Dobbies Garden Centre is seeking to recruit a FP&A Manager to contributing to the leadership of the Financial Planning & Analysis team by working closely with senior stakeholders to increase the company’s efficiency and profitability by assisting with the formulation of both the medium and long-term financial budgets and measuring performance (both financial and non-financial) against these targets.

As FP&A Manager you will provide forward‑looking financial insight through planning, forecasting and analysis, enabling leadership to make informed strategic and operational decisions and will support strategy by translating strategic goals into financial plans and evidence‑based choices.

Key Relationships:

Director of Commercial Finance
CFO
CEO
Senior Finance team
Commercial team
Buying & Merchandising team
Regional / Store management
Business function senior managers
Financial control team
Finance Business Partnering team

The role:

Manage the preparation of key weekly and daily commercial reports to present financial results and KPIs to senior stakeholders, regional managers and business divisions
Support the Financial Reporting team with the assessing and explaining of month-end financial results and store performance
Support the Regional Managers/CSO Managers with the preparation of reports and attendance at monthly regional management meetings and quarterly store meetings with General Managers
Monitor, challenge and control costs across the business; proactively identifying saving opportunities and ensuring performance in line with budget
Materially contributing in the preparation of budgets, re-forecasts and weekly outlooks to manage the cost base, understand risks and monitor the impact on full year projections
Review and provide commentary on month-end cost performance to support the Regional Managers and wider finance team with understanding and controlling cost variances vs budget
Continuous review of processes and reporting to improve the efficiency of tasks, including the development of new reports
Support the professional development of the Finance Analysts through mentoring
Assist with ad hoc reporting and analysis of management information as may be required
Train and mentor team members
Provide oversight to team, managing day-to-day issues and concerns, coaching and developing all team members, driving performance and deliver of the company goals through in-house tools and ensuring all managed within company policy, procedures and processes
Takes the lead in creating a great place to work for everyone; creates a positive and engaged team through recognition, fun and inspiring others to achieve an effective coach with the ability to provide direct, honest and constructive feedback

You’re making a great impact when:

Commercial MI produced on time and accurately, while providing insight and opinion that contribute to better business decisions being made
Continually creating new business MI to aid decision making process and seeking new insights to help drive business performance
Cost drivers are understood, recorded, budgeted and controlled in line with business objectives, with strong controls on managing suppliers
Budgets are produced accurately, timely and detailed enough in order to drive annual review process
You have collaborated effectively with the wider business to; aid their understanding of the company’s financial performance, problem-solve and enhance insightfulness of MI
You have knowledge of business goals and how team will contribute to company success

Candidate Requirements:

Qualified accountant (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience
Experience working within retail or similar environment
Excellent prioritisation skills
Understands commercial processes and a strong Business Partner for teams
Excellent organisation skills with strong attention to detail
Highly numerate
Proactive
Focused on getting things right
Strong planning, prioritisation, presentation and problem-solving skills

Benefits:

Pension 6%
33 days leave
Various healthcare benefits
Staff discounts
Collaborative office space

For more information on this opportunity, please contact Donna Galbraith at Rutherford Cross.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

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