Head of Financial Planning and Analysis

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Head of Financial Planning and Analysis

Office Location: Swindon/London – Hybrid

Salary: Up to £125,000 per annum + Bonus

The Role

This role will report into the  Finance Director. You will be involved in the overall strategy of the FP&A team, looking at its capabilities, highlighting potential best in class system recommendation and adaptability to the market, and bringing your own ideas and experience to help get the best performance out of this business unit and processes.

You will be managing a team of 4 direct reports, with a wider team of 6, and working with wider business teams. We are looking for a strong leader, who can drive change and sell ideology, and who can implement better ways of working and processes into a dynamic team and business unit. You will have autonomy and flexibility to grow and/or model the direction of FP&A.

What you will be doing:

• Reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis for legal entities, Edenred PayTech UK, and PPS EU (supported by PPS EU Finance Manager), as part of the wider Edenred International Group reporting process
• Enhance and deploy reporting processes and tools as part of our transformation project
• Leading the preparation of budget process including planning, process, files, analysis, and presentation across PayTech legal entities and PayTech Payment Hub
• Performance analysis and partnering with key business stakeholders within PayTech Payment Hub
• Implement finance systems to ensure high data quality control and efficient reporting and forecasting process
• Create and present monthly departmental cost analyst as the base of the engagement/partnership with managers and directors
• Review our cost allocation and allocation key with the Head of Financial Control to ensure for purpose group reporting
• Enhance, maintain, or evaluate our Finance MI Tool to delivery easy, reliable, finance information to the business
• Providing ongoing support for the preparation of the strategic plan on financial trajectory and company performance ratios
• Supporting the Procurement Manager with relevant data analysis
• Providing ad-hoc analysis for the group / CFO when required

What you will bring:

• Qualified Accountant – CIMA or ACCA
• Strong background in FP&A with proven commercial experience
• Strong experience in international business reporting
• Strong managerial experience and people leadership
• Strong experience in analytical cost analysis and departmental performance analysis (vs business KPI)
• Excellent stakeholder relationship management and presentation skills
• A strong, collaborative leader
• Excellent Excel knowledge
• An understanding of Power BI, Oracle Hyperion, and Oracle Smartview would be highly beneficial to this position
• An understanding of Databases and Power Query in Excel and Power BI would be highly beneficial to this position.

Why Edenred PayTech?

We are a subsidiary of the Edenred group and leaders in prepaid solutions including banking, virtual cards, debit, credit, and prepaid processing.

As an Edenred PayTech employee you will get the support and structure that you need to enjoy your work and develop your career while doing what you love and making a difference in a fast-paced and innovative business.

What you will get:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working environment (min. 3 days per week in the office)
• Pension Scheme – employer 6% with minimum employee contribution 3%
• Discretionary bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
• Medical & international travel cover (leisure and action sports)
• Life insurance (4x salary)
• Wellbeing Employee Assistance Program (extended access to family members)
• Holiday trading scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee discount shopping platform
• Employee referral bonus scheme
• Digital learning platform
• Complimentary fruit and other ‘in office’ snacks & refreshments
• Volunteering programme
• Social events

Diversity:

Edenred PayTech are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on age, race, colour, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, marital status or civil partnership/union status, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable country or local laws. 

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