About this role
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Lincoln
Full time | Permanent
Analytical, commercially minded and confident working with senior stakeholders?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing business within the food and agriculture sector, where you'll play an important role in shaping financial strategy, supporting business growth and helping the wider business make better decisions.
Working closely with the Financial Controller, CFO and senior leadership team, you'll take ownership of budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and performance reporting, turning complex financial information into clear, meaningful insight.
If you're someone who enjoys looking ahead, understands the bigger picture and isn't afraid to challenge the numbers, this could be the role for you.
What's on offer?
Permanent, full time positionKey role within the Finance functionClose working relationship with senior leadershipResponsibility for budgeting, forecasting and long term financial planningOpportunity to influence strategic decision makingScope to improve reporting, systems and processes What's the job?
You'll take responsibility for the company's forward looking financial information, including annual budgets, quarterly and rolling forecasts and the five year strategic plan.
You'll produce clear analysis and reporting to help senior leaders understand performance, risks and opportunities, while also improving financial models, reporting processes and automation across the business.
Day to day, you'll be:
Owning the FP&A process across the businessDeveloping financial models for budgeting, forecasting and scenario planningPreparing three way models covering P&L, Cashflow and Balance SheetManaging the monthly forecasting cycle and annual budget processPreparing month end management packs and analysing P&L, working capital and capexIdentifying and communicating key risks and opportunitiesPreparing senior management and Board reports and presentationsDeveloping dashboards and reports to make financial information clear and accessibleLeading improvements and automation across financial reportingSupporting strategic projects, business cases and ad hoc analysisManaging free cashflow forecasting and reportingWorking closely with Business Partners, Controlling and business unit ownersSupporting non finance stakeholders with their budgets and financial performanceBuilding strong relationships with senior stakeholders and providing commercial insight This is a hands on role where you'll need to be comfortable working with detail while understanding the bigger picture. You'll need to turn complex financial information into clear, practical insight that helps the business make better decisions.
What do I need?
Qualified Accountant with CIMA, ACCA or ACADegree in Accounting, Finance or a related subjectSignificant FP&A or similar experienceStrong experience across budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and strategic planningExperience working with senior leaders and non finance stakeholdersHighly skilled in Excel and PowerPointStrong analytical and problem solving skillsExcellent communication and presentation skillsCommercially minded with the confidence to challenge and influenceProactive, organised and comfortable working to deadlinesStrong attention to detail and a genuine interest in continuous improvement Experience with ERP or financial planning systems such as SAP, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Adaptive Insights, Anaplan or Planful would be beneficial. Power BI or Tableau experience would also be useful, as would experience within food or agriculture.
Most importantly, you'll need to be someone who can look beyond the numbers, challenge assumptions and turn financial information into insight that helps the business move forward.
What's next?
If you're looking for your next opportunity in FP&A and want to join a business where you'll have genuine responsibility and the opportunity to influence strategic decisions, we'd love to hear from you. Please give me a call: or reach out on email: