Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager

Your reason for being here…

You build the group's forecasting model and own the numbers that look forward. Reporting to the Financial Director, you sit on the Senior Management Team, and you're the person who can show the business the effect of a decision before it's made: short and long term forecasts, budgets, scenario modelling and margin monitoring across every live job. You're the centralised source of truth for MI and budgeting across the group, and when the Board, the bank or the auditors ask a question, you already have the answer.

The way you roll…

You're analytical, commercially minded and a natural translator between finance and the rest of the business. You ask good questions, you challenge constructively, and you make numbers tell a story people can use. You're organised enough to run a reporting cycle and curious enough to keep improving it.

How you make it all possible…

• Build and own the group forecasting model: one automated set of numbers that shows the effect of any change before we make it, with scenario and sensitivity modelling for short and long term forecasting.

• Be the centralised source of truth for MI and budgeting across the group.

• Report margin performance: issue the weekly margin and debtor report every Monday, with anything drifting below the floor flagged early enough to act.

• Own cost analysis of the group's operating base, keeping overheads at optimum efficiency.

• Own budgeting, in-year forecasting and reforecasting across the group.

• Lead the monthly MI and lender reporting pack, and own KPI dashboards and business data reporting across departments.

• Business partner with Directors and relevant departments on their P&L, and handle any interrogation of reported numbers for UK Board members.

• Own budget variance analysis and support group consolidation of the P&L and balance sheet.

• Support the Financial Director on technical accounting, policies and consistency of treatment, keeping the numbers robust and defensible.

• Support the Financial Controller on the financial year-end and deliver a stronger audit deliverables pack (going concern, impairment, ETBs, tax estimates, consolidation workings).

• Own covenant compliance monitoring and lender reporting alongside the FC.

• Support statutory accounts preparation, the intercompany matrix and monthly eliminations, and P11D / PSA / employment tax compliance.

• Contribute to finance systems and process improvement, FX monitoring and cashflow forecasting, and manage external advisor relationships.

• Use AI and automation to support reporting and forecasting, and lead the integration and adoption of these tools.

• Develop the FP&A analyst and build the team's modelling capability, creating development opportunities for those who earn them.

What’s in your toolbox…

• A fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong FP&A experience.

• 5 Years qualified experience in a fast pace international group

• Excellent budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling skills, ideally having built a forecasting model from scratch.

• A talent for business partnering – you can influence and challenge non-finance stakeholders.

• Experience of lender/MI reporting and covenant monitoring.

• Advanced Excel and confidence building clear, insightful KPI reporting.

• A commercial, improvement-minded outlook and the credibility to sit on a senior team.

• Genuine passion about AI and automation in finance.

Get to know us…

We’re one of the most unexpectedly all-round capable communications agencies that’s been on the go for years – ever since our head honcho set up shop in a shed back in 1980, in fact.

Since then, we’ve made it our mission to make anything possible for our many and varied clients, putting our creative flair into delivering strategic communication campaigns, digital solutions, film and videos, events, exhibitions, and a whole lot more in between. We’ve grown a lot, but we’ve kept everything that made us great, back from the very day we first started out. Our global HQ and largest studios are smack bang in the middle of the UK and well worth a visit to see for yourself!

Hang on, there’s more…

The role will be based primarily in Hartlebury, but there will be times when you’ll need to work from our other places and undertake other related commercial duties both in the UK and overseas. Flexibility is key!

We’re a friendly team. We really, really welcome anyone who wants to become part of a brilliant company. If you’re passionate, with a cracking drive to deliver on our ‘anything’s possible’ mindset, we’d love to hear from you.

DRPG is an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you’re excited about this role, we would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.

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