FP&A Accountant

Are you a confident, technical accountant looking to break into an FP&A role? Does dealing with high level stakeholders across a large business sound like somewhere you'll thrive?

Gleeson Recruitment Group are seeking to recruit an FP&A Accountant on behalf of our Coventry based client to join their high-flying finance team. Offering a salary up to £55,000 + an extensive benefits package, this is a unique opportunity for an ambitious, qualified accountant to move into a strategic finance role.

The successful candidate will have a knack for developing relationships across a large finance team with varying disciplines. You'll be technically confident and an Excel whizz, with the ability to create financial models and add valuable insight for shareholders. You'll be encouraged to drive change, with the support of the wider team to encourage continuous improvement across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate Financial Planning processes by setting accurate and deliverable timetables, communicating transparent assumptions, reviewing and setting key performance metrics.
• Responsible for overseeing the Financial Plan and Forecast upload processes into the system, including central assumptions, checking uploads agree to control totals and providing regular updates
• Responsible for the creation, development and management of complex and robust financial models and excel spreadsheets. Provide in depth analysis, enabling senior business stakeholders to make well-informed tactical & strategic decisions.
• Develop strong relationships with senior stakeholders and work effectively with them in supporting the financial modelling of forecasts, budgets and strategic/ad-hoc business cases
• Support the delivery of change across Finance and the business, embracing new ways of working and maximising the full potential of our new systems tools and functionality to drive process improvements and long-term business planning capability
• Ensuring that the controls associated with the team's processes are reviewed, updated, challenged and adhered to by the team with documentation kept in the appropriate form

What's in it for you?

• Annual bonus
• Pension Scheme double matched up to a total of 18% of salary (i.e., employee contributions of up to 6%, double matched by the company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday, plus statutory days, and an option to buy more
• Fantastic career development prospects with funded learning options, including support with exams, and internal and external learning and development
• Flexible working
• Generous family provision policies
• My Offers membership card - offering discounts and savings from hundreds of retailers
• 2 paid volunteering days per year

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