Senior FP&A Manager - H9 Technical Recruitment : Job Details

H9 Technical Recruitment are hiring for a Senior FP&A Manager to work for our renewable energy client in London in their Offshore Wind division to be responsible for project management, ownership of the medium-term business plan, corporate model, corporate overhead budget and associated cost recoveries.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning Budgeting and Forecasting
• Maintain and enhance the medium-term business plan process and collateral, collaborating with various departments to drive a unified view of project economics such as selldown profit and development expense
• Track portfolio performance against plan and provide variance analysis to senior management alongside monthly business review
• Maintain and enhance the short-term overhead budget/ forecast process and collateral, working closely with corporate departments to drive unified view of cost categories including staff costs, services providers and professional fees
• Track overhead spend and overhead cost recovery against plan and provide variance analysis to senior management alongside monthly business reviews
• Develop data-driven insights of financial performance through maintaining and updating financial models Identify and execute planning enhancement initiatives to manage overheads within budget
• Improve transparency and accuracy of cumulative and year-end financials, focusing on the income statement (project economics, corporate overheads and cost recovery)
• Support forecasting of income statement and rolling 12 month cashflow
• Provide timely analyses of group financial performance against specified scenarios, including revenues and costs
• Gather and triangulate financial data to yield commercial insight
• Convert raw data into meaningful information and actionable insight
• Proactively guide and support senior management by interpreting financial data

Education and Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in FP&A roles across different industries to appreciate leading practice
• Strong academic background (ideally STEM with a finance/ accounting qualification)
• Experience leading complex finance initiatives in global start-up companies
• Proficiency in quickly solving financial problems and providing concise solutions
• Significant experience building and maintaining intricate Excel financial models and Power BI dashboards
• Proficient in project management and leading larger projects over several months with the ability to multi-task creatively and maintain well-organised records for audit trail purpose
• Operational and hands-on approach to lead by example and drive solutions in complex environments
• Ability to create new analysis tools to meet changing business requirements
• Experience in transformation/ change environments and overcoming associated hurdles
• Strong Excel financial modelling and Power BI skills with clear understanding of financial statements
• Embraces technology for process optimisation e.g. Power BI and ThinkCell
• Cross-cultural adaptability including managing time zones