FP&A Group Manager

Nature and aim of the position

An exclusive key HQ position within the FP&A team, based in Porto, has been created. We are seeking a strong professional to fill this role.

The primary objective of this position is to perform value-added activities for the decision-making process, encompassing the full financial scope of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet.

The role includes:

• Analyzing and understanding actual performance;

• Business partnering with leaders across various levels of the organization on matters involving efficiencies and business opportunities; and

• Supporting the forecasting and budgeting processes, as well as assisting in the preparation and maintenance of the Group’s business plans.

The incumbent will establish trusted relationships with stakeholders at various levels of seniority and provide timely financial information to support decision-making.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Partner with Accounting to understand Actual performance and steer the month-end closing process to remove material errors and ensure management accounts are well represented;

• Analyse the monthly operating results and report performance to the business leaders across various levels of the organisation, including variance analyses versus Budget and Prior Year/Prior-Covid;

• Support the monthly process of the Group’s BoD pack, Cash Flow and FP&A sox entity level control;

• Manage and maintain the budgeting process for the business units in collaboration with the FP&A team; this includes maintaining and further developing the various Budget modelling tools;

• Coordinate with FP&A colleagues and business teams to provide them with relevant financial information in a timely manner to support the decision-making of which (list not exhaustive);

• Run various analyses of volume, mix, and margins by drivers;

• Service and refunding mix analyses;

• Understand current processes and flows within Commercial and local operations to be able to challenge and recommend improvements;

• Business partnering with the Business Unit leaders to provide them with relevant financial and operational drivers to support them in the decision-making process;

• Analyse and monitor revenue performance across markets and services;

• Understand various refunding services from operational and financial perspectives to be able to identify financial opportunities through mix management;

• Analyse and understand the performance of ancillary revenues and their underlying proxies;

• Key support to the VP FP&A, CFO and top management on a number of initiatives, including group-wide business controlling projects and initiatives, global profitability optimisation analyses, cost efficiency analyses, preparing financial information for external investor communications.

Preferable skills and competencies

• Strong Excel modelling skills with the ability to handle data in an efficient way, able to identify key business performance drivers and model them via KPIs;

• Solid understanding of accounting principles and the dynamics between P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow;

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large data sets as well as having a “helicopter view”;

• Capable of modelling Power Pivot/DAX/M is highly desirable;

• Experience in reporting development and knowledge of Hyperion, Smartview, and ESSBase would be a plus;

• Ability to automate routines, including coding in VBA;

• Proficient in English (C level) – the office and working language is 100% in English;

• Business acumen, with experience in dealing with commercial matters and the ability to bring appropriate business responses which generate shareholder value;

• Self-motivation with a “can-do” and problem-solving attitude;

• Able to build and maintain relationships and influence at every level:

• Good communication and presentation skills in a multinational and multicultural environment;

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team;

• Strong prioritisation skills to organise at time-sensitive workload and ability to multitask.

Education and qualifications

• Graduated in Finance

• Professional finance qualification from an international body would be a plus

Experience

+6 years of experience in similar roles (Business Controller/FP&A) and a total of +10 years of experience, including the foundational roles, such as Accounting or Audit, in Blue Chip/FMCG/Big 4 industries and with commercial/client facing.

What we offer

You would be joining a new and truly international team, with the possibility to work 40% of the time from home, remuneration and benefits compatible with international company standards, great potential for talented professionals with direct exposure to top management.