Technology Infrastructure
Our client provides critical technology and telecoms infrastructure across Europe and Asia, where it holds leading positions in its core markets, offering world-class services to a host of Blue Chip clients. The business is extremely well capitalised, with an aggressive growth strategy over the next 5 years.
Description
This Group FP&A Manager role is responsible for the coordination of an action-focused, integrated group planning process, from short-term liquidity forecasting through to long-term projections to support corporate planning and transaction activity such as joint ventures, refinancing and M&A.
The role will support analyse the drivers of recent trading performance, commercial pipeline, cost management, deployment of Capex and KPIs. This analysis will allow the creation of forward-looking action-based plans for the senior leadership to optimise performance across the Group. The new Group FP&A Manager is also responsible for assisting with the execution of ad hoc projects, identifying opportunities for process improvement and acting upon these to realise efficiencies.
Skills
Specific responsibilities of the Group FP&A Manager will include:
- Support on all Group and Board reporting.
- Managing the forecast and planning processes, along with preparation of associated deliverables to be used by the Executive and Board.
- Proactively bringing insight through ad hoc analysis, deep diving into key issues, scenario analysis, etc.
- Support on transaction activity, such as refinancing, acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, as well as supporting on work to define and articulate the Group strategy.
- Ongoing development of the new planning and reporting tool, to embed insightful reporting and fully connected planning.
The successful candidate for this Group FP&A Manager role will have gained experience in another international group of scale, working in FP&A at either group or regional level. Exposure to and involvement in transactions would be highly advantageous, including M&A, JVs and refinancing, whether gained within another FP&A role or from time previously spent in transaction services or similar.
All candidates should possess highly developed interpersonal skills in order to influence at all levels across the business. Any experience or exposure to systems implementations or systems development and improvement projects would be an added bonus, as the finance team seeks to drive further value from technology.
This is a high-profile opportunity to work for a highly successful, growing, innovative and entrepreneurial company that is looking to embark on the next stage in its growth story in an extremely dynamic sector.
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Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience matches the requirements of our client. We are sorry, but if you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Walker Hamill has been a specialist finance and strategy recruiter for approaching 40 years. We have an extensive client group, including major multinational listed organisations, private equity backed businesses and privately owned companies. We recruit across all sectors and have particularly strong client relationships in media, retail, pharma/biotech, technology, property/real estate, leisure and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe.