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United Kingdom

Bourne End, England, United Kingdom

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Lead complex FP&A activities as determined by the FP&A managers and interact with finance Business Partners and Divisional FDs and business management teams to support the development of FP&A capability.- Lead small teams in any FP&A project in reporting and produce output ready for Divisional consumption.- Interact with and challenge Business Partners and Divisional management teams on assumptions and conclusion to ensure rigour in analysis.- Bring additional cross OUP… Show more Lead complex FP&A activities as determined by the FP&A managers and interact with finance Business Partners and Divisional FDs and business management teams to support the development of FP&A capability.- Lead small teams in any FP&A project in reporting and produce output ready for Divisional consumption.- Interact with and challenge Business Partners and Divisional management teams on assumptions and conclusion to ensure rigour in analysis.- Bring additional cross OUP Divisional or Group function insights to analysis including market knowledge, historical information, provisions, accruals and reasons for variances and provide direction to sub team members on how to use the information.- Develop complex reports, models and approaches using analysis and problems solving skills to support projects where there may be incomplete or conflicting data and provide recommendations.- Analyse existing and forecast finance information to ensure that information is accurate, providing detailed explanations on errors or variances that have occurred against budget. Where errors are found provide information and analysis and to Finance Operations to correct the postings.- Provide advice on cost control to all OUP staff to ensure correct financial processes and procedures are followed and Group accounting policies are adhered to.- Work with the data team in FP&A to improve data quality and flow to perform FP&A activities.- Identify data quality issues and work with the data team and help to resolve the issues, providing analysis and insight.- Understand and communicate complex OUP finance information clearly to colleagues and help to make it understood.- Identify and propose radically alternative approaches and techniques in finance activities, processes and procedures and work with the FP&A team to continually improve processes. Show less

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for leading financial planning activities for the SC division and involves developing good working relationships with and supporting the wider SC finance team and Group finance team. The role is key in delivering robust financial analysis and insights, along with evolving our financial reporting to support the SC leadership team.

• Develop and drive consistent and insightful profitability analyses and reporting across all commercial areas of the business. • Provide business support to all front office Directors, both proactively and reactively. • Play a key supporting part in Westcoast’s strategy to aggressively grow the business over the next few years.• Act as primary liaison point between the front office and the finance department and lead and promote a culture of best-in-class customer service which… Show more • Develop and drive consistent and insightful profitability analyses and reporting across all commercial areas of the business. • Provide business support to all front office Directors, both proactively and reactively. • Play a key supporting part in Westcoast’s strategy to aggressively grow the business over the next few years.• Act as primary liaison point between the front office and the finance department and lead and promote a culture of best-in-class customer service which aims to delight both internal and external customers and key strategic suppliers.• Own, manage and refine the annual budgeting process. Work with the FD to develop a quarterly re-forecast process as well as a monthly Outlook process.• Together with the FD, devise and instil a KPI driven management process across the business, highlighting key metrics to monitor and improve.• Continue to develop and improve our internal and external reporting capabilities, focussing on accuracy and confidence in the numbers.• Support the FD in searching out inefficient and cumbersome internal processes and deliver class-leading solutions to improve and automate wherever possible.• Support the FD on ad-hoc projects, including potential acquisitions Show less

Reading, United Kingdom

Manage a team of 5, which oversee the Commercial profitability of a successful billionplus company.

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Fully qualified

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