FP&A Analyst, Aggreko (Glasgow) Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
Rutherford Cross is pleased to have been retained by Aggreko to appoint an FP&A Analyst to their Group Finance Function in Glasgow City Centre.
Aggreko is the global leader in temporary power generation and temperature control. The business, which is headquartered in Scotland, has significant scale with revenues of almost £2bn earned from operations in 80 countries and is at the forefront of helping its customer manage the energy transition by providing the greenest possible energy solutions.
Aggreko’s purpose is to power progress by delivering energy everywhere. The business delivers power, heat and cooling to customers and communities, regardless of location, from the busiest cities to the most remote places on earth. The company employs 6,500 specialists from all corners of the globe. The range of projects the business is involved in is vast, from cooling gold mines in Australia to bringing electricity to events like the Olympics, to powering factories in Nigeria and warming neighbourhoods in Romania. Aggreko also brings relief when hurricanes and wildfires strike.
Aggreko is continually innovating to meet the future with confidence – supplying power on demand, anywhere in the world, while respecting the environment. With the world facing an estimated power gap of 100 GW by the end of this decade, quick, scalable power and energy storage are set to be even more crucial to industry, communities and entire economies.
Aggreko is at the cutting edge of technology, with its focus on renewable innovation. The drive for businesses, governments, and individuals to transition to a greener, cleaner world is accelerating. The energy crisis is reaching all corners of the globe and is increasing the demand for alternative energy solutions. Aggreko is guiding its customers through this energy transition, partnering with them to provide sustainable, resilient energy solutions.
Background to the Opportunity
There has been a recent restructuring within the finance team, whereby a “Future of Finance” programme has been introduced, with transactional accounting activities being outsourced. The business is now keen to ensure that they have a pipeline of emerging top talent to drive standards with a best-of-class finance function in the West of Scotland. Given the exceptional financial results the business has achieved in recent years and its ambitions for further growth, Aggreko is an ideal environment for a flourishing finance professional looking to make the most of exciting career development opportunities.
This role represents an exciting opportunity for a talented finance professional who possesses the desire to join a high-growth and innovative company, headquartered in Scotland. It is crucial that the appointed candidates have a track record of high achievement in their early careers and are driven to continually develop to the benefit of themselves and Aggreko.
As this position will be highly visible liaising with business units globally and with senior business leaders, the successful individual will be of the highest calibre. Therefore, candidates must display the required personal characteristics and demonstrate confidence, professionalism, tenacity, commitment and self-motivation.
Reporting to an aspirant FP&A Manager, this represents an excellent opportunity to gain insight into performance across the entire group, you will have the ability to affect genuine change in the business and will play a major role in the FP&A team.
This role is newly created following a recent restructuring within the FP&A team.
The key to succeeding in this role will be building strong working relationships across the finance planning team and striving for process improvements.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Support monthly Group and Regional reporting requirements ensuring completeness and accuracy of regional P&L, balance sheets and SAFs
- Highlight and drive opportunities for standardisation and simplification across the group
- Full-year forecasts – manage the consolidation of the regional full year forecast (including bonus reporting), ensuring insightful management information is delivered in a clear manner
- Lead on the preparation of monthly cash dashboards, routinely providing to the regions on time each month.
- Manage debtor paper and risk report production and sharing with key stakeholders
- Manage the risks and opportunities monthly reporting from regions to group, ensuring alignment with regions
- Succinct and complete headcount reporting – working with both the people team and regional finance teams
- Support the completion of the front section of the annual report through efficient communication, including KPI reporting
- Be the lead on reviewing intercompany transactions and sharing best practise
- Support the annual Budget and medium-term plan process
- Adhoc analytical analysis providing actionable insight
- Continuous improvement of existing processes across the wider finance planning team to help improve efficiency in the team
- Deputise for the Regional reporting and FP&A manager
- Provide cover for other Group FP&A analysts as required
Package & Remuneration
- £40,000 - £47,500 DOE + up to 20% max Bonus with 10% on target
- A competitive salary and benefits package (including but not limited to pension plan, bonus scheme, and Life Assurance)
- Hybrid working
- Generous holiday entitlement, with option to ‘buy’ or ‘sell'
- A focus on continued personal development
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Paid time off work for volunteering in the community
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which helps promote and support a healthy lifestyle
For more information on remuneration or for an initial confidential discussion, please contact Harry Young at Rutherford Cross.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £40,000.00-£47,500.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Glasgow
