Lincoln
Full time | Permanent
Analytical, commercially minded and confident working with senior stakeholders?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing business within the food and agriculture sector, where you'll play an important role in shaping financial strategy, supporting business growth and helping the wider business make better decisions.
Working closely with the Financial Controller, CFO and senior leadership team, you'll take ownership of budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and performance reporting, turning complex financial information into clear, meaningful insight.
If you're someone who enjoys looking ahead, understands the bigger picture and isn't afraid to challenge the numbers, this could be the role for you.
What's on offer?
Permanent, full time position
Key role within the Finance function
Close working relationship with senior leadership
Responsibility for budgeting, forecasting and long term financial planning
Opportunity to influence strategic decision making
Scope to improve reporting, systems and processesWhat's the job?
You'll take responsibility for the company's forward looking financial information, including annual budgets, quarterly and rolling forecasts and the five year strategic plan.
You'll produce clear analysis and reporting to help senior leaders understand performance, risks and opportunities, while also improving financial models, reporting processes and automation across the business.
Day to day, you'll be:
Owning the FP&A process across the business
Developing financial models for budgeting, forecasting and scenario planning
Preparing three way models covering P&L, Cashflow and Balance Sheet
Managing the monthly forecasting cycle and annual budget process
Preparing month end management packs and analysing P&L, working capital and capex
Identifying and communicating key risks and opportunities
Preparing senior management and Board reports and presentations
Developing dashboards and reports to make financial information clear and accessible
Leading improvements and automation across financial reporting
Supporting strategic projects, business cases and ad hoc analysis
Managing free cashflow forecasting and reporting
Working closely with Business Partners, Controlling and business unit owners
Supporting non finance stakeholders with their budgets and financial performance
Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders and providing commercial insightThis is a hands on role where you'll need to be comfortable working with detail while understanding the bigger picture. You'll need to turn complex financial information into clear, practical insight that helps the business make better decisions.
What do I need?
Qualified Accountant with CIMA, ACCA or ACA
Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related subject
Significant FP&A or similar experience
Strong experience across budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and strategic planning
Experience working with senior leaders and non finance stakeholders
Highly skilled in Excel and PowerPoint
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Commercially minded with the confidence to challenge and influence
Proactive, organised and comfortable working to deadlines
Strong attention to detail and a genuine interest in continuous improvementExperience with ERP or financial planning systems such as SAP, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Adaptive Insights, Anaplan or Planful would be beneficial. Power BI or Tableau experience would also be useful, as would experience within food or agriculture.
Most importantly, you'll need to be someone who can look beyond the numbers, challenge assumptions and turn financial information into insight that helps the business move forward.
What's next?
If you're looking for your next opportunity in FP&A and want to join a business where you'll have genuine responsibility and the opportunity to influence strategic decisions, we'd love to hear from you. Please give me a call: (phone number removed) or reach out on email: (url removed)
Salary description
£50000.00 - £60000.00 per year