Our client is a fast-growing FMCG business who require an Interim Project Accountant. This is a highly commercial role, reporting into the Group FD and will be responsible for supporting corporate finance initiatives, financial analysis, and project-based accounting. This role involves financial modelling, reporting, and ensuring the integrity of financial data across strategic projects, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and other corporate finance activities.

Responsibilities

* Financial Planning & Analysis:
o Help to implement performance analysis improvements across the Group
o Work with the Group FP&A manager to create management reports using BI reporting tools that can help drive decision making
o Post implementation reviews of any new reports to ensure they are used by business stakeholders
o Provide financial analysis and recommendations to drive operational efficiencies and cost optimization across entities.
o Support ad-hoc financial analysis for special projects, mergers, acquisitions, or other corporate initiatives.

* Financial Modelling:
o Prepare financial reports, forecasts, and budgets to support corporate finance initiatives for P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow.
o Develop and maintain robust financial models to support scenario analysis and investment appraisals
o Contribute to process improvements and automation initiatives to enhance financial reporting efficiency
o Deep dive the last three years' worth of performance across the Group Companies to bring out the key drives of change in the financials
o Assist in financial due diligence, modelling, and valuation analysis for M&A transactions and strategic projects.
o Ensure compliance with financial reporting standards, regulatory requirements, and internal policies.
o Partner with stakeholders to assess the financial impact of business decisions and project investments

The successful applicant should have a professional qualification such as ACA, CIMA or equivalent with at least 5-7 years of experience in financial planning, analysis and reporting with a proven track record of delivering interim assignments. You will be a strategic thinker with a strong business acumen and the ability to connect financial performance to business strategy. Must be confident, reliable, accurate, self-motivated, inquisitive with a high level of integrity, professionalism, and attention to detail. A hybrid working model is used and you will be expected to be in the office 3 days a week