Gleeson Recruitment Group are currently partnering with a market leading business in Birmingham in search of a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager. This is a new position that offers great progression opportunities as well as fantastic exposure to unique and exciting projects to the West Midlands region. They require an ambitious, commercially-minded accountant/analyst to lead the management account function of the business. This is an exciting position that will allow the successful individual to progress later in their career and have tangible influence of the company's future strategy.

The Role

As Financial Planning and Analysis Manager you will report into the head of the department and is responsible for the following:

Overseeing the annual budget process
Building of budget models and tools
Creation and generation of budget reports
Ensuring the timetable for submission is adhered to
Improving longer term forecasting with the development of the 5 year plan
Development of short/medium term forecasting to aid understanding in volatile and uncertain trading patterns
Providing a key role in time critical business acquisitions and investment opportunities
Weekly/monthly performance analysis
Market share analysis
Competitor analysis
Customer analysis
Levels of expenditure across the business

The Requirements

The ideal candidate for this Financial Planning and Analysis Manager role will be fully qualified with industry experience:

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
Strong ability to business partner & influence executive stakeholders.
Experience within Excel-modelling, management accounts, costing and group-level decisions.
Strong commercial acumen with the ability to interpret financials into meaningful business recommendations.
Ideally studied accountancy, economics or business at university level.

What's On Offer?

Salary up to £70,000 + benefits
Excellent career progression opportunities
Opportunity to work with a market-leading brand
A positive and down-to-earth culture
Flexible working arrangements
Eligibility for a generous bonus scheme

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