;
- forecasting and budgeting;
- Reporting.