Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Job type: Permanent Location: Wrightbus Closing date: Monday 06 Jan 2025 08:00 Wrightbus is now recruiting for a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager. Working Hours- 38-hour week Benefits: Life Insurance, Medicash scheme, Free car parking on site, Canteen and Career progression. #wbstaff Job Title: Financial Planning and Analysis Manager Department: Finance Reports to: CFO Purpose of Post The Financial Planning and Analysis Manager has the opportunity to join an innovative and ambitious manufacturing business. Supporting management planning and decision making by identifying, maintaining, and evaluating information and recommending actions. The successful candidate will work closely with the CFO to ensure efficiency and provide value to the business. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing business in an innovative industry. Key Tasks A wide range of duties that may include, but are not limited to: Financial Planning Develop business planning process, prepare reports and analyse all chief metrics for all financial plans. Prepare yearly budgeting, monthly forecasts and coordinate with senior management. Preparing business cases to support new investment, strategic and other business decisions. Creating, updating, and maintaining financial models and detailed forecasts of the company's future operations and provide commercial guidance to the wider function. Develop the budget process - provide commercial insight to both the budgeting process and strategic planning within the business. Generating financial forecasts to assist in strategic planning. Financial Analysis Analysing financial and operational results to better understand company performance. Reviewing existing processes and procedures to develop recommendations for improvement efforts. Gauging the company's overall financial health, primarily by using key financial ratios, determining which of the company's products or product lines generate the largest portion of its net profit etc. Comparing historical results against budgets and forecasts, and performing variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward. Managing Relationships Coordinate with accounting staff and interact with senior management to prepare data for reforecasting. Coordinate with business units and managers and make recommendations to enhance financial performance Perform ad hoc analysis and coordinate with teams and implement processes and controls Coordinate with management and monitor progress of projects. Working closely with the leadership team to formulate the business's medium to long term financial and strategic plan. Active involvement in ERP implementation steering group. Work very closely with the CFO to drive interaction with the wider business. Working with individual departments to prepare budgets and consolidate them into one overall corporate budget. Other Financial Duties Supervise budget development process and prepare detail business plans. Evaluating previous budgets, expenditures to develop and implement future budgets. Assist in the implementation of ERP system where required. Preparing internal reports for executive leadership and supporting their decision making. Assist in ad hoc project and investment appraisal and play pivotal role as finance lead in the exploration of investment opportunities. General Undertake all duties in line with General Data Protection and maintain utmost level of confidentiality. Ensure work is completed to meet the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard. Ensure that you treat those with whom they come into contact in a courteous and respectful manner in accordance with the Dignity at Work Procedure. Wrightbus is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection based on merit. You are required to adhere to and promote the Equal Opportunities Policy throughout the course of your employment. You must maintain high standards of personal accountability. You must follow the training received when using any work items Wrightbus has provided. You must co-operate with others on health and safety and not interfere with, or misuse, anything provided for their health, safety, or welfare. You must take care of your own health and safety and that of people who may be affected by what you do (or do not do). You must comply with the no smoking policy. Staying away from home on occasions will be necessary to meet the requirements of the role. Note This job description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and may include other duties and responsibilities as determined in consultation with the jobholder. It is not intended to be rigid or inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Wrightbus is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit. Date: November 2024 To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process click the Continue to Application or Login/Register to apply button below.