Financial Planning & Analysis Lead (Group) -Flexible Location London, England
Job description
Job reference number 292397
Lead Financial Planning Analyst -Group -Flexible Location (Hybrid Working)
Competitive Salary
18% Bonus
£5,500 Company Car Allowance or Monthly Cash Alternative
27.5 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
Royal Mail Defined Pension Scheme
Full AXA Family Healthcare
Full time
Permanent
Location Flexible - (Hybrid Working Model)
Are you an experienced Financial Planning & Analysis Lead looking for a new challenge with a FTSE listed company?
This is a Senior role available within our Financial Planning and Analysis team at Royal Mail, with responsibility for monthly management reporting and financial forecasting for the Group.
As Group lead you will be responsible for leading the financial analysis and planning processes for the Group (Royal Mail UK and General Logistic Systems combined). The Group lead is responsible for monthly management reporting and analysis to the UK Executive board and the plc Board.
The sheer scope of transformational change at Royal Mail makes this is an exciting time to join an iconic British brand.
About the role
Budgeting, Planning and forecasting. You will lead on the budgeting, planning and forecasting processes for the Group, including timetables. Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders involved in the budgeting, planning and forecasting processes including the ability to challenge and influence. Focus on continuous improvement to streamline the processes and drive efficiencies and ensure risks around the budget process are managed appropriately.
Month End Closure and Reporting -Responsible for monthly reporting of Group financial results, including validating the results, managing central journal postings, understanding and communicating key variances to senior business stakeholders. Leading the analysis of monthly results, providing explanations and insight on financial and non-financial variances while identifying key business messages and prepares high quality outputs.
In addition to the above you will work collaboratively with other FP&A team leads and Finance Directors, providing and receiving feedback to help improve the overall effectiveness of the FP&A and wider finance function. Guide analysts within the team to develop the delivery of required performance objectives.
About You
What you'll need to succeed in this role
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Accounting or Finance related field.
- Qualified accountant.
- Work collaboratively with other FP&A team leads and Finance Directors, providing and receiving feedback to help improve the overall effectiveness of the FP&A and wider finance function.
- Significant experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, preferably within a listed organisation
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written including ability to influence stakeholders at senior levels
- Ability to make good use of technical tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Thinkcell to create Board-ready outputs
Extra Benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement of 27.5 day (plus bank holidays), increasing with years completed service
- Company pension scheme with competitive contribution rates
- RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer
- Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave, shared parental leave and childcare vouchers
- Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
- Supportive and generous company sick pay
- Access to our Feeling First Class service, providing both mental and physical wellbeing support
- Lifestyle benefits - You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products. You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax*.
- Financial support - information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans*
- Your peace of mind with - Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans; Voluntary Critical illness & Voluntary Critical illness Partner
- Free & discounted RMG products - free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts
- Free stamps at Christmas
- Available only to perm employees
Your career in safe hands
At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.
We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs.
An operation of this size needs a strong support network, and the HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk & Governance, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing departments are all integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.
Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities. This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate.
For more information about Royal Mail’s values of being positive, brilliant and part of it, please click on the link below:
About Us (royalmailgroup.com)
Next Steps
Closing Date: Tuesday 24th January 2023 Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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