Head of Financial Planning & Reporting - UK

At Holman, we exist to provide rewarding careers and better lives for employees and their families. We hire, train, empower, and reward exceptional people. Our journey is guided by our desire to get it right every time and the acknowledgement that we have an opportunity to be better. To be better, we have to do better, and to do better we must know better. That’s why we are listening, open to learning new things – about ourselves and each other. We will never stop striving for improved diversity, equity, and inclusion because we are successful together when we feel trusted and supported. It’s The Holman Way.

At Holman, your total compensation goes beyond your paycheck. To position you for success and provide a rewarding career and better life for you and your family, Holman is proud to offer you the benefits you deserve; including protection against illness, disability, loss of work, or preparation for retirement. Below is a brief overview of these programs (programs may vary by country or worker type):

• Health Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Life and Disability Insurance

• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts

• Employee Assistance Program

• Retirement Plan

• Paid Time Off

• Tuition Reimbursement

Holman currently has an opening for the Head of Financial Planning & Reporting to join their team in the UK!

Job Responsibilities:

•  Develop and maintain a suite of reports for the business, delivering key financial and non-financial data as appropriate to various groups within the organisation, utilising technology and other tools to continually improve the presentation of such information and the effectiveness of underlying processes required to collate the associated data;
• Oversee the timely and accurate production of monthly financial results, including detailed variance analysis to agreed targets and the associated reporting required both locally and by Group, as well as investigating material variations from targets and escalating any ongoing impact as appropriate;
• Maintain through collaboration with relevant stakeholders a detailed and interactive forecast model for the UK business, taking into consideration the key drivers for the business (for example MVI, lease book growth and payroll), in order to deliver a robust view of future multi-year performance based upon agreed changes in those metrics over the relevant time horizon, allowing the business to submit periodic forecasts to Group;
• Produce and complete local and Group related reporting and templates required in support of each periodic forecast cycle;
• Maintain a robust return on assets related analysis regarding the lease book, along with other key metrics across the business, producing relevant analytics around associated key measures keeping such data under continual review to ensure its relevance, completeness and accuracy;
• Maintain a detailed monthly headcount / FTE and payroll analysis, comparing to relevant agreed targets and ensuring deviations are fully validated and challenged as necessary;
• Produce an accurate monthly analysis of gross lease additions for submission to the Treasury team, in order to facilitate the placement of swap related transactions;
• Undertake the regular review of key balance sheet account reconciliations driving resolution of any associated issues and escalating matters of concern;
• Manage the annual audit process across all UK statutory entities, taking responsibility for the day-to-day liaison with the external audit team and ensuring compliance with statutory deadlines;
• Oversee the timely reporting of information to external parties, including Government related obligations and trade related bodies;
• Provide continual review and challenge of existing processes and procedures within the business in order deliver continued improvements both within Finance and across the organisation;
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the team ensuring alignment to the objectives of the business, whilst developing key skills and knowledge within the members of the team;
• Actively develop and maintain strong collaborative working relationships with colleagues across the wider business; and
• Perform all other duties and ad hoc requirements as assigned.

Required Education & Experience:

• Finance qualification – CIMA, ACCA
• Minimum 7 years of progressive finance experience
• Minimum 3 years in a leadership role with direct reports
• Extensive knowledge and experience within own function and general knowledge of areas, departments and/or function(s) within and across other disciplines
• Advanced capability in various desktop tools including MS Office Programs (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Experienced leading on significant change-initiatives
• Developing and implementing processes, methods, and tools to increase efficiency and accuracy
• Experienced managing teams / influencing key stakeholders

Preferred Education & Experience:

• Experience of SAP would be beneficial
• Experience of Power BI would be beneficial
• Bachelors Degree would be preferred
• Multiple company experience would be beneficial

Holman is a global automotive leader that serves both commercial and consumer clients The Holman Way by always doing the right thing for our people, our customers, and the community since 1924. The Holman story began nearly a century ago as a single Ford dealership in New Jersey. Today, Holman, headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, is one of the largest family-owned automotive service organizations in North America with more than 6,500 employees across North America, the UK, and Germany.

Holman delivers a unique range of automotive-centric services including industry-leading fleet management and leasing; vehicle fabrication and upfitting; component manufacturing and productivity solutions; powertrain distribution and logistics services; commercial and personal insurance and risk management; and retail automotive sales as one of the largest privately owned dealership groups in the United States. Guided by its deeply rooted core values and principles, Holman is continuously Driving What’s Right.

Holman provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.