FP&A Manager

Senior Commercial Finance Manager

Based in Watford

12 month maternity contract

Investigo are exclusively partnering with this leading multi-site business who are seeking a Commercial Finance Manager to cover a 12 month maternity cover.

Managing a small FP&A team, you will be responsible for coordinating and managing the forecasting, budget and strategic planning for the group.

You will work with a number of stakeholders across the business providing detailed financial information.

Key Duties

• Leading and developing the FP&A team as a group function
• Coordinate and manage the forecasting, budgeting, and longer-term strategic planning processes across the Group
• Responsible for commercial finance reporting such as the weekly trade pack, monthly variance analysis
• Act as a strong business partner to stakeholders to maximize business performance through data analysis, including:
• Support the buying and merchandising team on analysis sales and margin with a particular focus on developing insight on margin performance
• Store wage analysis
• Oversight of Group Reporting team - reviewing/challenging group reporting requests, prioritising data team's workload to ensure consistent, controlled approach to reporting across the group

You must be either CIMA/ACCA qualified and have experience working in fast pace multi- site experience.